From	Scott Rutherford	Date	Tue, 3 Jun 2003 14:51:09 -0400
To	Malcolm K. Hughes, ray bradley, Tim Osborn, Keith Briffa, Phil Jones
CC	Michael E. Mann
Subject	revised NH comparison manuscript
Attached to this e-mail is a revision of the northern hemisphere comparison manuscript. First some general comments. I tried as best as possible to incorporate everyone's suggestions. Typically this meant adding/deleting or clarifying text. There were cases where we disagreed with the suggested changes and tried to clarify in the text why. In this next round of changes I encourage everyone to make specific suggestions in terms of wording and references (e.g. Rutherford et al. GRL 1967 instead of "see my GRL paper"). I also encourage everyone to make suggestions directly in the file in coloured text or by using Microsquish Word's "Track Changes" function (this will save me deciphering cryptic penmanship; although I confess, my writing is worse than anyone's). If you would prefer to use the editing functions in Adobe Acrobat let me know and I will send a PDF file. If you still feel strongly that I have not adequately addressed an issue please say so. I will incorporate the suggestions from this upcoming round into a manuscript to be submitted. After review, everyone will get a crack at it again. I will not detail every change made (if anyone wants the file with the changes tracked I can send it). Here are the major changes: 1) removal of mixed-hybrid approach and revised discussions/figures 2) removal of CE scores from the verification tables 3) downscaling of the Esper comparison to a single figure panel and one paragraph. 4) revised discussion of spatial maps and revised figure (figure 8). 5) seasonal comparisons have been revised Several suggestions have been made for where to submit. These are listed on page 1 of the manuscript. Please indicate your preference ASAP and I will tally the votes. I would like to submit by late July, so if you could please get me comments by say July 15 that would be great. I will send out a reminder in early July. If I don't hear from you by July 15 I will assume that you are comfortable with the manuscript. Please let me know if you have difficulty with the file or would prefer a different format. Regards, Scott Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\nhcomparison_v7_1.doc" ______________________________________________ Scott Rutherford Marine Research Scientist Graduate School of Oceanography University of Rhode Island e-mail: srutherford@gso.uri.edu phone: (401) 874-6599 fax: (401) 874-6811 snail mail: South Ferry Road Narragansett, RI 02882