Table 3. Comparisons of the three optimum seasonal assemblies of various climate elements for each of the STD chronologies.

	Temperature		Min.Tem.		Max.Tem.		Precipitation		PDSI
	SA	R	SA	R	SA	R	SA	R	SA	R
	P9-C3	0.24	P9-C3	0.19	P9-C3	0.26	P7-C6	0.6	C3-C6	0.5
H	P1-P12	0.23	P1-P12	0.19	P1-P12	0.21	P12-C6	0.56	P9-C8	0.46
	P12-C2	0.24	P12-C2	0.2	P12-C2	0.26	P3-C6	0.56	P9-C2	0.33
	P9-C3	0.51	P9-C3	0.48	P9-C3	0.38	P7-C6	0.74	C3-C6	0.57
MH	P1-P12	0.49	P1-P12	0.48	P1-P12	0.3	P12-C6	0.67	P9-C8	0.48
	P12-C2	0.46	P12-C2	0.45	P12-C2	0.37	P3-C6	0.65	P9-C2	0.31
	P9-C3	0.46	P9-C3	0.45	P9-C3	0.28	P7-C6	0.68	C3-C6	0.61
ML	P1-P12	0.45	P1-P12	0.45	P1-P12	0.25	P12-C6	0.66	P9-C8	0.51
	P12-C2	0.41	P12-C2	0.43	P12-C2	0.25	P3-C6	0.65	P9-C2	0.34
	P9-C3	0.28	P9-C3	0.29	P9-C3	0.11	P7-C6	0.61	C3-C6	0.46
L	P1-P12	0.28	P1-P12	0.3	P1-P12	0.09	P12-C6	0.58	P9-C8	0.4
	P12-C2	0.25	P12-C2	0.27	P12-C2	0.13	P3-C6	0.58	P9-C2	0.27
	P9-C3	0.39	P9-C3	0.37	P9-C3	0.26	P7-C6	0.69	C3-C6	0.55
PC1	P1-P12	0.38	P1-P12	0.37	P1-P12	0.22	P12-C6	0.65	P9-C8	0.48
	P12-C2	0.35	P12-C2	0.35	P12-C2	0.26	P3-C6	0.64	P9-C2	0.32
	P9-C3	0.38	P9-C3	0.36	P9-C3	0.26	P7-C6	0.68	C3-C6	0.56
All	P1-P12	0.37	P1-P12	0.36	P1-P12	0.21	P12-C6	0.64	P9-C8	0.48
	P12-C2	0.34	P12-C2	0.34	P12-C2	0.26	P3-C6	0.63	P9-C2	0.32

Min. Tem.: monthly minimum temperature; Max. Tem.: monthly maximum temperature; PDSI: Palmer Drought Severity Index; SA: optimum seasonal assembly; R: correlation coefficient; H/MH/ML/L: the site code of the four different elevations (see Table 1); PC1: first principal component of the four chronologies; All: the composite chronology; P9-C3: previous September to Current March; 0.24/0.11: correlation coefficient with STD and RES chronologies, respectively.