cc: Laurent Labeyrie , Keith Alverson , didier.paillard@lsce.cnrs-gif.fr, Dominique Raynaud , jean jouzel , Gerald Ganssen , Jean Marc Barnola , Ralph Schneider John.Birks@bot.uib.no p.jones@uea.ac.uk,Reinhard.Boehm@zamg.ac.at, a.moberg@uea.ac.uk,brazdil@porthos.geogr.muni.cz, christian.pfister@hist.unibe.ch,wanner@giub.unibe.ch, camuff0@clima.ictr.pd.it,sigfus@gfy.ku.dk, jouzel@lsce.saclay.cea.fr,njs5@cam.ac.uk, mjeronen@mappi.helsinki.fi,esper@wsl.ch, Dirk.Verschuren@rug.ac.be,atte.korhola@helsinki.fi, uligraf@free.fr,zoli@gfz-potsdam.de, john.Birks@bot.uib.no,ingemar.renberg@eg.umu.se, a.lotter@bio.uu.nl,r.battarbee@ucl.ac.uk, matti.saarnisto@gsf.fi,fmcder@pop3.ucdi.ie, stein.lauritzen@geol.uib.no,karin.holmgren@natgeo.su.se, markku.makila@gsf.fi,vangeel@science.uva.nl, kebarber@pop3.soton.ac.uk,berger@astr.ucl.ac.be, goslar@zeus.polsl.gliwice.pl,beer@eawag.ch, j.haigh@ic.ac.uk,hans.von.storch@gkss.de, renh@geo.vu.nl,stocker@climate.unibe.ch, sfbtett@meto.gov.uk,p.j.valdes@reading.ac.uk, pasb@lsce.saclay.cea.fr,stephen.juggins@ncl.ac.uk, guiot@cerege.fr,mdiepenbroek@awi-bremerhaven.de, joussaume@cea.fr,sharris@bgc-jena.mpg.de,Christoph.Spoetl@uibk.ac.at,gasse@cerege.f date: Mon Jan 27 15:08:16 2003 from: Keith Briffa subject: Re: WORKSHOP INVITATION+FP6 to: Eystein Jansen Eystein I am not able to come to this - it is during our annual family holiday. Could someone else do it and I would be happy to help put the evidence together with them? I go into hospital this week for an operation on my back (I have been virtually immobile because of a disc problem for months) and I will also be out of action for a couple of months after. OF MORE INTEREST TO ALL NOW _ I have talked at length with Hans Brelen last week at a start up meeting of our EC project SOAP , and I am now sure that there will only be one opportunity for a large project that is specifically Palaeo based . It will be in the next call but one (due for a start of work in 1995) and will be a new instrument (ie IP or NoE). Hence it becomes more essential in my mind to think of refining HOLCLIM and DOCC , to bring them together. I still believe the Holocene is a better focus than the last glacial cycle or longer , and certainly that an IP is by far preferable to a NoE. Of course the scale of the work is also vital , as 10-12 million Euro looks like a reasonable guess for possible budget , and an integration of data and modelling seems ideal. I am now far less convinced that I (or the Unit) is an appropriate place to co-ordinate such an initiative , so you and the rest should also consider whether Norway is the better candidate ( or elsewhere if anyone is keen). At 06:59 AM 1/26/03 +0100, you wrote: Dear Keith, We would like to invite you to an Images workshop on Holocene climate variability which will be held August 27-30 this year in magnificent surroundings in a spectacular fjord and glacier landscape in Hafslo in Western Norway, just North of Bergen. The workshop is organised by Eystein Jansen and Peter deMenocal on behalf of the Images Holocene Working group. An outline of the workshop is given in the attached document. We believe this workshop will be a cornerstone in synthesizing the exciting reserach efforts on Holocene climate variability being perfomed globally. We hope to have many of the key scientists of the field participating in the workshop. We would like to invite you to give a talk in the workshop session on: Last 1,000 years +historical (instrumental) data; Little Ice Age, Medieval Warm Period; trend for future? We will be able to cover board and lodging and assist in your travel costs. Please respond as fast as possible by checking the form at the bottom of the enclosed circular and return it by e-mail before February 15 to: Charla.Melander@bjerknes.uib.no Loooking forward to hearing from you, Eystein Jansen Peter deMenocal -- Dr. Eystein Jansen Professor / Director Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research Allégaten 55 N-5007 Bergen, Norway Tel: +47-55583491 Secretary: +47-55589803 [1]http://www.bjerknes.uib.no -- Professor Keith Briffa, Climatic Research Unit University of East Anglia Norwich, NR4 7TJ, U.K. Phone: +44-1603-593909 Fax: +44-1603-507784 [2]http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/people/briffa[3]/