date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:38:33 +0000 from: Tim Osborn subject: Re: quick question to: Keith Briffa ,Gabi Hegerl Hi Gabi, Oerlemans data is attached. Note that this is his "global" estimate (we really wanted NH only) and also note that I "digitised" the errors from his figure, because WDC-Paleo only had his central estimates, not his errors, in their archive. Cheers Tim At 17:46 13/02/2006, Keith Briffa wrote: >Gabi >we will now include the Oerlemann's curve among the the many in our >reconstruction Figure . I would not consider it necessary for you to >do the same. I am sending the numbers if you do wish to. Correction >- can not find them - will have to ask Tim to send tomorrow (he has >left) - note though that they refer only to Global coverage and >have not been calculated separately for individual hemispheres . We >are putting only brief text describing the curve and pointing out >uncertainty due to attempts to allow for different response times >(and no attempt to allow these to change with time) and ignoring >uncertainty associated with assuming constant precipitation >influence on volume changes. Will lift this largely from Chapter 4 first draft. >was invited to talk to the Committee - but declined - now being >attacked by the sceptics for my lack of independence - they say I >should not be a CLA , reviewing my own work , on Chapter 6. I felt >this would only aggravate the situation. best wishes >Keith > > >At 15:50 13/02/2006, you wrote: >>Hi Keith, >> >>Do you guys still have Oerlemann's reconstruction spinning on your >>disk within easy access? >>Susan suggested to include it into the detection figure. >>I also seem to recall there were some reservations about it, but I >>dont remember what it was... >>so would be happy to be illuminated (tell me to read chapter 6 >>rather than personal illumination >>is ok though, I know you are struggling just as we are!). >>Are you going to this DC thing in 3 weeks? (NCR panel meeting?) >> >> >>Gabi >> >>-- >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>Gabriele Hegerl Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas >>School for the Environment and Earth Sciences, >>Box 90227 >>Duke University, Durham NC 27708 >>Ph: 919 684 6167, fax 684 5833 >>email: hegerl@duke.edu, http://www.env.duke.edu/faculty/bios/hegerl.html > >-- >Professor Keith Briffa, >Climatic Research Unit >University of East Anglia >Norwich, NR4 7TJ, U.K. > >Phone: +44-1603-593909 >Fax: +44-1603-507784 > >http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/people/briffa/ Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\oerlemans2005errors.dat" Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\oerlemans2005_orig.dat" Dr Timothy J Osborn 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