date: Sun Aug 3 09:05:15 2008 from: Phil Jones subject: Re: Invitation to Review RSPA-2008-0296 for Proceedings A to: proceedingsa@royalsociety.org Louise, Unable to do this - just returned from holiday, and the family are coming for the next 2 weeks. Alternates would be Gabi Hegerl or Tom Crowley at Edinburgh. Gabi Hegerl Tom Crowley is also at Edinburgh, but I can't find his email. Cheers Phil At 14:57 29/07/2008, you wrote: 29-Jul-2008 Dear Professor Jones, MANUSCRIPT ID: RSPA-2008-0296 TITLE: Analysis of the solar contribution to global mean air surface temperature rise: a reply to Lockwood. AUTHOR(S): Scafetta, Nicola I am writing to ask if you would consider refereeing the above manuscript for Proceedings A; a comment on a collection of previous published papers by Lockwood et al? I have included the paper's abstract below. As we endeavour to keep time from submission to publication as short as possible, we usually ask referees to report back within 3 weeks of receiving the manuscript. Please let me know if you would be interested in commenting on this manuscript. If you would like to review this manuscript but require more time, please contact the editorial office for an extension. If you are unable to review at this time, I would be grateful if you could possibly suggest a few people who you feel would be able to comment on this. Please click the appropriate link at the bottom of the page to automatically register your reply with our online manuscript submission and review system. Thank you for your assistance and I look forward to hearing from you. Kind Regards, Louise Gardner, Editorial Coordinator proceedingsa@royalsociety.org To respond automatically, click below: Agreed: [1]http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/prsa?URL_MASK=kx2HdrRnTDQrkNscCBYZ Declined: [2]http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/prsa?URL_MASK=PHnHbDdCcYsXRbBMMs22 Unavailable: [3]http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/prsa?URL_MASK=4Q6G2k3HrQMtGTTfQXM5 Out of area: [4]http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/prsa?URL_MASK=nhtfJnkTnNHd23Kr3wDD ABSTRACT: Herein I critique three recent works [Lockwood and Fr\"ohlich, 2007 and 2008a; Lockwood 2008b] that claim that the sun has given a negligible contribution to the global warming observed during the last three decades regardless of which satellite total solar irradiance record is adopted. I show that the above studies present several and serious scientific flaws which make them incompatible with a large established scientific literature. I show that when Lockwood's model [2008b] is corrected to quantitatively accommodate the already established scientific findings, it is found that the sun has likely and significantly contributed to the observed global warming. The solar percentage to the global warming since 1980 ranges from a slight negative value to a value that can be as large as 60\%. This wide range is related to the uncertainty of the total solar irradiance satellite composites. Prof. Phil Jones Climatic Research Unit Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090 School of Environmental Sciences Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784 University of East Anglia Norwich Email p.jones@uea.ac.uk NR4 7TJ UK ----------------------------------------------------------------------------