From	Keith Briffa	Date	Tue Jun 8 15:20:06 2004
To	v.shishov@uea.ac.uk
Subject	Fwd: Re: Russian daily data
From: Dale Patrick Kaiser Reply-To: kaiserdp@ornl.gov To: Keith Briffa Subject: Re: Russian daily data Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 10:31:02 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.3 Cc: d9k@ornl.gov X-UEA-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-UEA-MailScanner: Found to be clean Dear Keith, I wish I could say that updating the Russian data is on the front burner for us right now, but I'm afraid it's not. I'm having to plan some proposals and have been pulled off part of my normal CDIAC work for about 6 months to work on a special project. And in our small group, I'm the only climate guy (and the one that has done the Russian work thus far). Thus, the first suggestion I have is to discuss the data with NCDC; perhaps the best person to start with would be Pasha Groisman. Years ago, when I did the Russian work, the data were actually transferred from Russia to NCDC and then on to us, so I wouldn't be surprised if NCDC was holding updated data or at least could get ahold of data relatively easily. Perhaps you've already corresponded directly w/Slava Razuvaev or one of his colleagues at RIHMI-WDC? I'm afraid it's been quite a while since I've spoken w/Slava. Wait, maybe there is another way.... I've just remembered about NCDC's Global Daily Climate Network: [1]http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/gdcn/gdcn.html I have not learned much about these holdings, but if you check it out perhaps they've incorporated more recent data daily into this database for the FSU. I sure hope so. I'm sorry that I cannot be of more help at this time. With any luck CDIAC can turn its attention to updates of these data in 2005. Regards, Dale On Friday 04 June 2004 7:18 am, you wrote: > Dear Dale > sorry to contact you out of the blue , but Phil Jones suggested I check > with you about the status of daily temperature (and possibly precipitation) > data for Russia that I believe you and colleagues might be planning to > update. I work with tree-ring data in Northern Russia and we are > particularly interested in looking at growing season and snow lie changes > in recent years that may be influencing the growth rates of trees and the > position of the tree line . We are especially interested in data for the > Yamal Peninsula ,Taimyr and Indigirka (though we would also like to explore > snow lie changes over the whole of northern Siberia eventually). Is there > any chance of getting updated data for these initial regions in the near > term , and perhaps the wider area eventually? We would be really grateful > for any help in this regard. > Very best wishes and thanks for your help > Keith > > -- > Professor Keith Briffa, > Climatic Research Unit > University of East Anglia > Norwich, NR4 7TJ, U.K. > > Phone: +44-1603-593909 > Fax: +44-1603-507784 > > [2]http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/people/briffa/ -- Dale P. Kaiser Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center Environmental Sci. Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (865) 241-4849 (865) 574-2232 (fax) kaiserdp@ornl.gov [3]http://cdiac.ornl.gov -- Professor Keith Briffa, Climatic Research Unit University of East Anglia Norwich, NR4 7TJ, U.K. Phone: +44-1603-593909 Fax: +44-1603-507784 [4]http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/people/briffa/ References 1. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/gdcn/gdcn.html 2. http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/people/briffa/ 3. http://cdiac.ornl.gov/ 4. http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/people/briffa/