cc: t.osborn@uea.ac.uk, Keith Briffa , Eystein Jansen date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 14:53:18 -0700 from: Jonathan Overpeck subject: Re: helping with IPCC expert review comment responses to: Henry Pollack Hi Henry (and Keith/Tim too!): Thanks again for your willingness to help with our chap 6 responses to expert review comments. This is a big help, and we're sorry it is last minute. Regarding your recent message to me: The IPCC draft turnaround schedule is tight, but we want to make the SOD as good as it can be. I apologize for not sending you a copy of the FOD earlier, but your are correct that we should get your input into the mix as we revise for the SOD. This was difficult for the FOD because Keith's father died right before the deadline, and it wasn't possible to circulate the "last 2000 years" text wider than just Eystein and me at the last minute. We were lucky just to meet the deadline - the final assembly of a chapter draft is time consuming, to say the least. It doesn't help that MS Word really isn't up to the task. BUT, this time around, we are trying to leave more time, and if you are ready to work very fast, we should be able to get you into the mix of finalizing the "last 2000 years" section. We set a chapter deadline for this week for all revised text and figs. Keith and Tim have the biggest job - several new, and time intensive figures, and perhaps the most difficult section prose-wise. We are hoping they will send all the figs this week, and the prose shortly thereafter. ****In order to allow Henry to read and suggest edits to the "last 2000 years" section, we are herein asking Keith and Tim to first finalize on those subsections that are most important for Henry to read - that is, all of the observed record subsections. Keith and Tim can do the forcing and simulations sections second. Thus, we should be able to give Henry the chance to at least read and comment on those subsections that are most relevant. If time allows for reading and commenting on the entire section, then that'd be great. But, we are running out of time.**** Henry - we would like you to also remind us to send the SOD to all CAs to read after it is complete. Like yourself, all of the CA's have helped with the revision of their relevant sections, but it would be good for all CAs to be able to read the entire document. I suspect we can set up an efficient way to track comments as well. Hope this works - it all hinges on Tim/Keith finalizing fast, and then you responding fast. We have to have time for CLAs to edit (and shorten) the entire draft, and then we have to get it into final IPCC TSU form for submission - just the latter step takes several days. Thanks again, Peck and Eystein -- Jonathan T. Overpeck Director, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth Professor, Department of Geosciences Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences Mail and Fedex Address: Institute for the Study of Planet Earth 715 N. Park Ave. 2nd Floor University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 direct tel: +1 520 622-9065 fax: +1 520 792-8795 http://www.geo.arizona.edu/ http://www.ispe.arizona.edu/