cc: wsoon@cfassp10.harvard.edu date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 19:55:30 -0400 (EDT) from: Willie Soon subject: special request for very kind helps ... + Hello to: k.briffa@uea.ac.uk April 19, 2001 Dear Dr. Briffa: Although we have never communicated but I have long been a reader and an admirer of your papers and research on dendro-based climate reconstruction. Your most recent paper in Feb 16, 20001 issue of JGR ("Low-frequency temperature variations from a northern tree ring density network") is another fine fine tool of learning for me. I am now writing to seek your very kind helps. I am wondering if you may kindly allow accesses to: (1) the data series you have used in plotting both your Figure 4 and Plate 3 (the mean curves plus the +-1 and +-2 standard errors curves from your ABD analyses) please ? (2) Of course, I would be happy if it may only be possible to access those reconstructed temperatures from your own works [ie, your new ABD series, Briffa (2000) series, plus Jones et al. (98)] I would like to make nice viewgraphs out of these series. I am interested in communicating your research findings to audience whom may not have the chance to hear from you directly. Of course, proper acknowledgement will be credited for your most exciting and comprehensive works. (Needless to say if it might be too much troubles, I would simply be grateful for your kind sharing of the large-size version of your Figure 4 and Plate 3 so that good viewgraphs can be made from them) Any additional reprints/preprints of your work on this related area would be very helpful for me. For example, I would very much appreciate if you might allow my preview of your other new paper submitted to Holocene (entitled: "Tree ring width and density chronologies around the Northern Hemisphere, 1, Local and regional climate signals"). Thank you so very much for your time and I would be extremely grateful for helps in any of the request above. Cordially, Willie -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Willie Soon Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 60 Garden Street, MS 16 Cambridge, MA 02138 email (Internet): wsoon@cfa.harvard.edu phone: (617) 495-7488 fax : (617) 495-7095 --------------------------------------------------------------------------