date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:47:47 -0400
from: jarmour@nas.edu
subject: Review Instructions for PNAS MS#2009-09401
to: p.jones@uea.ac.uk

   September 11, 2009
   Title: "Improving Spatial Temperature Estimation of Global Climate Change - The Case of
   China"
   Tracking #: 2009-09401
   Authors: wang et al.
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