cc: mann@virginia.edu date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 08:44:20 -0500 from: "Michael E. Mann" subject: Re: abstract for Clivar. Due soon! to: Keith Briffa HI Keith, Thanks, changes and suggestions all very helpful. I've made two additional small changes--I didn't like "pseudo", so I've rephrased to express what I think (?) you meant there. I've eliminated a redundant statement about only anthro forcing can explain 20th century warming (was mentioned in two places), to bring under the 400 word limit. I think I like your idea of including others (Ray, Malcolm, Phil, Tim, Scott) as "collaborating authors" rather than adding to the primary author list (which is just you and me). Please let me know if you have any remaining comments, and I'll submit a final version once I hear back from you... thanks for getting back to me so quickly on this, mike At 12:44 PM 12/10/2003 +0000, Keith Briffa wrote: Mike I have edited and reformatted the abstract quite a bit , so you had better check it thoroughly again. Please note that have no real objection to Phil being a co author - other than a possible lack of balance with two CRU people. This would be helped considerably if we considered one more author ( Ray Bradley) perhaps. What do you think? Anyway, I am happy with the abstract now. We could include a whole group of "collaborating authors " (as in IPCC reports) to acknowledge the input "the usual subjects" will undoubtedly make. Cheers Keith At 12:36 PM 12/9/03 -0500, you wrote: Hi Keith, I hope all is well. Deadline for submitting our CLIVAR abstract vastly approaches, so I've taken the liberty of drafting an abstract, which I've attached in word format. Truth be told, I've borrowed liberally from some other recent abstracts, including ones that Phil and I wrote jointly--I vote we make Phil a co-author on the abstract for this reason, among others--is that ok w/ you? Please let me know if you have any comments, and feel free to edit and send me a revised version. Its presently exactly at the 400 word limit, so we can't lengthen, but we can remove. I need to submit this electronically by Friday, because I'll be travelling and away from my email through after the deadline after then. If I don't hear from you by Friday, I'll submit as is, w/ our three names on it... thanks in advance for any feedback you can provide, mike ______________________________________________________________ Professor Michael E. Mann Department of Environmental Sciences, Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22903 _______________________________________________________________________ e-mail: mann@virginia.edu Phone: (434) 924-7770 FAX: (434) 982-2137 [1]http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/faculty/people/mann.shtml -- Professor Keith Briffa, Climatic Research Unit University of East Anglia Norwich, NR4 7TJ, U.K. Phone: +44-1603-593909 Fax: +44-1603-507784 [2]http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/people/briffa/ ______________________________________________________________ Professor Michael E. Mann Department of Environmental Sciences, Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22903 _______________________________________________________________________ e-mail: mann@virginia.edu Phone: (434) 924-7770 FAX: (434) 982-2137 [3]http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/faculty/people/mann.shtml