Beef Basin, Utah  - ut529
Additional Information 
Dave Meko  Chris Baisan  Troy Knight          

Purpose of Collection: Climatology - Snowpack reconstruction

Reference: 
Pederson, G.T., S.T. Gray, C.A. Woodhouse, J.L. Betancourt, D.B. Fagre, 
J.S. Littell, E. Watson, B.H. Luckman, and L.J. Graumlich. 2011. 
The unusual nature of recent snowpack declines in the North American Cordillera. 
Sciencexpress, Published online 9 June 2011. 
DOI: 10.1126/science.1201570

COFECHA output: 



      Chronology file name   : UT529.CRN
      Measurement file name  : UT529.RWL
      Date checked           : 07JUN11
      Checked by             : B. Bauer
      Beginning year         :  350
      Ending year            : 2005
      Principal investigators: Dave Meko  Chris Baisan  Troy Knight                 
      Site name              : Beef Basin
      Site location          : Utah   
      Species information    : PSME DOUGLAS-FIR
      Latitude               :   3756
      Longitude              : -10948
      Elevation              : 2431M

      Series intercorrelation: 0.849
      Avg mean sensitivity   : 0.400
      Avg standard deviation : 0.225
      Avg autocorrelation    : 0.641
      Number dated series    : 44
      Segment length tested  : 50

      Number problem segments: 0
      Pct problem segments   : 0.00



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 Correlations of  50-year dated segments, lagged  25 years

 Flags:  A = correlation under   .3281 but highest as dated;  B = correlation higher at other than dated position



 Seq Series  Time_span    550  575  600  625  650  675  700  725  750  775  800  825  850  875  900  925  950  975 1000 1025

                          599  624  649  674  699  724  749  774  799  824  849  874  899  924  949  974  999 1024 1049 1074

 --- -------- ---------  ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

  37 BFB42A   1017 1460                                                                                             .58  .59

  38 BFB36A    760 1261                                           .84  .91  .91  .86  .83  .82  .83  .74  .75  .82  .80  .73

  39 BFB34A    555 1061   .75  .84  .89  .87  .89  .92  .93  .94  .94  .96  .96  .94  .92  .92  .91  .89  .94  .91  .88  .87

  40 BFB33A    555  820   .82  .87  .87  .77  .70  .78  .83  .85  .95  .95

  41 BFB33B    714 1058                                 .81  .78  .85  .85  .84  .87  .86  .92  .88  .77  .82  .86  .80  .77

  42 BFB43A    350 1025   .76  .76  .75  .70  .81  .90  .87  .78  .84  .84  .88  .86  .82  .85  .81  .79  .84  .73  .73

  43 BFB32A    584 1196        .76  .80  .75  .74  .84  .86  .85  .85  .84  .82  .74  .77  .82  .75  .75  .81  .75  .74  .73

 Av segment correlation   .77  .81  .83  .78  .79  .86  .86  .84  .88  .89  .88  .85  .84  .87  .84  .79  .83  .82  .75  .74

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 Correlations of  50-year dated segments, lagged  25 years

 Flags:  A = correlation under   .3281 but highest as dated;  B = correlation higher at other than dated position



 Seq Series  Time_span   1050 1075 1100 1125 1150 1175 1200 1225 1250 1275 1300 1325 1350 1375 1400 1425 1450 1475 1500 1525

                         1099 1124 1149 1174 1199 1224 1249 1274 1299 1324 1349 1374 1399 1424 1449 1474 1499 1524 1549 1574

 --- -------- ---------  ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

   3 BFB02A   1445 2005                                                                              .74  .80  .83  .88  .88

  14 BFB07A   1522 2005                                                                                             .92  .92

  15 BFB08A   1425 2005                                                                              .84  .90  .90  .94  .94

  16 BFB10A   1477 2005                                                                                        .65  .91  .92

  17 BFB10B   1485 2005                                                                                        .85  .90  .90

  18 BFB11A   1508 2005                                                                                             .94  .95

  19 BFB11B   1479 2005                                                                                        .91  .94  .94

  25 BFB16A   1517 2005                                                                                             .87  .87

  26 BFB16B   1517 2005                                                                                             .82  .86

  27 BFB17A   1522 2005                                                                                             .89  .90

  28 BFB17B   1522 2005                                                                                             .89  .90

  33 BFB21A   1535 2005                                                                                                  .82

  34 BFB21B   1535 2005                                                                                                  .82

  35 BFB24A   1354 2005                                                               .74  .88  .90  .86  .88  .89  .87  .85

  36 BFB35A   1355 1977                                                               .76  .82  .82  .69  .76  .84  .77  .63

  37 BFB42A   1017 1460   .59  .60  .55  .61  .75  .79  .83  .89  .58  .52  .60  .68  .77  .78  .82  .80

  38 BFB36A    760 1261   .66  .64  .64  .67  .76  .75  .73  .81

  43 BFB32A    584 1196   .69  .71  .67  .69  .71

  44 BFB41A   1183 1690                            .67  .73  .80  .58  .55  .60  .63  .77  .87  .86  .85  .92  .89  .90  .89

 Av segment correlation   .65  .65  .62  .66  .74  .74  .77  .83  .58  .54  .60  .66  .76  .84  .85  .80  .85  .85  .89  .87

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 Correlations of  50-year dated segments, lagged  25 years

 Flags:  A = correlation under   .3281 but highest as dated;  B = correlation higher at other than dated position



 Seq Series  Time_span   1550 1575 1600 1625 1650 1675 1700 1725 1750 1775 1800 1825 1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975

                         1599 1624 1649 1674 1699 1724 1749 1774 1799 1824 1849 1874 1899 1924 1949 1974 1999 2024

 --- -------- ---------  ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

   1 BFB01A   1634 2005                  .85  .90  .90  .89  .89  .85  .85  .92  .93  .94  .91  .91  .93  .93  .95

   2 BFB01B   1642 2005                  .92  .90  .91  .92  .92  .93  .96  .95  .94  .91  .88  .91  .96  .96  .96

   3 BFB02A   1445 2005   .90  .92  .92  .91  .87  .90  .94  .91  .89  .91  .93  .95  .94  .91  .92  .93  .91  .92

   4 BFB02B   1550 2005   .82  .89  .91  .90  .88  .89  .91  .88  .87  .91  .88  .86  .93  .90  .79  .88  .90  .88

   5 BFB03A   1636 2005                  .68  .64  .86  .86  .93  .93  .94  .91  .91  .97  .95  .95  .96  .97  .91

   6 BFB03B   1636 1982                  .90  .85  .88  .93  .94  .89  .90  .96  .92  .92  .93  .92  .94  .93

   7 BFB04A   1709 2005                                 .88  .91  .88  .89  .95  .96  .95  .95  .95  .95  .94  .93

   8 BFB04B   1709 2005                                 .81  .88  .87  .90  .92  .93  .95  .94  .93  .92  .93  .93

   9 BFB05A   1666 2005                       .75  .74  .83  .86  .80  .78  .74  .81  .89  .83  .76  .81  .83  .87

  10 BFB05B   1666 2005                       .75  .76  .81  .81  .78  .81  .84  .89  .91  .91  .89  .88  .89  .88

  11 BFB06A   1641 2005                  .92  .90  .85  .86  .89  .86  .88  .90  .89  .92  .91  .86  .88  .93  .94

  12 BFB06B1  1641 1899                  .91  .87  .83  .87  .90  .90  .90  .88  .89  .91

  13 BFB06B2  1910 2005                                                                         .83  .87  .93  .93

  14 BFB07A   1522 2005   .92  .93  .94  .93  .91  .90  .92  .94  .93  .90  .90  .88  .86  .86  .89  .94  .94  .94

  15 BFB08A   1425 2005   .88  .87  .86  .81  .85  .88  .89  .92  .88  .86  .84  .85  .88  .85  .78  .79  .82  .80

  16 BFB10A   1477 2005   .88  .87  .86  .86  .83  .84  .87  .87  .82  .84  .82  .84  .91  .88  .79  .72  .81  .82

  17 BFB10B   1485 2005   .88  .83  .82  .87  .89  .88  .76  .78  .83  .82  .83  .83  .91  .81  .72  .82  .85  .86

  18 BFB11A   1508 2005   .93  .89  .86  .88  .91  .87  .83  .86  .82  .76  .82  .86  .83  .82  .82  .87  .93  .92

  19 BFB11B   1479 2005   .92  .91  .89  .91  .90  .89  .92  .91  .83  .86  .89  .90  .85  .75  .76  .83  .90  .91

  20 BFB12A   1720 2005                                 .77  .80  .81  .84  .47  .60  .92  .89  .91  .94  .96  .92

  21 BFB12B   1641 2005                  .78  .82  .63  .64  .78  .89  .90  .89  .91  .92  .90  .87  .88  .93  .91

  22 BFB13B   1640 2005                  .91  .89  .86  .85  .89  .84  .77  .85  .93  .90  .82  .79  .86  .88  .87

  23 BFB15A   1604 2005             .70  .87  .89  .90  .94  .93  .92  .92  .92  .94  .96  .92  .86  .85  .90  .92

  24 BFB15B   1604 2005             .76  .80  .89  .93  .94  .95  .92  .92  .94  .95  .96  .94  .88  .91  .94  .93

  25 BFB16A   1517 2005   .82  .81  .82  .80  .77  .84  .89  .83  .75  .79  .64  .66  .85  .81  .68  .72  .78  .75

  26 BFB16B   1517 2005   .87  .83  .83  .81  .76  .72  .84  .82  .73  .57  .44  .62  .69  .74  .81  .85  .84  .80

  27 BFB17A   1522 2005   .91  .92  .93  .95  .93  .78  .73  .85  .88  .84  .83  .87  .88  .88  .88  .90  .86  .83

  28 BFB17B   1522 2005   .88  .90  .92  .94  .93  .88  .83  .88  .91  .86  .87  .91  .91  .86  .78  .81  .86  .87

  29 BFB19A   1657 2005                       .89  .93  .94  .94  .91  .91  .93  .93  .93  .92  .88  .93  .93  .93

  30 BFB19B   1657 2005                       .74  .89  .90  .91  .87  .87  .94  .94  .93  .90  .78  .83  .95  .96

  31 BFB20A   1622 2005             .68  .69  .76  .83  .84  .85  .80  .63  .67  .81  .86  .84  .79  .84  .92  .93

  32 BFB20B   1622 2005             .71  .73  .82  .87  .88  .86  .82  .76  .72  .76  .86  .89  .86  .89  .93  .93

  33 BFB21A   1535 2005   .78  .82  .90  .92  .91  .82  .77  .87  .86  .85  .89  .89  .86  .82  .85  .93  .94  .93

  34 BFB21B   1535 2005   .79  .87  .92  .92  .92  .85  .78  .86  .91  .90  .86  .89  .90  .83  .79  .89  .91  .92

  35 BFB24A   1354 2005   .86  .88  .87  .90  .92  .89  .84  .85  .84  .83  .84  .81  .78  .81  .85  .83  .87  .85

  36 BFB35A   1355 1977   .65  .85  .76  .80  .79  .74  .88  .90  .84  .84  .82  .82  .88  .80  .79  .78  .67

  44 BFB41A   1183 1690   .85  .87  .89  .90  .89

 Av segment correlation   .86  .87  .85  .86  .85  .85  .86  .88  .86  .85  .84  .87  .90  .87  .84  .87  .90  .90

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                                                Corr   //-------- Unfiltered --------\\  //---- Filtered -----\\

                           No.    No.    No.    with   Mean   Max     Std   Auto   Mean   Max     Std   Auto  AR

 Seq Series   Interval   Years  Segmt  Flags   Master  msmt   msmt    dev   corr   sens  value    dev   corr  ()

 --- -------- ---------  -----  -----  -----   ------ -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  --

   1 BFB01A   1634 2005    372     15      0    .901    .36   1.68   .242   .617   .472   2.75   .431  -.028   1

   2 BFB01B   1642 2005    364     15      0    .933    .41   1.77   .276   .570   .504   2.73   .457  -.025   2

   3 BFB02A   1445 2005    561     23      0    .897    .27   1.21   .161   .584   .490   2.62   .334  -.027   3

   4 BFB02B   1550 2005    456     18      0    .875    .30    .97   .151   .528   .445   2.62   .341  -.014   2

   5 BFB03A   1636 2005    370     15      0    .886    .46   1.23   .213   .387   .464   2.56   .400  -.038   1

   6 BFB03B   1636 1982    347     14      0    .911    .40   1.08   .192   .318   .480   2.74   .416  -.032   1

   7 BFB04A   1709 2005    297     12      0    .929    .46   2.40   .284   .636   .390   2.60   .425  -.063   1

   8 BFB04B   1709 2005    297     12      0    .913    .38   2.11   .230   .605   .401   2.60   .383  -.059   1

   9 BFB05A   1666 2005    340     14      0    .812    .39   1.00   .162   .560   .322   2.65   .348  -.034   1

  10 BFB05B   1666 2005    340     14      0    .847    .41    .84   .149   .553   .297   2.66   .338  -.046   1

  11 BFB06A   1641 2005    365     15      0    .892    .39   1.43   .236   .622   .405   2.67   .402  -.053   1

  12 BFB06B1  1641 1899    259     10      0    .889    .44   1.79   .278   .632   .431   2.59   .373  -.008   1

  13 BFB06B2  1910 2005     96      4      0    .873    .34    .67   .140   .411   .411   2.62   .504  -.040   1

  14 BFB07A   1522 2005    484     20      0    .915    .38   2.04   .325   .769   .501   2.61   .441  -.042   1

  15 BFB08A   1425 2005    581     23      0    .861    .34   1.88   .220   .744   .356   2.54   .329  -.041   1

  16 BFB10A   1477 2005    529     21      0    .835    .45   3.54   .405   .840   .273   2.71   .313  -.005   1

  17 BFB10B   1485 2005    521     21      0    .842    .43   3.04   .397   .845   .349   2.57   .374  -.053   4

  18 BFB11A   1508 2005    498     20      0    .875    .38   1.69   .266   .787   .361   2.47   .310  -.027   1

  19 BFB11B   1479 2005    527     21      0    .882    .46   1.33   .206   .613   .334   2.47   .317  -.036   1

  20 BFB12A   1720 2005    286     12      0    .807    .49   1.12   .211   .502   .378   2.71   .419  -.035   2

  21 BFB12B   1641 2005    365     15      0    .848    .45   1.36   .283   .763   .411   2.59   .403  -.036   2

  22 BFB13B   1640 2005    366     15      0    .857    .36   1.72   .171   .625   .323   2.72   .414  -.024   2

  23 BFB15A   1604 2005    402     16      0    .891    .41   1.39   .233   .636   .419   2.83   .456   .001   2

  24 BFB15B   1604 2005    402     16      0    .910    .39   1.86   .250   .644   .446   2.56   .413   .005   2

  25 BFB16A   1517 2005    489     20      0    .776    .29    .89   .135   .682   .313   2.57   .305  -.033   1

  26 BFB16B   1517 2005    489     20      0    .751    .33   1.05   .156   .735   .296   2.57   .355  -.021   2

  27 BFB17A   1522 2005    484     20      0    .862    .29   1.75   .227   .677   .472   2.87   .390  -.009   1

  28 BFB17B   1522 2005    484     20      0    .876    .26    .94   .155   .523   .432   2.77   .367  -.021   1

  29 BFB19A   1657 2005    349     14      0    .918    .40   1.40   .215   .605   .426   2.54   .418  -.025   2

  30 BFB19B   1657 2005    349     14      0    .872    .38   1.31   .188   .448   .456   2.60   .382  -.035   1

  31 BFB20A   1622 2005    384     16      0    .796    .40   2.10   .255   .748   .341   2.63   .392  -.044   1

  32 BFB20B   1622 2005    384     16      0    .833    .39   2.19   .256   .727   .368   2.70   .410  -.023   2

  33 BFB21A   1535 2005    471     19      0    .875    .37   1.72   .275   .621   .549   2.68   .377  -.039   1

  34 BFB21B   1535 2005    471     19      0    .880    .31   1.43   .243   .683   .583   2.63   .356  -.016   2

  35 BFB24A   1354 2005    652     26      0    .853    .30   1.08   .142   .624   .362   2.61   .304  -.016   4

  36 BFB35A   1355 1977    623     25      0    .780    .32   1.51   .267   .812   .429   2.55   .334  -.035   1

  37 BFB42A   1017 1460    444     18      0    .669    .33   1.12   .172   .789   .271   2.49   .283  -.025   1

  38 BFB36A    760 1261    502     20      0    .775    .40   2.26   .299   .850   .309   2.70   .382  -.020   1

  39 BFB34A    555 1061    507     20      0    .901    .37   1.41   .164   .360   .386   2.64   .358  -.018   1

  40 BFB33A    555  820    266     10      0    .842    .46   1.52   .290   .415   .549   2.82   .476  -.045   1

  41 BFB33B    714 1058    345     14      0    .829    .50   1.74   .264   .369   .448   2.81   .391  -.005   2

  42 BFB43A    350 1025    676     19      0    .812    .25   1.20   .146   .711   .356   2.41   .270  -.022   1

  43 BFB32A    584 1196    613     24      0    .780    .22    .84   .109   .481   .443   2.58   .370  -.027   1

  44 BFB41A   1183 1690    508     20      0    .774    .41   1.90   .299   .800   .296   2.70   .335  -.008   1

 --- -------- ---------  -----  -----  -----   ------ -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  --

 Total or mean:          18915    755      0    .849    .37   3.54   .225   .641   .400   2.87   .367  -.027

