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Tree-RingLaboratory

LamontDohertyEarthObservatory

ofColumbiaUniversity

Palisades,NY

Introduction

ProgramARSTANisthepersonalresearchprojectofDr.EdwardR.Cook,evolvingoutofhisgraduateworkattheUniversityofArizonainthe1980swhenthescienceofdendrochronologywasstrugglingwithextractingmeaningfultree-ringinformationfromclosedcanopyforesttrees.TheARSTANmethodology（AutoRegressiveSTANdardization）wasdevelopedtodealwithacertainclassofproblemthatiscommontotreesgrowinginclosed-canopyforestenvironments:

the“endogenousdisturbance”problem.

AdetaileddescriptionoftheARSTANmethodologyiscontainedinCook’sPhDDissertation“ATime-SeriesAnalysisApproachtoTree-RingStandardizationandwillnotberepeatedhere.Rather,acopyofthatdissertationisenclosedinthisfolderforthosewhowishtolearnmoreaboutit.

Whatyoudowiththeprogramisultimatelyuptoyou,butbeadvisedthatspecializedsoftwareisonlyasvaluabletotheuserastheuser’sunderstandingofwhatthesoftwaredoes.InanattempttomaketheprogrammoreuserfriendlyARSTANcanmakeaplotatalmosteverypointintheprogramwherethereisasignificanttransformationoftherawdata.Usethisfeaturetohelpyouseewhatisgoingonwithyourdataandhelpyouinterpretbettertheresults.

Disclaimer

Theauthorsassumenoresponsibilityfortheuseandsupportofthisprogram.Ofcoursewewouldwanttoknowaboutanysituationthatproducesanincorrectcomputationoranimpossibleresult.However,whatyoudowiththeprogramandhowyoudoit,isyourbusiness.

SystemRequirementsandInstallation

ProgramARSTANwasdevelopedentirelyonMacintoshcomputers.WhatthismeansisweknowmoreaboutthebehavioroftheprogramonMacsthanonanyothermachine.TheWindowsportoftheprogramisnewasofJanuary2005.Weareconstantlyusingtheprogramandupdateswillappearonourwebsitefromtimetotime.Ifyouareexperiencingproblemsgettingtheprogramtorunonyourcomputerandyouarerunningoneofthetwooperatingsystemsmentionedbelow,pleaseletusknow.Beadvisedtheprogramcantaxyourcomputersabilitiesresultinginwhatmayappearasacrash.Thisisnotunusualwhencalculatingbootstrappedconfidencelimitsonasitewith100’sofseriescoveringthesametimeinterval.Bepatientbeforereachingfortheresetbuttonorctrl_alt_deleting.Itisagoodideatoruntheprogramonmachineswithatleast300mbofavailableRAM.Forlargerdatasets,500mbormoreisnice.

MacintoshOSX

1.Itisadvisable,butnotnecessary,forallMacuserstoinstallthe“AppleDeveloperTools”toolboxforOSX10.1-10.2,oriToolsforOSX10.3andgreater.ThesemaybedownloadedforfreefromApples“developer”website.

2.Putthefolder“Absoft”inyourcomputersApplicationsfolder.

3.Copyormovetheapplication（executable）toanylocationonyourcomputerforuse.

4.Allinputfilesmustresideinthesamefolderastheapplication.

WindowsXPHome/Professional

1.Copythefolder“Absoft80”（withitscontents）toyourc:

drive.

2.Continuefromstep3above.

Note:

Thefollowingstepsmayormaynotbenecessarydependingontheoperatingsystemyouareusing.Trytheprogramfirstbeforecontinuing.

Rightclickon"

MyComputer"

andselectproperties.Locatethe"

EnvironmentVariables"

sectionofthepropertieswindow（inthe"

Advanced"

tabinWindows2000）andaddanewvariableforeitheryourusernameorsystemwide.Thevariablenamemustbecalled"

PLPLOT_LIB"

andthevaluemustbe:

C:

\Absoft80\examples\PLPLOT\examples

Windows98usersmayneedtoaddtheenvironmentvariabletoyourc:

\autoexec.batfilebytypingthefollowingline:

setPLPLOT_LIB=C:

Importantnoteaboutinputandoutputfiletypes

MacintoshUsers:

ThefiletypeofallARSTANinputandoutputfilesare“unix”.

WindowsUsers:

Thefiletypeis“dos”.

USERSGUIDE.

ProgramARSTANisaFORTRANprogramwithoutalotofamenitieslikedropanddragmousemovements,dropdownwindows,allthegreatstuffweexpectfromsoftwaretoday.It’satopdownprogram,meaningyousetituptodowhatyouwantfirst,thenyouletitrun.Therearethreeprinciplemodesforrunningtheprogram,interactive,commandandbatch.In“interactive”modeyouenterthenameofafilecontainingring-widthdata,youconfigurealltheoptionstoperformonthedatawithinthefile,hitreturnfor“nomoreoptions”andletitrun.

DuringaninteractivemoderunARSTANproducesalogfile,orcommandfile.Thistextfile（“<

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