cc: , , , date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:21:56 +0000 from: "Eric W Wolff" subject: Re: Past Millennia Climate Variability - Review Paper to: Dear Phil (copying my other ice core colleagues, and Gavin, because I am looking at the vanOmmened version of the Schmidt edit), Firstly, this is to acknowledge that I have seen your mail. I re-iterate that I don't feel I did much, so I am entirely happy to be left on or off the author list depending on balance between the sections. If I am on, please edit my name to E.W Wolff, and remove "Physical Sciences Division" from my affiliation. I have some moinor edits to other parts and then some stuff about the recommendations. Page 10, para 2, "tropical" rather than "topical". As someone who is not in any way associated with hockeysticks, I hope you'll accept if I suggest that the paper should avoid loaded statements that form part of longstanding discussions. This means: a) I agree entirely with Gavin and Tas that the para GS has deleted from the appendix (page 62) is inappropriate. If it is reinstated, please let me know. b) On page 13, I think the criticism of Moberg is too strong (too many negative words). In a review, it's appropriate to say what someone else (Moberg) opined and why, and its appropriate to say why they may be wrong. But the word "misguided" is a loaded word too far for me. I have done an extensive edit of the ice core recommendations (attached). I feel that as originally written they did not really address the issues we highlighted in the text. My edits may require discussion, so I let the others comment whether they agree them. Eric Eric Wolff British Antarctic Survey High Cross Madingley Road Cambridge CB3 0ET United Kingdom E-mail: ewwo@bas.ac.uk Phone: +44 1223 221491 Fax: +44 1223 221279 >>> Gavin Schmidt 21/02/08 20:00:38 >>> Phil, here are my edits and commentary (a little spread around as well as extra bits for 'my' section). I find the paper a little uneven - veering from hyper technical to fairly superficial at different points, but overall it's got almost everything. The only bit I really didn't like was a paragraph on the Wegman report's use of the IPCC 90 figure - that has to go or be radically rewritten. I have a few questions on other peoples sections where I though something was unclear (generally highlighted and in all caps). Changes are visible in track changes mode. Gavin On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 11:01, Phil Jones wrote: > Dear All, > Attached is the latest draft. This has undergone much change > in the past couple of > months. Keith has arranged for this to reviewed quickly by The > Holocene. Subject > to that being OK it will also be fastracked and could by out by the > boreal autumn. > So we need you to look through your section, and overall. We'd like > to submit this in > early March. > We know some small bits are missing (SH trees for example - > Ricardo is likely in > the field). We also need to clean up the references. If you have > some of those highlighted > in yellow - send them. > Can you all check the conclusions and add/modify but keep them fairly > concise and in the bullet form? Also add in acknowledgements you'd like > to have at the end. I presume you all want to remain involved in this. Also > check affiliations. > > When you get this can you all acknowledge the email, so I can be sure > my list is OK and that all have received it. > > Cheers > Phil > > PS can someone send this on to Huges Goose. He doesn't seem to be on this > list. > > > Prof. Phil Jones > Climatic Research Unit Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090 > School of Environmental Sciences Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784 > University of East Anglia > Norwich Email p.jones@uea.ac.uk > NR4 7TJ > UK > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message (and any attachments) is for the recipient only. NERC is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the contents of this email and any reply you make may be disclosed by NERC unless it is exempt from release under the Act. Any material supplied to NERC may be stored in an electronic records management system. Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\millennialpaper_ewweditsofrecommendations.doc"