Tree-Ring Response to Snow Cover and Reconstruction of Century annual Maximum Snow Depth for Northern Tianshan Mountains, China

Figures & Tables

Sampling sites	Site	Location (°N, °E)	Elevation (m asl)	Trees/Cores/Available cores	Chronology Interval SSS>0.85	MS	SD	AR1
Bayinamen	BYA	44°25′, 83°05′	1898	30/60/58	1805–2010	0.306	0.335	0.401
Mirqik Valley	MEK	45°14′, 81°26′	2424	26/52/52	1772–2010	0.105	0.147	0.571
Tuerhong Valley	TEG	44°46′, 81°00′	2070	27/54/45	1657–2010	0.379	0.391	0.408
Kekesay	KKS	44°44′, 81°05′	2389	27/52/49	1647–2010	0.151	0.246	0.740
Jipuke	JPK	44°06′, 82°55′	2422	28/69/64	1492–2004	0.241	0.243	0.329

	BYA	MEK	TEG	KKS	JPK
Maximum snow depth (1958/59–2009/10)	0.339 — indicate significance at the 99% level of confidence.	0.404 — indicate significance at the 95% level of confidence.	0.387 — indicate significance at the 95% level of confidence.	0.260	0.390 — indicate significance at the 95% level of confidence.
Maximum snow pressure (1986/87–2009/10)	0.298	0.443 — indicate significance at the 99% level of confidence.	0.602 — indicate significance at the 95% level of confidence.	0.298	0.242
Duration of ≥1 cm depth (1958/59–2009/10)	0.205	0.246	0.293 — indicate significance at the 99% level of confidence.	0.135	0.349 — indicate significance at the 99% level of confidence.
Duration of ≥10 cm depth (1958/59–2009/10)	0.295 — indicate significance at the 99% level of confidence.	0.433 — indicate significance at the 95% level of confidence.	0.308 — indicate significance at the 99% level of confidence.	0.246	0.314 — indicate significance at the 99% level of confidence.
Precipitation in winter (1958/59–2009/10)	0.392 — indicate significance at the 95% level of confidence.	0.345 — indicate significance at the 99% level of confidence.	0.075	0.375 — indicate significance at the 99% level of confidence.	0.276

	r	r_d	z	z_d	t	RE
Maximum snow depth	0.577 — indicate significance at the 99% level of confidence.	0.408 — indicate significance at the 99% level of confidence.	10/46 — indicate significance at the 99% level of confidence.	14/45 — indicate significance at the 95% level of confidence.	7.559 — indicate significance at the 99% level of confidence.	0.316