date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 14:20:44 +0000
from: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory@reading.ac.uk>
subject: New study: Current sea level rise 'not particularly unusual'
to: Phil Jones <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>

Dear Phil

Yes, we are going to have fun with sea level in Paris. Actually I don't think
I've read that paper yet but we have a diagram already that shows the very
large variability in decadal trends from tide-gauges. Personally, I suspect
that the network is too sparse, so that the variability is to some extent
measurement noise. It is so large we have no physical explanation for it.

Thanks. Best wishes

Jonathan