cc: Phil Jones , "Michael E. Mann" , "Raymond S. Bradley" date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 07:31:08 -0600 from: Tom Wigley subject: Caption to: Keith Briffa , Tim Osborn Guys, It seems that there was a misunderstanding about what I suggested re Yang. To be more specific, I suggest adding the following to the end of the Figure 2 caption: "..... Note that individual series are weighted according to their quality in forming a composite hemispheric-scale time series." The word 'quality' here has been chosen carefully -- as something that is deliberately a bit ambiguous. The point here is to have something that we can fall back on if anyone criticizes *any* specific input series (*not* just Yang). ___________________ Please note that there are three incorrect affiliations in the ms : I should be just ..... Tom Wigley, NCAR, Boulder, CO. I am no longer directly part of UCAR -- except insofar as UCAR being the umbrella organization for NCAR (which is irrelevant). Caspar and Kevin (for consistency) should be ..... Caspar Ammann, NCAR, Boulder, CO. Kevin Trenberth, NCAR, Boulder, CO. For your information, we are all in CGD, which is a 'Division' within NCAR. Within this, Kevin and I are in the Climate Analysis Section (CAS) and Caspar is in a different Section. As far as affiliations go, however, these are irrelevant details. Equally, some details in other persons affiliations could well be deleted. Please fix these things at the proof stage. Tom.