From	David Parker	Date	Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:45:42 +0000
To	Michael E. Mann
CC	Folland, Chris, Kennedy, John, Phil Jones, Thomas R Karl
Subject	Heads up
Mike Yes it was based on only Jan+Feb 2008 and padding with that final value but John Kennedy has changed / shortly will change this misleading plot! Regards David -----Original Message----- From: Michael Mann [mailto:mann@meteo.psu.edu] Sent: 26 March 2008 11:19 To: Folland, Chris Cc: Phil Jones; Thomas R Karl Subject: heads up Hi Chris (and Tom and Phil), I hope you're all doing well. Just wanted to give you a heads up on something. Have you seen this? http://hadobs.metoffice.com/hadcrut3/diagnostics/global/nh+sh/annual_s21 .png apparently the contrarians are having a field day w/ this graph. My understanding that it is based on using only Jan+Feb 08 and padding w/ that final value. Surely this can't be?? Is Fred Singer now running the UK Met Office website? Would appreciate any info you can provide, mike -- Michael E. Mann Associate Professor Director, Earth System Science Center (ESSC) Department of Meteorology Phone: (814) 863-4075 503 Walker Building FAX: (814) 865-3663 The Pennsylvania State University email: mann@psu.edu -- David Parker Met Office Hadley Centre FitzRoy Road EXETER EX1 3PB UK E-mail: david.parker@metoffice.gov.uk Tel: +44-1392-886649 Fax: +44-1392-885681 http:www.metoffice.gov.uk