From	Jonathan T. Overpeck	Date	Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:33:20 -0600
To	Tim Osborn
CC	Eystein Jansen, Keith Briffa, Ricardo Villalba
Subject	Re: Special instructions/timing adjustment
Hi Tim - Thanks. If you don't mind, let's see what the new grey in panel c, and also the 5-95% range on a. Also, another alternative to the grey and red could be some other color that is just less bright - perhaps blue? Agree there is no reason to switch the reviewed panel c uncertainty approach. It argues a bit that we leave panel a as is too. I'm unsure what is best, so maybe see what Keith thinks too - and discuss more with Phil - he is right that most are trying to go with 5-95 where possible. Thanks again. >Hi again, > >I still have the red option built into the >program, so can easily revert to it. Of course >the grey has the advantage of consistency with >the model and EMIC panels, which really must be >grey so that all the coloured lines indicating >the simulated temperatures will show up (red >isn't really an option for the reconstruction >shading in those figures). I'll see if I can >make it clearer yet keep it in grey. > >On a different note, Phil Jones just popped in >and said why are we using "+-2SE" shading in the >top instrumental panel when it has apparently >been decided to show the smaller 5-95% range (he >says this is only 0.8225 times the +-2SE range) >in all IPCC WG1 figures. Shall I change this? >If I do, then the brown and orange curves will >fall outside this narrower range more often than >they fall outside the current wider SE range. > >The grey shading in panel (c) is also computed >from the overlap of the +-1 SE and +-2 SE ranges >of individual reconstructions, but I guess this >can stay unchanged, rather than needing to be >recalculated using the overlap of the ?-?% and >5-95% ranges? > >Cheers > >Tim > >At 16:05 19/07/2006, Jonathan Overpeck wrote: >>Hi Tim - thanks! Now I can see why you went >>with the red rather than grey in the bottom >>panel - it's hard to see. I'd like to float the >>idea with everyone on the email that we >>consider going back to red, or try something >>else. All else is good (thanks) perhaps make >>the bottom/top axis labels bigger still? (both >>numbers and "Year"). >> >>Thx again, Peck >> >>>Hi Peck et al., >>> >>>revised fig 6.10 is attached. >>> >>>At 21:36 30/06/2006, Jonathan Overpeck wrote: >>>>Figure 6.10. >>>> >>>>1. shade the connection between the top and middle panels >>> >>>It was already shaded. Your poor old eyes must be failing you ;-) >>> >>>Ok, so it *was* rather pale! I've made it a bit darker. >>> >>>>2. remove the dotted (long instrumental) curve from the middle panel >>> >>>Done >>> >>>>3. replace the red shaded region in the >>>>bottom panel with the grey-scale one used in >>>>Fig 6.13 >>> >>>Done - how does it look now? I had to outline >>>the instrumental series with a narrow white >>>band to ensure it could be seen against the >>>very dark grey shading. >>> >>>>4. label only every increment of 10 in the >>>>grey-scale bar (formally color) in the bottom >>>>panel >>> >>>Done >>> >>>>5. Increase font sizes for axis numbering and >>>>axis labeling - all are too small. You can >>>>figure out the best size by reducing figs to >>>>likely page size minus margins. We guess the >>>>captions need to be bigger by a couple >>>>increments at least. >>> >>>Increased the axis numbering/labelling by a couple of points. >>> >>>Cheers >>> >>>Tim >>> >>> >>> >>>Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:chap6_f6.10.pdf (PDF /«IC») (00141E77) >>>Dr Timothy J Osborn, Academic Fellow >>>Climatic Research Unit >>>School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia >>>Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK >>> >>>e-mail: t.osborn@uea.ac.uk >>>phone: +44 1603 592089 >>>fax: +44 1603 507784 >>>web: http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~timo/ >>>sunclock: http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~timo/sunclock.htm >>> >>>**Norwich -- City for Science: >>>**Hosting the BA Festival 2-9 September 2006 >> >> >>-- >>Jonathan T. Overpeck >>Director, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth >>Professor, Department of Geosciences >>Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences >> >>Mail and Fedex Address: >> >>Institute for the Study of Planet Earth >>715 N. Park Ave. 2nd Floor >>University of Arizona >>Tucson, AZ 85721 >>direct tel: +1 520 622-9065 >>fax: +1 520 792-8795 >>http://www.geo.arizona.edu/ >>http://www.ispe.arizona.edu/ > >Dr Timothy J Osborn, Academic Fellow >Climatic Research Unit >School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia >Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK > >e-mail: t.osborn@uea.ac.uk >phone: +44 1603 592089 >fax: +44 1603 507784 >web: http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~timo/ >sunclock: http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~timo/sunclock.htm > >**Norwich -- City for Science: >**Hosting the BA Festival 2-9 September 2006 -- Jonathan T. Overpeck Director, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth Professor, Department of Geosciences Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences Mail and Fedex Address: Institute for the Study of Planet Earth 715 N. Park Ave. 2nd Floor University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 direct tel: +1 520 622-9065 fax: +1 520 792-8795 http://www.geo.arizona.edu/ http://www.ispe.arizona.edu/