From: "Jonathan T. Overpeck" To: Phil Jones Subject: Re: climate of the last millennia... Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 12:17:24 -0700 Cc: k.briffa@uea.ac.uk, ray bradley , mann@snow.geo.umass.edu Hi Phil - thanks for your detailed reply to my email. I look forward to working with you and the rest of the gang to really improve the state of paleo contributions to the detection/attribution issue. The earlier we get a small group together, the better, so I suggest we try to take you up on the AMS add-on idea. It would be ideal to have a 1 to 1.5day mtg in Boulder since we have many of the needed perspectives (ice core, coral, seds, data, etc) here. What would be the best dates for you (and Keith - I'm hoping he'll be up for this too). We can find the extra $$ to get folks to Boulder and have a quality time (do you ski?). Once we set the dates with you (PLEASE SEND FAVORED DATES), Mike and Ray, we can set the agenda. The main thing is that it would set the stage for the extra degree of data sharing we'll need before the planned Santorini mtg (still no dates - please bug Jean-Claude!!). Sound ok? As for the data from your paper, I'd like to get them up with the data from the other studies on the WDC www site asap. (JUST LET ME KNOW HOW!) The White House is interested in knowing the state-of-the-art, and if we can get everything together at one www site (including data and figs), I think I can get some needed visibility for the paleo perspective. You probably know this, but Henry Pollack's Borehole view of things (similar conclusions to the other recent papers) is about to appear in Science. Although each proxy and method does have it's limitations and biases, the multiproxy view is compelling with regard to the patterns of temp change over the past several centuries. The IPCC next time around should be much stronger than last on the paleo side of things (although still not as good as it can get!). Of course, I'll continue to work with Mike and Ray to get the rest of the individual series out into the public domain. Santorini should be the goal - not alowwed on the island without coughing up data first! Aloha and thanks again! Peck Dr. Jonathan T. Overpeck Head, NOAA Paleoclimatology Program National Geophysical Data Center 325 Broadway E/GC Boulder, CO 80303 tel: 303-497-6172 fax: 303-497-6513 jto@ngdc.noaa.gov For OVERNIGHT (e.g., Fedex) deliveries, PLEASE USE: Dr. Jonathan Overpeck NOAA National Geophysical Data Center 3100 Marine Street, RL3, Rm A136 Boulder, CO 80303 tel: 303-497-6160