cc: Eystein Jansen , k.briffa@uea.ac.uk date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:47:50 -0700 from: Jonathan Overpeck subject: IPCC to: r.ramesh@prl.ernet.in, kartaveeryarjuna@yahoo.co.in Hi Ramesh - we'll be sending out a all-LA email tomorrow, but I wanted to follow up with you personally to hopefully get your help in making three things happen FAST. First, we need a polished "extremes" section 6.5.5 - would you pls lead your group to upgrade what's already circulated. Please let me know what I can do to help on this one. Second, please see if you can help Dan jump start the Regional responses section 6.5.9 - it's a somewhat daunting task, since we can't cover everything - have to provide key examples, of which the monsoon region of Asia has to be one - don't you agree? Lastly, can you pls provide some help to Keith Briffa on 6.3.2.1 (last 2000 years) - in particular, how have the Asian monsoon changed over this period? Is there enough to say? I'm attaching two papers that address this issue, and note that G. Pant (and others? - it was just a talk, not a pub - would be nice to have a pub) has shown that the two major deserts in India are also getting wetter. Thus, the Indian monsoon might be getting stronger in the Arabian Sea, the far northern areas and the driest areas. You probably know more? Let me and Eystein know what we can do to help, but we need polished prose SOON. Thanks, Peck -- 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/ Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\MorrilletalHolo2003.pdf" Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\AndersonPeckGupta02.pdf"