cc: Henry Pollack date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 11:45:11 -0400 (EDT) from: Jason E Smerdon subject: Re: SH figure for IPCC AR4 to: Tim Osborn Hi Tim, Henry and I apologize for not being available the last few days. Henry has been out of town and I have been in the midst of moving to New York. Nevertheless, we had the chance to cross paths today and discuss the figure and caption. We hope it is not too late to add our two cents. We agree that the uncertainties on the borehole curves should be removed to make the display more consistent. We have also decided that it would be best to truncate the borehole curves at their median logging dates. For Australia and Africa those years are 1972 and 1986, respectively. If you wish to discuss the sampling densities, the total number of boreholes in Australia and Africa are 57 and 92, respectively. The SH has a total of 165 holes, compared to 695 in the NH. Let us know if you need anything else. I hope this has not arrived too late and good luck with everything. Best Regards, Jason