# Kairaitis - Kaltinenai - QURO - ITRDB LITH031
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# Online_Resource: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/22294
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# Online_Resource: https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/europe/lith031-noaa.rwl
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# Online_Resource: https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/europe/lith031.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 - Kaltinenai - QURO - ITRDB LITH031
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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:  Kaltinenai
# Location: Lithuania
# Northernmost_Latitude: 55.565
# Southernmost_Latitude: 55.565
# Easternmost_Longitude: 22.395
# Westernmost_Longitude: 22.395
# Elevation: 170
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# Data Collection
# Collection_Name:  LITH031
# Earliest_Year: 1819
# 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,
## KALTIN02_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: KALTIN02; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## KALTIN03_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: KALTIN03; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## KALTIN05_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: KALTIN05; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## KALTIN10_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: KALTIN10; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## KALTIN12_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: KALTIN12; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## KALTIN26_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: KALTIN26; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## KALTIN27_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: KALTIN27; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## KALTIN31_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: KALTIN31; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## KALTIN34_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: KALTIN34; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## KALTIN35_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: KALTIN35; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## KALTIN36_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: KALTIN36; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## KALTIN38_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: KALTIN38; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## KALTIN44_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: KALTIN44; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## KALTIN46_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: KALTIN46; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999
## KALTIN49_raw	total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: KALTIN49; 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	KALTIN02_raw	KALTIN03_raw	KALTIN05_raw	KALTIN10_raw	KALTIN12_raw	KALTIN26_raw	KALTIN27_raw	KALTIN31_raw	KALTIN34_raw	KALTIN35_raw	KALTIN36_raw	KALTIN38_raw	KALTIN44_raw	KALTIN46_raw	KALTIN49_raw	
1819 	334	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	
1820	197	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	393	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	
1821	220	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	284	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	
1822	280	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	195	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	
1823	305	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	206	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	
1824	282	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	121	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	
1825	229	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	126	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	
1826	236	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	174	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	
1827	233	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	191	152	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	
1828	251	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	231	261	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	
1829	282	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	189	247	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	
1830	310	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	224	238	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	
1831	309	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	190	205	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	
1832	253	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	183	178	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	424	NaN	
1833	243	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	189	138	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	315	NaN	
1834	270	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	164	120	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	301	NaN	
1835	198	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	134	97	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	83	121	
1836	219	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	100	121	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	95	101	
1837	265	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	92	162	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	234	125	
1838	245	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	105	164	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	257	129	
1839	376	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	159	286	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	432	185	
1840	243	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	186	200	NaN	NaN	382	144	352	159	
1841	150	NaN	216	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	126	111	NaN	NaN	314	70	237	110	
1842	138	NaN	164	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	192	156	NaN	NaN	192	82	209	160	
1843	160	NaN	160	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	156	121	NaN	NaN	163	102	250	154	
1844	163	NaN	217	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	174	93	NaN	NaN	159	91	263	148	
1845	206	156	196	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	209	102	NaN	NaN	135	107	209	157	
1846	180	126	200	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	172	138	NaN	NaN	76	101	242	120	
1847	158	82	147	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	150	95	NaN	NaN	75	113	165	99	
1848	199	116	137	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	142	111	NaN	NaN	94	56	140	80	
1849	241	189	237	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	208	172	NaN	NaN	170	118	258	156	
1850	275	276	256	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	233	125	NaN	NaN	188	94	398	158	
1851	150	195	180	NaN	135	NaN	NaN	143	129	NaN	NaN	133	45	194	78	
1852	145	228	176	NaN	100	NaN	NaN	172	142	NaN	NaN	81	30	184	82	
1853	132	223	142	NaN	71	NaN	NaN	160	86	NaN	NaN	74	25	164	82	
1854	151	183	142	NaN	76	NaN	NaN	204	104	NaN	NaN	57	21	177	59	
1855	159	201	145	NaN	127	NaN	NaN	148	71	NaN	NaN	35	36	160	72	
1856	110	129	105	NaN	117	82	NaN	84	75	NaN	NaN	24	38	80	59	
1857	71	157	82	NaN	95	61	NaN	106	90	NaN	NaN	34	55	109	60	
1858	73	116	65	NaN	65	68	NaN	71	107	NaN	NaN	20	42	99	48	
1859	63	136	69	NaN	49	41	NaN	63	113	NaN	NaN	24	30	115	50	
1860	152	308	118	NaN	64	76	NaN	87	173	NaN	NaN	52	42	252	54	
1861	155	398	201	NaN	74	149	NaN	133	227	NaN	NaN	82	39	353	78	
1862	90	385	186	NaN	63	80	NaN	115	243	NaN	NaN	55	31	218	58	
1863	107	331	159	NaN	48	112	NaN	127	224	NaN	NaN	52	45	227	78	
1864	145	272	168	NaN	56	181	NaN	116	188	NaN	NaN	61	33	259	83	
1865	83	267	126	NaN	66	75	NaN	115	100	NaN	NaN	61	24	129	40	
1866	150	217	152	NaN	72	113	NaN	102	118	NaN	NaN	53	45	185	59	
1867	151	167	134	NaN	77	146	NaN	78	154	NaN	NaN	54	34	111	63	
1868	164	200	142	NaN	79	231	NaN	84	147	NaN	NaN	76	52	139	70	
1869	86	171	168	NaN	113	152	NaN	76	197	NaN	NaN	51	80	111	80	
1870	158	245	185	323	120	178	NaN	104	246	212	NaN	82	116	186	78	
1871	157	251	205	266	129	121	NaN	105	152	194	186	71	118	175	59	
1872	132	139	139	273	151	80	NaN	92	135	191	156	34	70	104	52	
1873	121	135	136	194	144	113	NaN	119	104	192	121	55	74	151	55	
1874	132	155	120	181	100	88	NaN	103	116	155	108	42	46	230	56	
1875	180	186	120	211	124	178	NaN	114	126	161	92	47	43	331	48	
1876	152	197	143	190	110	153	NaN	98	115	156	103	31	45	302	51	
1877	127	265	156	224	122	164	238	117	140	204	132	74	39	318	59	
1878	170	269	168	223	112	179	223	120	143	138	126	63	21	338	38	
1879	161	297	166	251	131	171	214	115	156	131	143	65	44	341	45	
1880	228	180	174	216	130	188	235	109	158	124	172	61	37	258	54	
1881	71	98	89	54	83	81	105	95	71	88	122	29	24	85	35	
1882	132	103	132	92	101	78	164	100	117	134	164	49	26	180	33	
1883	103	174	133	95	100	104	219	134	116	141	206	40	28	217	44	
1884	148	193	171	129	95	157	259	164	107	188	187	79	25	307	34	
1885	170	269	170	189	111	181	272	187	131	213	190	82	37	278	39	
1886	108	188	154	241	122	182	238	147	158	170	285	69	29	227	33	
1887	80	157	115	97	107	147	177	135	138	87	275	54	39	94	38	
1888	97	196	108	154	107	122	194	127	161	98	216	52	36	164	30	
1889	111	218	125	154	122	161	268	127	133	185	198	75	53	197	32	
1890	179	302	214	250	237	230	240	239	187	297	362	108	99	295	32	
1891	162	274	184	192	148	155	213	223	157	172	237	97	73	231	33	
1892	132	258	187	267	153	167	223	299	178	219	326	199	101	268	46	
1893	132	197	172	226	164	172	255	190	139	171	229	115	144	183	61	
1894	107	187	183	239	198	198	227	141	180	187	344	89	211	163	44	
1895	104	179	169	202	197	199	183	89	155	134	298	120	156	135	67	
1896	99	164	114	126	190	214	234	112	111	124	328	87	213	207	59	
1897	177	203	135	311	223	301	290	119	172	218	315	179	455	212	103	
1898	166	233	171	279	279	292	269	150	170	286	332	185	413	234	84	
1899	126	225	135	159	194	191	251	124	111	195	180	129	277	156	87	
1900	109	211	146	250	175	222	248	115	152	181	217	128	349	159	90	
1901	100	241	155	287	183	270	286	143	213	161	254	252	349	133	116	
1902	85	167	108	146	132	172	260	97	109	127	219	172	270	86	80	
1903	130	233	155	204	186	212	334	90	143	182	357	263	291	185	176	
1904	97	242	128	159	177	187	279	120	119	149	288	148	214	118	117	
1905	108	232	110	262	240	192	420	109	134	190	365	179	311	192	153	
1906	132	264	179	251	403	185	361	162	160	238	411	287	355	234	232	
1907	64	184	120	111	236	123	253	95	90	132	196	128	210	76	133	
1908	69	122	99	154	188	112	297	77	132	193	231	186	183	136	114	
1909	78	106	99	245	172	110	271	115	136	144	264	171	152	104	141	
1910	169	230	157	335	248	252	402	146	232	249	341	246	304	185	218	
1911	126	247	247	277	282	309	347	155	208	225	406	234	368	211	314	
1912	165	262	243	272	304	352	477	150	235	262	344	267	375	183	278	
1913	119	248	278	338	413	416	484	103	198	252	343	244	291	162	249	
1914	118	231	204	211	265	330	349	119	139	172	296	227	232	133	260	
1915	121	246	189	258	263	270	450	119	159	156	263	181	245	137	244	
1916	110	198	119	178	304	156	283	114	131	134	179	106	202	66	129	
1917	99	176	155	220	222	207	259	95	110	180	304	234	203	174	270	
1918	80	158	163	238	241	212	218	121	141	299	227	179	188	91	117	
1919	128	193	219	321	310	287	347	114	149	300	330	185	312	191	336	
1920	158	195	223	310	284	423	293	101	160	208	302	282	350	164	360	
1921	91	118	163	127	339	214	227	99	110	121	314	157	191	99	194	
1922	133	115	205	202	339	307	328	94	161	194	285	187	394	89	330	
1923	110	79	146	202	246	208	247	73	109	101	220	170	228	95	251	
1924	166	107	205	327	362	365	368	88	191	250	365	278	433	254	466	
1925	113	146	258	290	390	464	314	119	156	264	321	244	485	164	538	
1926	88	134	164	276	269	336	261	107	75	180	244	125	298	99	340	
1927	109	118	160	281	267	284	296	87	92	165	237	165	278	114	354	
1928	67	80	85	324	207	234	201	60	62	93	195	136	191	48	248	
1929	104	153	128	394	270	350	324	77	135	141	375	196	306	145	379	
1930	111	128	178	357	283	290	304	84	120	207	313	172	220	96	255	
1931	144	157	245	338	350	399	274	77	179	220	335	203	382	151	412	
1932	137	163	180	218	313	293	229	82	118	239	285	186	295	119	319	
1933	93	141	128	221	245	242	263	68	109	164	197	148	289	47	258	
1934	65	90	129	168	183	228	195	63	89	127	235	115	155	56	200	
1935	116	228	186	286	274	269	316	98	165	214	246	198	292	88	292	
1936	156	188	222	329	221	318	252	80	117	233	275	181	328	155	251	
1937	208	276	254	336	276	380	285	115	214	437	312	261	407	157	391	
1938	243	229	217	341	248	334	331	124	164	399	317	214	442	196	415	
1939	186	184	209	304	285	275	297	83	133	415	251	194	399	198	427	
1940	126	118	135	133	213	137	128	66	87	236	198	144	123	60	141	
1941	135	167	146	167	292	270	223	108	163	333	287	239	300	103	272	
1942	132	183	146	249	276	277	277	75	199	295	315	139	336	75	265	
1943	101	182	178	255	216	203	239	82	158	200	247	170	259	78	238	
1944	137	236	258	252	236	226	224	80	133	348	241	313	325	120	282	
1945	132	319	364	235	314	280	198	90	123	407	268	440	314	129	375	
1946	141	272	335	235	302	319	307	106	161	413	230	299	351	149	395	
1947	136	255	281	179	275	239	251	82	114	305	112	277	285	104	224	
1948	118	214	144	186	275	281	251	97	163	239	84	200	196	89	188	
1949	174	319	301	281	293	393	214	93	223	373	169	460	252	249	361	
1950	154	224	255	249	275	258	191	130	60	301	158	337	245	190	280	
1951	100	167	235	171	187	198	150	111	39	248	140	262	191	132	184	
1952	111	146	253	159	179	198	192	74	39	203	140	190	187	111	248	
1953	101	162	230	194	181	202	140	88	39	226	155	351	209	133	173	
1954	121	175	315	245	196	164	167	96	58	309	245	271	179	150	194	
1955	83	166	212	141	120	117	121	86	45	232	139	301	144	82	139	
1956	82	227	277	171	224	224	177	89	57	315	133	513	175	115	282	
1957	107	320	389	316	329	252	250	114	138	374	210	651	314	199	427	
1958	123	270	452	294	304	320	257	128	106	444	179	426	326	222	445	
1959	132	345	341	268	299	217	253	160	146	614	191	367	257	145	329	
1960	128	327	349	231	256	182	261	67	116	481	149	208	195	106	242	
1961	135	224	306	218	236	216	198	64	91	334	121	371	195	104	351	
1962	147	284	391	332	316	239	224	90	216	342	102	368	345	176	378	
1963	197	411	505	359	375	346	257	117	216	438	174	339	366	206	453	
1964	124	362	369	231	235	265	159	98	141	345	155	209	265	111	256	
1965	100	203	242	161	147	188	187	77	121	188	127	143	130	95	129	
1966	102	93	223	183	156	225	174	75	150	186	146	230	116	101	205	
1967	75	65	170	156	136	168	223	62	148	172	147	158	121	122	138	
1968	87	110	183	201	136	246	199	68	103	205	156	214	180	67	179	
1969	88	87	201	174	155	230	202	66	74	223	140	217	155	89	169	
1970	94	179	228	209	149	280	203	67	77	204	139	205	176	96	222	
1971	115	186	231	171	185	271	278	66	127	237	200	268	186	179	314	
