cc: k.briffa@uea.ac.uk, raynaud@glaciog.grenet.fr, rbradley@geo.umass.edu, Jean-Claude.Duplessy@cfr.cnrs-gif.fr, Greg Zielinski date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 08:16:10 -0700 from: Jonathan Overpeck subject: Re: HIHOL meeting to: Tim Osborn Dear friends of merry science... I've been talking to Greg Zielinski about the meeting. He's on the fence, mainly since he just got a new job (at U Maine) and is thus more busy than usual. He's also finishing a book that is due soon. You know the story. Anyhow, I think it would be a mistake not to have a STRONG volcanic forcing component at the meeting - in part to balance the solar enthusiasm, but also since I'm guessing that volcanoes did more than we all think to Holocene climate. I know Keith is up to elbows in Euro politics on the programme, but think that we should follow Bard with Greg on the plenary speaker list. Eduard has that neat new paper in Tellus on solar forcing but is not an expert on volcanic forcing. Greg is the best guy in the world on that topic and we should get him to come by offering him a plenary slot. I cc'd this to him to make sure he'd be up for the idea, but also to see if he has new perspectives/data on volcanic activity/forcing during the Holocene (as opposed to the last 1000 years alone). Anyhow, getting more focus on forcing is much needed, and getting Greg's participation would be the single best way to move in that direction. Comments? Ideas? Remember that we all wanted this meeting to be different. Thanks! Peck Jonathan T. Overpeck Director, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth Professor, Department of Geosciences Mail/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 Admin. Assistant: tel: +1 520 622-9062 Fax: +1 520 792-8795 http://www.geo.arizona.edu/Faculty_Pages/Overpeck.J.html http://www.ispe.arizona.edu/