cc: "Jones Philip Prof \(ENV\)" date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:19:23 -0000 from: "Ogden Annie Ms \(MAC\)" subject: RE: 2007 Global Temperatures PR to: "Hammond, John \(Press Office\)" Has release gone out yet, JOhn? Annie ------------------------------- Annie Ogden, Head of Communications, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ. Tel:+44 (0)1603 592764 www.uea.ac.uk/comm ............................................ >-----Original Message----- >From: Phil Jones [mailto:p.jones@uea.ac.uk] >Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:39 AM >To: Jennifer Hardwick; Ogden Annie Ms (MAC); Hammond, John >(Press Office) >Cc: Beswick, Mark; Parker, David; Kennedy, John; Perry, >Matthew; Beswick, Mark >Subject: RE: 2007 Global Temperatures PR > > > Jen, > Thanks for the press release and the 2007 Annual >Statement. I'm now all set for > any press coverage later today. > > Just for background in case of any questions, here's the >GISS press release > below. GISS has 2007 higher in rank than we do, just like >2005 - which > they have top, instead of 1998. A quick look at their 2007 >spatial map > indicates why - their extrapolation of the warm Arctic >coastal data across > the Arctic Ocean. Despite the differences in base periods, >the maps (our Fig 3a > and their 1b) are quite similar over most of the world. >Their extrapolation also > makes Antarctica much warmer than it probably was. They also >infill our > gaps over Siberia and Canada, which is more reasonable. > > Cheers > Phil > > > New listing: GISS 2007 Temperature Analysis through November: >http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/20071210_GISTEMP.pdf >has been added in response to requests. Analysis for the full >year will be available in mid January. 2007 is the second >warmest year in the period of instrumental data in our >analysis (if December is exceptionally cold it conceivably >could slip to third), which is notable given the fact that we >are at a solar minimum and a fairly strong La Nina has been in >place for most of the year. > > > >At 15:55 11/12/2007, Jennifer Hardwick wrote: >>Dear All, >> >>Please find attached an updated version of our End of Year Statement >>for 2007, from which our contribution to the WMO annual statement was >>derived. The Appendix is sent as a separate document. This >report will >>be updated at the end of January with final figures for 2007. We hope >>that it can be used as a basis for all our end of year reports, >> >>Additional comments are very welcome, >> >>Cheers >>Jen >> >> > >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 >--------------------------------------------------------------- >------------- > > >