date: Thu Jan 6 16:47:01 2005 from: Tim Osborn subject: Re: Review Request: J. Climate LETTER to: Journal of Climate Dear Catherine, though I'd like to undertake this review, I simply can't do it in the next few weeks, so I'll have to decline. As regards alternative reviewers, I'd suggest: Dr. Eduardo Zorita, eduardo.zorita@gkss.de GKSS Research Centre, Germany or Dr. Juerg Luterbacher, juerg@giub.unibe.ch University of Bern, Switzerland Regards Tim At 19:26 03/01/2005, you wrote: Dear Dr. Osborn, Paul Kushner, an Editor of Journal of Climate, has suggested you as a possible reviewer for a submitted LETTER entitled "Robustness of spatial climate reconstructions" (JCL-5520) by Eugene R. Wahl and Caspar M. Ammann. The Letters section provides rapid and high-profile publication of brief communications on topics of great interest to the climate research community. Reviewers are asked to rate letters on the basis of their importance, timeliness, and level of interest to the climate research community, and also to provide additional comments and suggestions regarding the technical merit, quality of the writing and figures, and all the usual criteria associated with the peer review process. If you can do this review, we ask that you complete your review this manuscript within ONE WEEK and I will send you a link to allow you to download the manuscript. If you are unable to complete the review within one week, please do not accept the review. In this case, we would greatly appreciate it if you could suggest other possible reviewers and provide their email addresses. Thank you. Sincerely, Catherine Cassidy Editorial Assistant, Journal of Climate Paul Kushner, Editor