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Salinas River at Paso Robles, CA

Principal Investigator Daniel Griffin, University of Arkansas - rdgriff@uark.edu
Gage record source USGS
Calibration/validation 1940-2003 (1966-69 missing)
Full reconstruction 1409-2003
Predictor chronologies
 Rock Springs Mountain, Wright Mountain, Figueroa Mountain, Los Lobos Creek (all CA)
Explained variance 70.5%

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Calibration/validation

Full Reconstruction

Sample Depth

Validation statistics

Gaged and reconstruted flow for the Salinas River

Gaged (blue) and reconstructed (green) records over the calibration/validation period (1940-2003). Gaged record is missing values for 1966-1969.

Reconstructed flow for the Salinas River

Full reconstruction (1409-2003), with annual values (green) and a 5-year running mean (black).

Sample depth for the Salinas River reconstruction

Total sample depth (typically, two measured series per tree) for the reconstruction.

Validation Statistics

(See Blue River Case Study for detailed explanation)

 
  Rcal Rval
calibration model 0.840  
PRESS validation   0.825
 
  R2cal RE(val)
calibration model 0.705  
PRESS validation   0.681
 
  standard error of estimate RMSE
calibration model 70.35  
PRESS validation   72.04

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