date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:56:31 UT from: jgr-atmospheres@agu.org subject: 2008JD009964 (Editor - Jose Fuentes): Request to Review from to: t.osborn@uea.ac.uk Content-Disposition: inline Content-Length: 2329 Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary Content-Type: text/plain Dear Dr. Osborn: I write to ask if you could please serve as a judge for two brief papers. Please give me your opinion as to whether the two enclosed comments (the next is coming soon)are worth publishing in the Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere. Sincerely, Professor Jose D Fuentes Editor Would you be willing and available to review "Reply to: "Comment on 'Robustness of proxy-based climate field reconstruction methods', by Mann et al."" by Scott Rutherford, Michael Mann, Eugene Wahl, and Caspar Ammann, submitted for possible publication in the Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres? The abstract is: In "Comment on 'Robustness of proxy-based climate field reconstruction methods', by Mann et al." Smerdon et al., correctly point out that the initial regridding method used by Mann et al., 2007 to map ECHO-g output to the resolution of surface observation data enhanced the variability of the Northern Hemisphere mean series compared to the original model output. This technial issue has no impact on the conclusions of Mann et al., 2007, as we demonstrate in this reply. We also point out that Mann et al., 2007 was not an attempt to compare the CSM and ECHO-g models and demonstrate that detrending the predictand prior to calibration still produces a reconstruction that fails to capture any of the low-frequency variability of the true ECHO-g Northern Hemisphere mean. Please decline the invitation if you think that you are unable to provide an objective review. If you agree to review this manuscript, I would ask for your comments within 30 days from your acceptance. To ACCEPT, click on the link below: If you are unable to review this manuscript at this time, I would appreciate any suggestions of other potential reviewers who would be qualified to examine this manuscript. (Via reply e-mail.) To DECLINE, click on the link below: If you have any questions or need more information feel free to reply to this e-mail. Thank you for your consideration and support of Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres. Sincerely, Jose Fuentes Associate Editor, JGR-Atmospheres