date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:13:15 -0700 from: Ben Santer subject: Re: Invitation to attend Symposium for Tom Wigley to: Ian Graham Enting Dear Ian, I'm sorry you won't be able to make it, but understand why attending would be difficult. I just wanted to point out that some of the other invitees to the Symposium are in a similar situation. We will therefore have some time reserved (after the Symposium dinner on the 19th) to read out letters, poems, limericks, etc. from absent friends. So if you'd like to send your best wishes to Tom, or otherwise exercise your creative talents, feel free to do so! Tom had a "discernible influence" not only on the field of climate science, but also on the lives and careers of many climate scientists. It will be nice to have the opportunity to say "thanks!" to him on June 19th. With best regards, Ben Ian Graham Enting wrote: > HI Ben > thanks for the invitation, but I can't > really justify the bodily stress nor the greenhouse emissions > to go to USA for a one-day event (and it doesn't seem to > fit in with anything else) > > regards > >> Dear friends of Tom Wigley, >> >> As many of you may know, Tom Wigley recently retired from his position >> as Senior Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research >> (NCAR). Tom remains affiliated with NCAR, but increasingly will be >> shifting his base of operations to Australia and the University of >> Adelaide. >> >> In an illustrious scientific career spanning over 45 years, Tom has made >> major contributions to our understanding of past, present, and future >> environmental (particularly climatic) change. His contributions are >> unique in terms of both scope and impact. They have been made in such >> diverse areas as aqueous geochemistry, plume rise theory, the origin of >> life, dendroclimatology, the construction and analysis of observed >> surface temperature datasets, climate change detection and attribution, >> the development and application of energy balance models, integrated >> assessment, climate impacts, CO2 and climate stabilization, and >> geoengineering. He also has made significant scientific contributions to >> all four IPCC reports, and to a number of other national and >> international assessments of various aspects of climate science. >> >> Professor Phil Jones and I are organizing a one-day "Wigley Symposium" >> to honor Tom. This is an opportunity to thank Tom for advancing and >> enriching our field. It is also an opportunity to celebrate his past >> accomplishments, to look forward to new ones, and to wish him well for >> the future. >> >> We hope you will be able to attend the Symposium, which will take place >> at NCAR on June 19, 2009, immediately following the annual NCAR >> Community Climate System Modeling Workshop in Breckenridge. >> >> With assistance from Tom, Phil Jones and I are in the process of >> finalizing a program for the Symposium. The intent is to have a series >> of thirty-minute lectures on various aspects of climate science, >> highlighting Tom's contributions to our field. Several lectures will >> also cover other scientific areas in which Tom has worked. >> >> Within the next two weeks, we will be circulating an agenda for the >> Symposium and some logistical information. In the interim, please mark >> June 19th on your calendars! >> >> With best regards, >> >> Ben Santer and Phil Jones >> >> (P.S.: There will be funding to cover the cost of a Symposium dinner on >> the evening of June 19th. Save in exceptional cases, however, most >> Symposium participants will have to pay their own travel and >> accommodation expenses). >> -- >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Benjamin D. Santer >> Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison >> Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory >> P.O. Box 808, Mail Stop L-103 >> Livermore, CA 94550, U.S.A. >> Tel: (925) 422-3840 >> FAX: (925) 422-7675 >> email: santer1@llnl.gov >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Benjamin D. Santer Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory P.O. Box 808, Mail Stop L-103 Livermore, CA 94550, U.S.A. Tel: (925) 422-3840 FAX: (925) 422-7675 email: santer1@llnl.gov ----------------------------------------------------------------------------