date: Thu Mar 27 14:47:08 2008 from: Phil Jones subject: Re: a figure on the CRU web page to: David Parker Thanks. I might not have got it or deleted it by mistake at home last night. Phil At 14:35 27/03/2008, you wrote: Phil I informed Mike cc Tom Karl yesterday. David On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 14:28 +0000, Phil Jones wrote: > David, > I assume you will be sending this to Mike Mann and the rest on > those emails. > > Cheers > Phil > > > At 14:09 27/03/2008, David Parker wrote: > >Phil, Tom > > > >We have changed our plots on [1]http://hadobs.metoffice.com/hadcrut3/ and > >on [2]http://hadobs.metoffice.com/hadcrut3/diagnostics/global/nh+sh/ and > >added a warning note regarding what was there before! > > > >Regards > > > >David > > > >On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 13:34 +0000, Phil Jones wrote: > > > > > > Tom, > > > Yes, we can create annuals from just one month. There has been > > > some other > > > correspondence about this with a number of people. The Hadley Centre > > > are doing it also. > > > It seems as though there are a number of people out there who are > > > forgetting > > > to read the small print! > > > The HC will be changing theirs, so perhaps David can cc you on > > > that when ready. > > > > > > Cheers > > > Phil > > > > > > > > > At 14:30 26/03/2008, you wrote: > > > > Hi, Phil, > > > > > > > > I was trying to answer a friend's question about the solar > > > > impact article in Physics Today (March issue). As they use your > > > > data I thought I'd see why yours shows something different than > > > > ours. It turned out, in my opinion, to be caused by some odd data > > > > processing they were doing to remove the effect of volcanoes and > > > > also thereby el Ninos. But I thought I'd point out to you that, as > > > > the figure below shows, you apparently are able to create annual > > > > values and put them in a plot with only 2 months of the year > > > > available. (At first I checked to see why our 2007 value disagreed > > > > so much with ours, but then found out it was your 2008 value > > > > instead.) > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [] > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Thomas C. Peterson, Ph.D. > > > > NOAA's National Climatic Data Center > > > > 151 Patton Avenue > > > > Asheville, NC 28801 > > > > Voice: +1-828-271-4287 > > > > Fax: +1-828-271-4328 > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > >-- > >David Parker Met Office Hadley Centre FitzRoy Road EXETER EX1 3PB UK > >E-mail: david.parker@metoffice.gov.uk > >Tel: +44-1392-886649 Fax: +44-1392-885681 http:www.metoffice.gov.uk > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- David Parker Met Office Hadley Centre FitzRoy Road EXETER EX1 3PB UK E-mail: david.parker@metoffice.gov.uk Tel: +44-1392-886649 Fax: +44-1392-885681 http:www.metoffice.gov.uk 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------