cc: Phil Jones date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:48:14 +0100 from: Philip Brohan subject: Re: data and source code request to: Ian Harris So he's a climate sceptic, with some professional expertise in statistical inference. I'd have expected him to go for detection and attribution, rather than basic data, but he's probably just following the ClimateAudit lead. If he wants help from us, he needs to persuade us that helping him would be an effective use of our time - I'm not persuaded. Philip On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 17:31 +0100, Ian Harris wrote: > Yup, we're being duped. > > However, the request is just as _valid_ as if it were from a > Professor of Climate Studies, isn't it? It seems to me that if we > protest about the position of the applicant we are certain to be seen > to be wriggling on the hook, since he's probably been put up to it by > a better-known skeptic? > > I agree we don't have a squeaky-clean story to tell here, but the > potential for embarrassment will rise exponentially if we struggle > first.. > > Harry > > On 10 Oct 2007, at 17:14, Phil Jones wrote: > > > > > Click on the link below and you'll see who the student's > > supervisor is at Berkeley. > > > > As Mike says - it doesn't make any sense. > > > > Phil > > > >> X-Ironport-SBRS: None > >> X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== > >> X-BrightmailFiltered: true > >> X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.21,255,1188802800"; > >> d="scan'208";a="39754003" > >> From: Michael Wehner > >> To: Phil Jones > >> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:16:25 -0700 > >> X-Mailer: Sun Java(tm) System Messenger Express 6.2-4.03 (built > >> Sep 22 > >> 2005) > >> Subject: Re: Fwd: data and source code request > >> X-Accept-Language: en > >> Priority: normal > >> X-UEA-Spam-Score: 0.0 > >> X-UEA-Spam-Level: / > >> X-UEA-Spam-Flag: NO > >> > >> > >> Phil > >> The supervisor is this guy: > >> http://alice.berkeley.edu/content/carlos.php > >> > >> Does not make much sense, > >> Michael > > > > Prof. Phil Jones > > Climatic Research Unit Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090 > > School of Environmental Sciences Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784 > > University of East Anglia > > Norwich Email p.jones@uea.ac.uk > > NR4 7TJ > > UK > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------ > > Ian "Harry" Harris > Climatic Research Unit > School of Environmental Sciences > University of East Anglia > Norwich NR4 7TJ > United Kingdom > -- Palaeoclimate Scientist Met Office Hadley Centre