date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 08:32:31 +0100 from: "Mick Kelly" subject: RE: Third Year Dissertation to: "'Keith Briffa'" Keith It's not worth the effort updating them. The programs use the climate data in binary format. Tom would be better off starting from scratch. I can provide code anyway and he can hack. But I really don't have time to get involved helping. Other point here is that CRU gridded precip doesn't show any clear signal. I've done this analysis. The volcanic effect is essentially radiative with little effect on circulation. So this would be a pretty frustrating project. Might be worth looking at winter warming dimension as there could be a high lat precip effect related to the circulation change. I'd suggest a re-think, otherwise this is going to involve a lot of effort for no result. But let me know and I'll pass the code to Tom. Mick ____________________________________________ Mick Kelly Climatic Research Unit School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ United Kingdom Tel: 44-1603-592091 Fax: 44-1603-507784 Email: m.kelly@uea.ac.uk Web: http://www.tiempocyberclimate.org/ ____________________________________________ > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith Briffa [mailto:k.briffa@uea.ac.uk] > Sent: 30 June 2006 11:54 > To: m.kelly@uea.ac.uk > Subject: RE: Third Year Dissertation > > > Mick > is it possible you could forward to Tom to update? > Keith > > At 09:10 29/06/2006, you wrote: > >Jodie > > > >I'm sorry, I can't help with this as the programs are well > out of date > >and to get them working again would be well beyond the scope of a > >dissertation project. My time is limited as I leave the > university early > >next year. > > > >Mick > > > >____________________________________________ > > > >Mick Kelly Climatic Research Unit > >School of Environmental Sciences > >University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ > >United Kingdom > >Tel: 44-1603-592091 Fax: 44-1603-507784 > >Email: m.kelly@uea.ac.uk > >Web: http://www.tiempocyberclimate.org/ > >____________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jodie.Davis@uea.ac.uk [mailto:Jodie.Davis@uea.ac.uk] > > > Sent: 21 June 2006 16:15 > > > To: M.Kelly@uea.ac.uk > > > Subject: Third Year Dissertation > > > > > > > > > Hello > > > > > > I'm in my second year and have chosen the subject on which i > > > would like to > > > do my dissertation. My adviser for my dissertation is Keith > > > Briffa and he > > > said to email you as he would like to collaborate with you on > > > this topic. > > > My dissertation is looking into large scale volcanic > > > eruptions to see if > > > they have any affect on precipitation.To do this i will > need to handle > > > large data sets and wondered of you could possibly help > me with the > > > computer programme that i will need to use to do this.I will > > > be looking at > > > data from the instrumental period and also use tree ring > data for the > > > earlier volcanoes.I plan on using the same techniques as you > > > did in your > > > paper on the spatial response of the climate due to large volcanic > > > eruptions. > > > If you could help me at all with this i would be very grateful. > > > > > > Thank you > > > > > > Jodie Davis > > > > > > > > -- > 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/