date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:41:28 +0100 from: Keith Briffa subject: Fwd: UNcertainty to: t.osborn@uea.ac.uk,Phil Jones IN CONFIDENCE >From: "Tim Jickells" >To: , > "'J Andrews'" , > "'Alastair Grant'" , > "'Burgess Jacquelin Prof \(ENV\)'" , > "'Andrew Watkinson'" , > "'Turner Kerry Prof \(ENV\)'" >Subject: UNcertainty >Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:33:39 +0100 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 >Thread-Index: Ackfy7hdOeryv5qmRPu42iohCoUO0Q== > >I attach an attempt at trying to write up the discussion we had on >Wednesday about a big idea for the VC for ENV. I have called it >Uncertainty but given the possible resultant strap line of "we don't >know what we're doing" I think we need a better title!. I have tried >to imagine something that could stretch across much of ENV and in >the process I have strayed into areas so far beyond my knowledge >that there are heresies in here of considerable scale I suspect. I >beg your indulgence and invite you to correct these and also >consider if you still think this idea has merit in the cold light of >day. I have aimed to keep this short and of course the devil is in >the detail, but any pitch for the funding will initially deal with >the idea not the detail. If there is a consensus to move this >forward then we'll need to think how to do that. >Tim > >Professor Tim Jickells >School of Environmental Sciences >University of East Anglia >Norwich NR4 7TJ UK >tel 01603593117, fax 01603 591327 > -- Professor Keith Briffa, Climatic Research Unit University of East Anglia Norwich, NR4 7TJ, U.K. Phone: +44-1603-593909 Fax: +44-1603-507784 http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/people/briffa/ Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\Uncertainty2.doc"