cc: Edward Cook date: Mon, 25 May 2009 06:56:10 -0400 from: Edward Cook subject: Re: Invitation to Review for The Holocene to: Keith Briffa Keith, Okay, I just agreed to do it. Now a favor to ask you. Can you check with UEA to see if it will send an invoice to Lamont for payment of all costs incurred by our meeting at UEA (housing, meeting room charges, coffee/tea breaks, etc)? The person to contact about this at Lamont is Moanna St. Clair (stclair@ldeo.columbia.edu). Having UEA bill Lamont directly will relieve Richard and I from having to put the charges on our credit cards, a real nuisance in terms of getting reimbursed. Ed ================================== Dr. Edward R. Cook Doherty Senior Scholar and Director, Tree-Ring Laboratory Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Palisades, New York 10964 USA Email: drdendro@ldeo.columbia.edu Phone: 845-365-8618 Fax: 845-365-8152 ================================== On May 22, 2009, at 10:51 AM, Keith Briffa wrote: > please accept - the answer is that it is likely someone who might > prefer you not to do it > Keith > > At 18:00 20/05/2009, you wrote: >> Keith, >> >> You miserable soul! You didn't even give me time to respond to >> "Manuscript Central" before you asked me to review a paper one minute >> later. Who is the author. Frankly, if it is someone from Beijing or >> Xian who hates Lamont and actively uncuts us for doing work in China, >> I am inclined to decline. That person can kiss my arse. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Ed >> ================================== >> Dr. Edward R. Cook >> Doherty Senior Scholar and >> Director, Tree-Ring Laboratory >> Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory >> Palisades, New York 10964 USA >> Email: drdendro@ldeo.columbia.edu >> Phone: 845-365-8618 >> Fax: 845-365-8152 >> ================================== >> >> On May 20, 2009, at 7:12 AM, k.briffa@uea.ac.uk wrote: >> >>> 20-May-2009 >>> >>> Dear Dr. Cook: >>> >>> Manuscript ID HOL-09-0054 entitled "A 622-year regional temperature >>> history of southeast Tibet derived from tree rings" has been >>> submitted to The Holocene. >>> >>> I invite you to review this manuscript. The abstract appears at the >>> end of this letter. Please click the appropriate link at the bottom >>> of the page to automatically register your reply with our online >>> manuscript submission and review system. If you are unable to >>> review at this time, perhaps you would recommend another expert >>> reviewer. >>> >>> Once you accept my invitation to review this manuscript, you will be >>> notified via e-mail about how to access Manuscript Central, our >>> online manuscript submission and review system. You will then have >>> access to the manuscript and reviewer instructions in your Reviewer >>> Center. >>> >>> I realize that our expert reviewers greatly contribute to the high >>> standards of the Journal, and I thank you for your present and/or >>> future participation. >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> Prof. Keith Briffa >>> Associate Editor The Holocene >>> >>> To respond automatically, click below: >>> >>> Agreed: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/holocene?URL_MASK=6PKwxf99H4RXZSH64dry >>> >>> Declined: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/holocene?URL_MASK=JPF3jZx8B3R9dfmj5Qx4 >>> >>> Unavailable: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/holocene?URL_MASK=B9d8X5fmmCKsZ46PDYc4 >>> >>> >>> MANUSCRIPT DETAILS >>> >>> TITLE: A 622-year regional temperature history of southeast Tibet >>> derived from tree rings >>> >>> ABSTRACT: A tree ring-width record spanning from AD 1377 to 1998 was >>> developed from Tibetan juniper (Cupressus gigantea) growing at sites >>> north of the deep gorge of the Yarlung Tsangbo River of southeast >>> Tibet. A linear regression model between ring width and mean >>> January- June temperature accounts for 35% of January-June >>> temperature >>> variance for the period 1961-1998. Based on this model, we >>> reconstructed January-June temperature variation history for >>> southeast Tibet during the past 622 years. Warm conditions occurred >>> during AD 1385-1418, AD 1443-1466, 1482-1501, 1523-1548, 1570s, >>> 1705-1759, 1770-1790, 1851-1888, 1910s, and 1938-1965, and periods >>> of relatively cold years are identified for AD 1419-1442, 1470s, >>> 1502-1522, 1550-1569, 1610-1640, 1680-1700, 1760s, 1791-1850, 1900s, >>> and 1965-1995. Spatial correlation between tree ring and observed >>> temperatures indicates that the reconstruction is representative of >>> temperature change for southeast Tibet. Regional cold conditions >>> during around AD 1625, 1685, 1760, 1800-1850, 1890-1930 and >>> 1965-1995, and warm conditions around 1710, 1730-1750, 1850-1890 and >>> 1930-1960 can be identified in the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Our >>> reconstruction show good agreement with modelled regional >>> temperature derived from an ECHO-G model simulation. Common cold >>> periods around 1470, 1685 and 1845 corresponding to the SpÖrer >>> Minimum, the Maunder Minimum and the Dalton Minimum periods of low >>> solar activity and increased volcanic activity were identified, >>> indicating that solar and volcanic activity played an important role >>> in temperature change of this region. The discrepancy between >>> modelled and reconstructed temperatures was noted around 1965, >>> reflecting that temperature decrease in the late-20th century is >>> anomalous. > > -- > Professor Keith Briffa, > Climatic Research Unit > University of East Anglia > Norwich, NR4 7TJ, U.K. > > Phone: +44-1603-593909 > Fax: +44-1603-507784 > > http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/people/briffa/