date: Tue Nov 8 10:47:59 2005 from: Keith Briffa subject: Re: IPCC and comment on von Storch et al./Mann et al. to: Gerd Bürger Thanks Gerd - this will definitely go in Keith At 09:48 08/11/2005, you wrote: Hi Keith, would love reprints - suggested wording also welcome and will judge if/how to include suggested wording: Bürger et al. 2005 show that paleo-driven regression models strongly depend on the details of the data processing, finding an entire range of climate histories. This uncertainty can be traced back to an unjustified extrapolation of the regression laws beyond their calibration scale, a fact which is particularly critical for the parameter-loaded versions of the multiproxy type (cf. Bürger and Cubasch 2005). Bürger, G., I. Fast, and U. Cubasch, 2005. Climate reconstruction by regression - 32 variations on a theme. Tellus A, in the press. Bürger, G., and U. Cubasch, 2005. Are multiproxy climate reconstructions robust? Geoph. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2005GL024155 (in the press). Papers attached. Ciao, Gerd -- Professor Keith Briffa, Climatic Research Unit University of East Anglia Norwich, NR4 7TJ, U.K. Phone: +44-1603-593909 Fax: +44-1603-507784 [1]http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/people/briffa/