From	Michael E. Mann	Date	Thu, 23 Dec 2004 14:04:44 -0500
To	Keith Briffa
Subject	Re: Fwd: Re: [Wg1-ar4-ch06] IPCC last 2000 years data
Hey Keith, I hope your visit w/ your family went well... I went ahead and tried to make some constructive comments on what you sent (figured it would be nice to get this out of the way before the holidays come round).. Let me say I think it's shaping up very nicely--looks like it should be a significant improvement on the '01 report. You've handled the various controversies and points of dispute delicately and adeptly, while still driving home in the end the key point (that the evidence appears to point to anomalous late 20th century behavior). I made a dozen or so minor comments--please make use of them as you see fit. Lets reconvene on this after the holidays. Thanks again for including me in and giving me an opportunity to comment. I hope the rest of your holidays go well, mike At 01:31 PM 12/22/2004, you wrote: Mike don't know what the status of the whole chapter is - but I thought I would send this very first and rough draft to you anyway - I have to wait and see the whole thing and hear from Peck before doing more. Just heard my dad is now pretty much bedridden and officially declared blind (diabetes etc) and have to fit in a visit to him and mum (who I have not seen for ages) and spend at least a few days with the kids so there is no way I can work more on this till later - as I said - really appreciate your input , have a great Christmas and for f..ks sake keep the right priorities to the fore as the years progress cheers Keith Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:23:02 +0000 To: Jonathan Overpeck From: Keith Briffa Subject: Re: [Wg1-ar4-ch06] IPCC last 2000 years data Cc: Eystein Jansen Bcc: t.m.melvin@uea.ac.uk,Tim Osborn Peck and Eystein I have to break off now for the christmas period This is unavoidable. I am sending what I have now even though I am not at all happy with it. It is obviously only part way there. Getting the data to produce Figures and work out how to design them is going to be time very consuming and I will rely entirely on Tim here to do them - and the regional input stuff if wanted will need input from a number of people that I have not been able to contact (see later) The borehole discussion (contributed to by Henry Pollack) will need batting around and Henry (and Mike , who contributed a section on regional forced changes) will need to be kept on board. There will be loads to say on the simulated temperature histories and Tim will help here also - but much is unpublished or even unanalysed (hence Simon and Eduardo will need to contribute eventually). The glacier bit at the end is what Olga sent and I have not had time to work through it. You two need to give some direction as to how much you wish to have explicitly looking at the mass of NAO?AO reconstructions , ditto ENSO or PDO and all the simulations of these - but at this stage not sure where in overall plan all this going. Do we really want a discussion on MWP and LIA per se ? The regional descriptions , including Southern Hemisphere could be infinite length and I suppose we should only discuss longest or pre assimilated information - but will need specific input here from colleagues if we are to do these regional (including precipitation ) sections . I know Julie and Ed , and presumably Eystein , will be the best people to ask. I am attaching the current text and placeholder ideas for Figures . Not feasible to work more on these until know wider priorities re space. Have had bad experience with ENDNOTE - and Tom Melvin here will forward the biblio file later. I wanted to do more , but that is all I can manage til after Xmas Here is wishing you (and your loved ones) all the best Keith Professor Keith Briffa, Climatic Research Unit University of East Anglia Norwich, NR4 7TJ, U.K. Phone: +44-1603-593909 Fax: +44-1603-507784 -- Professor Keith Briffa, Climatic Research Unit University of East Anglia Norwich, NR4 7TJ, U.K. Phone: +44-1603-593909 Fax: +44-1603-507784 [1]http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/people/briffa/ ______________________________________________________________ Professor Michael E. Mann Department of Environmental Sciences, Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22903 _______________________________________________________________________ e-mail: mann@virginia.edu Phone: (434) 924-7770 FAX: (434) 982-2137 [2]http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/faculty/people/mann.shtml Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\IPCCFAR_6-3-2-1_ mem23-12-04.doc" References 1. http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/people/briffa/ 2. http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/faculty/people/mann.shtml