date: Wed May 13 17:42:25 2009 from: Tim Osborn subject: Fwd: Visit to CRU after EGU? NEED TO CANCEL DUE TO BUDGET to: Tim Osborn Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:14:58 -0700 From: Eugene Wahl Subject: Visit to CRU after EGU? NEED TO CANCEL DUE TO BUDGET ISSUES MENTIONED To: Tim Osborn User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) X-Canit-CHI2: 0.00 X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN, f055) X-Spam-Score: 0.00 () [Hold at 5.00] HTML_MESSAGE,SPF(none,0) X-CanItPRO-Stream: UEA:f055 (inherits from UEA:default,base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 17687833 - 2819ba7356c8 (trained as not-spam) X-Antispam-Training-Forget: [1]https://canit.uea.ac.uk/b.php?i=17687833&m=2819ba7356c8&c=f X-Antispam-Training-Nonspam: [2]https://canit.uea.ac.uk/b.php?i=17687833&m=2819ba7356c8&c=n X-Antispam-Training-Spam: [3]https://canit.uea.ac.uk/b.php?i=17687833&m=2819ba7356c8&c=s X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 139.222.131.184 Hi Tim: I heard from on high in the organization here today that my trip plans to come to the UK need to be let go, due to the budget issues I mentioned below. Evidently the uncertainty was larger than I imagined. I apologize for any inconvenience this might cause you, and hope possibly that some time a visit will be possible. I am still very interested in the entire topic of characterizing and reducing uncertainty in field reconstructions, to any extent you might want to work on this jointly. Peace, Gene Eugene Wahl wrote: Hi Tim: Last September you and I had communication about the graphic you created for IPCC Fig 6:10c. As part of this you mentioned an invitation to come to Norwich if I am in Europe. Well, I would be very grateful to take you up on the invitation, as I expect to be attending the EGU in later April. In that light, I'm curious to know if a visit there might be feasible from either say 25 April to 1 May, right after EGU, or alternatively from 3 May to 8 May. The idea I have in mind for this visit would be to do some thinking/working with you on the characterization and reduction of uncertainty in reconstructing full climate fields, as we had talked about in an email exchange (I think) last summer. Of course, I would also be keen to bring Phil and Keith (and others there I may not be aware of) into this as they might wish. Additionally, I think it might be useful to consider the possibility of any strengthening of ties between CRU and NOAA-Paleoclimatology that we might want to entertain...no pressure there just the general thought. Let me know what you think, I'm working now to get the details "ironed out" so that travel and lodging can be arranged. Given that the federal government here still does not have a budget for Fiscal Year 2009 (10/1/2008-9/30/2009) -- politics are very fractious -- there is a bit of uncertainty as to whether I will get the funding for this trip overall. However, my superiors are asking me to move ahead -- I also expect to visit with Juerg Luterbacher after my time in the UK, and then to the ESF meeting at Kippel CH in mid-May -- so that is a positive sign. Hope you are well. Winter has been mild here along the eastern front of the Rockies in N America. How about there for you? Give my best to Phil and Keith also. -- Peace, Gene Dr. Eugene R. Wahl Physical Scientist NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC/Paleoclimate Branch 325 Broadway Street Boulder, CO 80305 PHONE: 303-497-6297 FAX: 303-497-6513 [4]http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/paleo.html