date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 14:19:35 +0100 from: Sarah Raper subject: re phone call to: Philippe Huybrechts Dear Philippe, Re the glacier model : You can make the 20th century melt bigger/smaller by moving the ELA (1961-1990) up and down, Ives should know this. He should use a value that gives in his view a sensible 1961-1990 global mass balance (this is the rate of change of volume over that period). I am not sure what value he is using. I am going to send you a couple of emails about Gerry Meehl's project. You will see that Jonathan has already sent in a proposal. Also you will see that Tom and I etc. are doing likewise. You might consider doing one as well for yourself. It will be a fine data source for years to come and a project ie access to the data is a fine starting point for proposals for funding etc. Would also take some of the power out of Jonathan's hands - as the open letter makes clear. You might ask yourself why Jonathan has not forwarded the letter to you. Cheers, Sarah