date: Thu Mar 27 14:47:08 2008
from: Phil Jones
subject: Re: a figure on the CRU web page
to: David Parker
Thanks.
I might not have got it or deleted it by mistake at home last night.
Phil
At 14:35 27/03/2008, you wrote:
Phil
I informed Mike cc Tom Karl yesterday.
David
On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 14:28 +0000, Phil Jones wrote:
> David,
> I assume you will be sending this to Mike Mann and the rest on
> those emails.
>
> Cheers
> Phil
>
>
> At 14:09 27/03/2008, David Parker wrote:
> >Phil, Tom
> >
> >We have changed our plots on [1]http://hadobs.metoffice.com/hadcrut3/ and
> >on [2]http://hadobs.metoffice.com/hadcrut3/diagnostics/global/nh+sh/ and
> >added a warning note regarding what was there before!
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >David
> >
> >On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 13:34 +0000, Phil Jones wrote:
> > >
> > > Tom,
> > > Yes, we can create annuals from just one month. There has been
> > > some other
> > > correspondence about this with a number of people. The Hadley Centre
> > > are doing it also.
> > > It seems as though there are a number of people out there who are
> > > forgetting
> > > to read the small print!
> > > The HC will be changing theirs, so perhaps David can cc you on
> > > that when ready.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Phil
> > >
> > >
> > > At 14:30 26/03/2008, you wrote:
> > > > Hi, Phil,
> > > >
> > > > I was trying to answer a friend's question about the solar
> > > > impact article in Physics Today (March issue). As they use your
> > > > data I thought I'd see why yours shows something different than
> > > > ours. It turned out, in my opinion, to be caused by some odd data
> > > > processing they were doing to remove the effect of volcanoes and
> > > > also thereby el Ninos. But I thought I'd point out to you that, as
> > > > the figure below shows, you apparently are able to create annual
> > > > values and put them in a plot with only 2 months of the year
> > > > available. (At first I checked to see why our 2007 value disagreed
> > > > so much with ours, but then found out it was your 2008 value
> > > > instead.)
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Tom
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > >
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