<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>32</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Engle, James Blaine</style></author></authors><tertiary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Schowengerdt, R.</style></author></tertiary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A Computer-Assisted Tree-Ring Chronology Composition System</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Electrical and Computer Engineering</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2000</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://ezproxy.library.arizona.edu/login?url=http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=729088511&amp;sid=4&amp;Fmt=2&amp;clientId=43922&amp;RQT=309&amp;VName=PQD</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">University of Arizona</style></publisher><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MS</style></volume><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The design and implementation of a computer-assisted tree-ring chronology composition system for dendrochronology is described in this thesis. Methods for tree-ring growth sequence pattern matching, hierarchical composition of master chronologies, and analytical quality control are discussed in detail and systematically implemented in the CROSSDATE program in a highly visual, graphic environment. The objective of this work is to provide dendrochronologists with a robust set of tools for comparing the relative growth patterns of tree-ring samples for purposes of dating the samples and composing new master chronologies from individual tree-ring samples and other master chronologies. This system is complementary to the TREES program, a computer-vision based tree-ring identification and measurement system developed at the University of Arizona.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>