# Kairaitis - Gelvonai - QURO - ITRDB LITH030
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# Online_Resource: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/22292
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# Online_Resource: https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/europe/lith030-noaa.rwl
#    Description: Raw Measurements - NOAA Template File
# Online_Resource: https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/europe/lith030.rwl
#    Description: Raw Measurements - Tucson Decadal File
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# Archive: Treering
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# Dataset_DOI: 
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# Parameter_Keywords: ring width
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# Contribution_Date
# Date: 2017-02-13
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# File_Last_Modified_Date
# Date: 2019-02-05
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# Title
#   Study_Name: Kairaitis - Gelvonai - QURO - ITRDB LITH030
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# Investigators: Kairaitis, J.; Sohar, K.; Vitas, A.
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# Description_Notes_and_Keywords
#     Description: NOAA Template Raw Measurements file added 2019-02-05.
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# Publication
# Authors: Kristina Sohar, Adomas Vitas, Alar Laanelaid
# Journal_Name: Dendrochronologia
# Published_Title: Sapwood estimates of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) in eastern Baltic
# Published_Date_or_Year: 2012
# Volume: 30
# Pages: 49-56
# Report_Number: 
# DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2011.08.001
# Full_Citation: 
# Abstract: Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) is one of the widely used and dendrochronologically investigated species in Europe. Still, it is a problematical dating object if its outermost section is missing partly or totally. Thus, we need sapwood estimation of living trees. As sapwood amount varies geographically, numbers of sapwood rings have been published for different regions in Europe but no such estimation has been done for the Baltic States yet. Therefore, this paper deals with the estimation of pedunculate oak sapwood growing in the eastern Baltic region, i.e. in Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
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#  In total, 668 oak core samples of living trees from 43 stands were investigated. Ring widths were measured and the number of sapwood rings was determined according to two criteria: difference of colour and absence of tyloses in earlywood vessels. The samples were divided into two sets, according to the tH-values between site chronologies and the major geobotanical sub-provinces. Thus, the nine Finnish and western Estonian sites were attributed to the western region and the 34 eastern Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian sites to the eastern region.
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#  As the result of a statistical analysis, we explain that the number of oak sapwood rings ranges from 4.09 to 20.85 and 6.45 to 18.02 within 95% confidence limits in the western and eastern regions, respectively. For the three Baltic countries and southern Finland in general, we recommend to consider a sapwood estimate of 6.18-18.71 rings. Regarding earlier studies, the general European trend of decreasing sapwood ring number towards the east was confirmed. A geographical pattern of eastward decrease of the median sapwood ring number was noticed in the Baltics as well. The chronology based upon 668 samples of living oak trees from all sites covered the period of 1631-2008.
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# Site Information
# Site_Name:  Gelvonai
# Location: Lithuania
# Northernmost_Latitude: 55.05
# Southernmost_Latitude: 55.05
# Easternmost_Longitude: 24.745
# Westernmost_Longitude: 24.745
# Elevation: 115
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# Data Collection
# Collection_Name:  LITH030
# Earliest_Year: 1800
# Most_Recent_Year: 1971
# Time_Unit: AD
# Notes: 
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# Species
# Species_Name: Quercus robur L. = Quercus pendunculata Ehrl.
# Common_Name: English oak
# Tree_Species_Code: QURO
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# Chronology_Information 
#      Chronology: 
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# Variables 
# Data variables follow that are preceded by '##' in columns one and two.
# Variables list, one per line; shortname-tab- components: what, material, error, units, seasonality, archive, detail, method, C or N for Character or Numeric data,additional information)
## age_CE age,,,year Common Era,,tree ring,,,N,
## GELVON02_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: GELVON02; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## GELVON03_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: GELVON03; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## GELVON05_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: GELVON05; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## GELVON07_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: GELVON07; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## GELVON09_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: GELVON09; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## GELVON10_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: GELVON10; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## GELVON11_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: GELVON11; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## GELVON12_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: GELVON12; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## GELVON14_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: GELVON14; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## GELVON16_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: GELVON16; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## GELVON17_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: GELVON17; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## GELVON18_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: GELVON18; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## GELVON19_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: GELVON19; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## GELVON21_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: GELVON21; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## GELVON22_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: GELVON22; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
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# Data:
# Missing_Values: NA
age_CE	GELVON02_raw	GELVON03_raw	GELVON05_raw	GELVON07_raw	GELVON09_raw	GELVON10_raw	GELVON11_raw	GELVON12_raw	GELVON14_raw	GELVON16_raw	GELVON17_raw	GELVON18_raw	GELVON19_raw	GELVON21_raw	GELVON22_raw	
1800 	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	32	NaN	
1801	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	122	NaN	
1802	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	132	NaN	
1803	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	118	NaN	
1804	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	100	NaN	
1805	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	136	NaN	
1806	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	199	NaN	
1807	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	161	NaN	
1808	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	167	NaN	
1809	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	227	NaN	
1810	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	242	201	
1811	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	161	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	219	146	
1812	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	272	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	145	161	
1813	NaN	NaN	198	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	237	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	152	173	
1814	NaN	NaN	157	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	290	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	240	132	
1815	NaN	NaN	215	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	388	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	264	171	
1816	NaN	NaN	203	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	288	NaN	154	NaN	NaN	NaN	188	182	
1817	NaN	NaN	234	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	301	NaN	167	NaN	NaN	NaN	188	189	
1818	NaN	NaN	174	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	243	NaN	160	NaN	NaN	NaN	196	198	
1819	NaN	NaN	173	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	212	NaN	145	NaN	NaN	NaN	178	150	
1820	NaN	NaN	309	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	313	NaN	167	252	NaN	NaN	220	268	
1821	NaN	NaN	174	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	259	NaN	129	286	NaN	NaN	164	277	
1822	NaN	NaN	201	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	284	NaN	147	325	NaN	NaN	140	308	
1823	NaN	NaN	227	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	300	NaN	117	319	NaN	NaN	213	276	
1824	NaN	NaN	107	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	286	97	107	204	NaN	NaN	164	239	
1825	NaN	NaN	137	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	248	119	109	231	NaN	NaN	160	207	
1826	NaN	NaN	197	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	281	130	108	290	NaN	NaN	237	265	
1827	NaN	NaN	125	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	205	88	95	142	NaN	NaN	165	258	
1828	NaN	NaN	133	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	229	123	103	144	NaN	NaN	187	293	
1829	NaN	NaN	105	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	151	93	83	106	NaN	NaN	128	212	
1830	NaN	NaN	68	NaN	261	NaN	NaN	144	100	97	160	NaN	NaN	135	302	
1831	NaN	NaN	96	NaN	279	NaN	NaN	186	156	96	193	NaN	NaN	109	245	
1832	NaN	NaN	57	NaN	238	NaN	NaN	204	161	118	214	NaN	NaN	99	223	
1833	198	NaN	90	NaN	180	NaN	NaN	182	126	131	205	NaN	NaN	112	200	
1834	227	NaN	61	NaN	153	NaN	NaN	200	105	155	152	NaN	NaN	87	238	
1835	110	NaN	74	NaN	96	NaN	NaN	144	74	112	65	NaN	NaN	47	157	
1836	72	NaN	61	NaN	69	NaN	NaN	154	55	64	51	NaN	NaN	34	88	
1837	147	NaN	72	NaN	64	NaN	NaN	189	183	94	107	NaN	NaN	56	114	
1838	116	NaN	96	NaN	48	NaN	NaN	134	175	80	107	NaN	NaN	56	82	
1839	239	NaN	118	NaN	69	NaN	NaN	167	173	98	151	NaN	NaN	45	189	
1840	388	NaN	105	NaN	90	NaN	NaN	186	166	121	157	NaN	NaN	78	281	
1841	306	61	90	NaN	76	NaN	NaN	136	151	129	145	NaN	NaN	68	217	
1842	322	75	124	NaN	63	NaN	NaN	99	170	115	72	NaN	NaN	54	267	
1843	231	90	113	NaN	64	NaN	NaN	80	141	120	111	NaN	NaN	33	178	
1844	343	153	69	NaN	55	NaN	NaN	61	85	82	48	NaN	NaN	54	134	
1845	320	163	62	NaN	58	NaN	NaN	43	123	50	62	NaN	NaN	63	168	
1846	190	145	131	NaN	42	NaN	NaN	56	110	53	66	NaN	NaN	56	94	
1847	135	122	107	NaN	32	NaN	NaN	44	62	37	46	NaN	NaN	34	78	
1848	258	255	68	NaN	35	NaN	NaN	58	105	43	103	NaN	NaN	80	85	
1849	296	350	84	NaN	42	NaN	NaN	56	139	46	107	NaN	NaN	78	146	
1850	314	341	86	NaN	44	NaN	NaN	59	148	48	161	NaN	NaN	95	172	
1851	243	290	83	NaN	53	NaN	NaN	96	169	53	158	NaN	NaN	107	179	
1852	267	327	89	NaN	68	NaN	NaN	102	198	84	177	NaN	NaN	147	226	
1853	239	319	78	225	50	NaN	NaN	104	170	93	194	NaN	NaN	136	222	
1854	166	233	58	182	42	NaN	NaN	86	120	71	118	NaN	NaN	94	171	
1855	150	173	73	108	37	NaN	NaN	64	113	49	81	NaN	NaN	56	114	
1856	137	214	56	153	32	NaN	NaN	81	129	45	105	NaN	NaN	70	120	
1857	186	314	60	189	43	NaN	NaN	114	158	50	180	160	NaN	135	157	
1858	186	223	69	94	49	NaN	NaN	80	150	54	106	244	NaN	116	147	
1859	165	224	75	198	61	NaN	NaN	84	156	63	77	315	NaN	98	147	
1860	351	239	89	207	62	NaN	NaN	110	162	88	127	254	NaN	119	199	
1861	273	205	93	158	91	NaN	NaN	100	168	102	141	191	NaN	164	175	
1862	226	148	63	159	76	NaN	NaN	99	177	90	142	237	NaN	169	169	
1863	185	159	83	185	69	NaN	NaN	75	206	80	154	238	NaN	147	179	
1864	280	190	119	213	104	256	NaN	114	200	112	213	234	NaN	202	237	
1865	268	182	61	186	113	227	NaN	123	151	72	159	218	NaN	182	165	
1866	208	202	94	162	111	189	NaN	137	189	93	139	206	NaN	165	187	
1867	209	181	83	121	134	146	154	129	182	64	107	168	323	108	171	
1868	294	248	82	104	187	217	151	125	108	73	146	155	260	162	158	
1869	148	238	122	96	95	130	221	115	153	85	111	115	235	126	122	
1870	203	169	154	216	173	203	168	79	119	96	95	115	208	103	188	
1871	180	176	87	136	114	161	145	59	79	62	91	114	232	93	107	
1872	109	165	48	122	76	84	103	49	51	54	68	92	159	76	64	
1873	168	205	66	136	82	110	172	57	134	61	90	100	211	149	110	
1874	147	143	75	167	89	106	135	82	121	58	83	70	165	167	122	
1875	172	165	80	207	87	181	215	88	120	80	97	96	178	192	172	
1876	142	262	132	153	65	203	211	82	132	98	123	176	162	205	176	
1877	157	273	162	199	106	193	210	112	124	140	112	224	187	162	212	
1878	127	262	120	115	90	145	217	103	90	111	149	221	157	172	119	
1879	173	242	153	160	107	175	288	107	116	120	130	178	173	198	162	
1880	198	291	214	302	142	243	315	144	139	151	148	245	251	185	201	
1881	139	163	146	120	116	136	132	78	68	98	50	114	172	100	133	
1882	149	130	110	80	79	135	112	55	54	71	58	91	130	113	99	
1883	95	132	150	190	94	155	118	66	77	76	43	141	176	91	99	
1884	188	185	167	204	151	181	202	80	85	87	108	251	236	131	182	
1885	164	214	210	261	174	169	221	88	94	102	150	256	213	141	158	
1886	193	191	138	180	179	164	303	109	83	122	238	284	237	129	170	
1887	91	146	108	144	173	132	125	102	62	84	141	175	222	73	155	
1888	144	135	122	119	140	156	121	76	45	88	167	167	213	95	140	
1889	83	93	129	112	103	46	96	44	47	70	103	100	124	62	121	
1890	250	229	341	404	265	183	251	75	72	147	170	253	231	129	231	
1891	183	180	243	189	244	198	185	98	52	179	201	198	191	97	229	
1892	188	225	193	249	236	187	270	113	85	164	244	288	219	136	193	
1893	100	111	98	152	242	118	86	86	45	139	213	152	120	84	165	
1894	249	200	118	264	266	180	176	137	83	178	275	264	214	143	188	
1895	110	145	89	222	193	118	125	97	67	126	250	214	139	94	166	
1896	191	162	113	185	168	127	149	100	78	135	164	193	217	84	176	
1897	172	141	105	119	122	110	119	107	43	112	182	125	224	89	114	
1898	168	126	127	155	168	68	189	102	81	106	177	167	231	91	143	
1899	105	89	80	118	148	62	101	97	57	89	120	130	183	68	120	
1900	95	57	100	86	106	54	93	65	45	69	154	76	135	57	89	
1901	156	72	146	130	144	78	170	78	41	87	153	149	103	61	95	
1902	110	70	128	110	146	62	158	108	56	100	146	121	142	47	104	
1903	176	79	181	234	171	101	260	111	54	150	184	151	165	90	112	
1904	121	85	152	198	191	64	159	139	67	139	211	163	219	74	134	
1905	211	85	192	175	170	121	248	75	56	117	218	132	212	84	90	
1906	165	68	194	168	182	75	243	76	50	94	157	187	246	62	126	
1907	172	79	123	120	155	64	162	68	58	79	130	167	170	53	104	
1908	147	55	99	94	106	53	91	54	36	59	99	108	160	48	67	
1909	139	51	77	87	107	42	106	72	44	65	140	121	166	57	57	
1910	152	42	133	84	128	48	166	109	48	105	163	168	214	66	49	
1911	141	73	131	93	174	60	174	131	61	124	173	237	249	54	72	
1912	246	93	234	115	230	82	240	167	112	170	194	263	259	104	113	
1913	171	83	248	102	203	64	184	226	77	180	255	301	233	86	80	
1914	178	89	150	79	200	70	207	147	113	128	164	245	212	80	96	
1915	124	71	126	70	174	49	135	118	85	106	134	202	205	60	82	
1916	138	84	118	82	167	65	106	112	89	98	104	168	184	52	84	
1917	179	82	115	79	179	64	166	137	83	146	137	239	221	68	70	
1918	110	82	150	58	161	40	68	124	54	136	102	218	266	41	70	
1919	160	107	176	82	222	67	141	185	95	237	187	296	219	90	87	
1920	161	130	183	82	226	70	121	177	88	224	169	299	233	59	51	
1921	133	105	164	88	263	88	252	173	70	212	133	268	253	64	64	
1922	220	164	185	189	280	111	263	213	103	300	196	343	261	108	112	
1923	159	101	148	158	197	86	74	152	87	165	103	265	195	74	64	
1924	243	111	150	148	208	93	56	100	84	170	111	293	197	257	73	
1925	182	121	152	130	201	95	77	144	116	246	229	296	237	120	86	
1926	189	86	139	116	138	101	69	120	55	229	164	248	200	131	87	
1927	221	89	149	119	197	96	122	123	84	204	181	250	208	140	105	
1928	155	75	115	129	148	106	119	88	70	154	111	178	196	91	91	
1929	211	76	151	123	189	151	135	111	153	150	189	278	230	139	110	
1930	154	80	89	145	180	130	226	110	199	119	145	219	365	117	111	
1931	179	111	112	172	193	182	356	116	397	118	166	249	308	186	97	
1932	152	189	95	280	172	169	366	127	325	156	174	266	290	175	126	
1933	147	170	111	224	163	107	244	132	353	126	118	184	307	117	111	
1934	160	288	91	366	228	191	312	89	278	154	236	241	396	149	104	
1935	168	356	120	292	197	282	399	136	445	194	156	245	330	134	157	
1936	148	483	132	456	222	362	465	139	430	123	217	360	365	292	188	
1937	148	370	70	404	198	257	492	110	365	117	160	321	320	166	156	
1938	180	429	111	413	238	269	466	148	457	172	169	271	375	326	167	
1939	150	415	140	330	289	364	513	139	392	193	150	312	341	232	162	
1940	115	280	100	205	197	271	317	93	261	133	57	160	181	156	63	
1941	157	439	123	244	303	345	339	111	388	211	130	226	257	211	111	
1942	191	401	128	300	261	424	426	113	316	202	156	284	221	215	119	
1943	156	457	167	348	259	546	501	144	318	246	223	327	301	227	161	
1944	202	445	172	327	277	437	418	193	423	261	266	340	291	296	196	
1945	268	442	215	458	293	509	482	199	362	297	241	400	268	292	182	
1946	228	452	215	400	288	602	400	180	342	276	355	479	303	277	222	
1947	225	443	143	294	286	352	262	157	287	278	261	396	275	199	235	
1948	158	320	187	307	247	336	302	182	272	190	232	421	237	185	215	
1949	267	343	213	338	283	465	415	243	364	279	231	467	283	213	301	
1950	211	281	223	308	252	431	335	226	430	300	184	296	229	228	241	
1951	172	190	208	199	278	316	383	145	318	251	152	301	259	255	217	
1952	116	101	188	110	169	150	121	151	200	123	101	174	214	129	78	
1953	114	164	170	148	182	186	241	128	284	115	113	151	227	184	95	
1954	165	181	207	353	206	406	195	112	221	175	114	248	213	150	82	
1955	134	158	149	176	186	297	184	112	148	111	114	178	237	143	99	
1956	150	211	188	390	182	326	298	145	221	202	163	235	181	247	90	
1957	171	257	162	361	275	429	281	199	332	204	200	274	226	222	130	
1958	139	282	127	371	254	457	352	225	338	203	192	307	201	160	114	
1959	172	261	187	229	299	246	325	284	363	243	239	306	285	233	128	
1960	187	260	159	317	335	274	306	267	196	269	293	292	176	124	151	
1961	139	220	149	179	232	205	206	248	314	159	218	259	193	173	145	
1962	167	210	130	178	260	190	197	187	293	171	206	203	225	177	161	
1963	257	239	139	211	289	266	243	204	337	165	236	223	330	186	227	
1964	128	120	128	139	239	122	151	111	141	140	141	164	190	96	174	
1965	97	85	80	84	164	99	101	72	110	104	87	80	174	74	110	
1966	173	124	115	133	236	171	127	145	206	122	199	154	203	176	79	
1967	156	130	116	153	249	164	160	133	119	141	187	229	185	112	130	
1968	131	94	76	126	194	134	171	79	114	118	106	210	155	123	130	
1969	110	79	101	137	197	105	137	74	146	93	80	190	129	171	138	
1970	170	124	136	126	222	179	188	146	229	117	138	279	180	137	197	
1971	167	130	148	153	238	171	163	153	234	138	175	230	217	146	193	
