A new dendrochronological data standard TRiDaS

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Group of Dendroclimatology and Radiometrics, Environmental Research Centre, Faculty of Nature Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, Ž.E. Žilibero 6, Kaunas, Lithuania; National Museum, The Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, Scientific Research Centre, Katedros a. 4, LT-01143 Vilnius, Lithuania; r.pukiene@gmf.vdu.lt Different dendrochronological laboratories use different dendrochronological data formats and different software for data processing. Inter-laboratory and inter-national collaboration requires unification of the standards for data sharing. Probably, the most known dendrochronological data format is so-called ITRDB (International Tree-Ring Data Bank) or Tucson format, created for the needs of handling digital dendrochronological data deposited at the International Tree-Ring Data Bank from around the world. The ITRDB was founded by Dr. Harold C. Fritts at the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, The University of Arizona, in 1974. In 1990, the ITRDB found its place among the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) paleoclimatic databases and became a part of the new World Data Center for Paleoclimatology at the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) in Boulder, Colorado, USA. Because of the open-access policy, ITRDB, its data formats and data processing software were adopted by the scientific community. [...]