date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:38:32 -0700 from: Journal of Climate CEA subject: JCLIM Request to Review a Comment/Reply (JCLI-1333/1427) to: t.osborn@uea.ac.uk Dear Dr. Osborn, I am writing to ask if you would be so kind as to provide me some advice as to the suitability of publishing the attached Comment and Reply in the Notes and Correspondence section of the Journal of Climate. In particular, I am writing to ask if you would consider the following questions in your review. 1) Do you think that the comment submitted by Zorita et al. contains material which is of sufficient interest to the readership of the Journal of Climate to warrant its publication. 2) If the answer to 1) is yes, are there any specific recommendations / comments that you would like to see addressed in the COMMENT prior to our considering its publication. 3) If the answer to 1) is yes, are there any specific recommendations / comments that you would like to see addressed in the REPLY prior to our considering its publication. 4) Do you have any overall recommendations you have for the authors of the Comment/Reply? As you might surmise, the authors of the REPLY have recommended that the COMMENT be rejected outright. I sincerely appreciate your assistance with a review of this exchange. While I recognize that you are very busy and that this review will take some time, I hope you agree with me as to the importance of peer review prior to publication of scientific discourse. Yours sincerely Andrew Weaver Chief Editor of the Journal of Climate ********************* Comment Details: ********************* JCLI - 1333 Title - Comment to 'Testing the fidelity of methods used in proxy- based reconstructions of past climate' Authors - Eduardo Zorita, Fidel Gonzalez-Rouco, Hans von Storch Reviewer link: http://www.ametsoc.org/reviewer/viewer.cfm?id=12863-5211 Attachment Converted: "c:\documents and settings\tim osborn\my documents\eudora\attach\20060125091230156-2864.pdf" ********************* Reply Details: ********************* JCLI - 1427 Title - Reply to Comment by Zorita et al on Mann, Rutherford, Wahl and Ammann ‘05 Authors - Michael E. Mann, Scott Rutherford, Eugene Wahl, Caspar Ammann Reviewer link: http://www.ametsoc.org/reviewer/viewer.cfm?id=13835-8273 Attachment Converted: "c:\documents and settings\tim osborn\my documents\eudora\attach\20060331103403578-3479.pdf" **CONFIRMATION OF RECEIPT OF THIS MESSAGE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.** ======================================================= Ms. Laura Buttner Chief Editorial Assistant, Journal of Climate School of Earth and Ocean Sciences University of Victoria PO Box 3055, Victoria, BC V8W 3P6 Canada Phone: +1 250 472 4005 Fax: +1 250 472 4004 jclim@uvic.ca