From	Edward R. Cook	Date	Mon, 17 Jun 2002 13:20:40 -0400
To	Keith Briffa
Subject	Re: Esper et al. and Mike Mann
Hi Keith, Of course, I agree with you. We both know the probable flaws in Mike's recon, particularly as it relates to the tropical stuff. Your response is also why I chose not to read the published version of his letter. It would be too aggravating. The only way to deal with this whole issue is to show in a detailed study that his estimates are clearly deficient in multi-centennial power, something that you actually did in your Perspectives piece, even if it was not clearly stated because of editorial cuts. It is puzzling to me that a guy as bright as Mike would be so unwilling to evaluate his own work a bit more objectively. Ed >I have just read this lettter - and I think it is crap. I am sick to >death of Mann stating his reconstruction represents the tropical >area just because it contains a few (poorly temperature >representative ) tropical series. He is just as capable of >regressing these data again any other "target" series , such as the >increasing trend of self-opinionated verbage he has produced over >the last few years , and ... (better say no more) >Keith > -- ================================== Dr. Edward R. Cook Doherty Senior Scholar 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 ==================================