cc: Tom Wigley date: Fri, 22 May 2009 11:27:10 -0700 from: Ben Santer subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Invitation to attend Symposium for Tom Wigley] to: Phil Jones Dear Phil, I think we should follow Harry Potter's lead. Instead of referring to our mutual friend as "you-know-who", we should use the designation "he-who-must-not-be-named". Cheers, Ben Phil Jones wrote: > > Ben, > I've sent the email onto Sarah and Keith. Asked for > a quick response. > I'm also working on a new 3-year DoE proposal. I should > have a draft fairly soon, so I can get onto thinking about > the presentation on June 19 again, and the evening. > > I heard from Peter Thorne that you-know-who's comment > on an IJC paper got rejected. > You-know-who initiated another attempt to get the CRU temperature data. > Have got a few snarky emails the last two nights. Expecting some FOIs > but none have appeared yet. > They have found out that Switzerland has agreed to but not yet > ratified some Environmental > Information Regulations (Aarhus Convention), so are probably looking to > have a > go at the University of Bern and Thomas Stocker at somepoint. Never > thought > I would know so much about the Law! > > Cheers > Phil > > > > At 02:37 13/05/2009, Ben Santer wrote: >> Dear Phil, >> >> Sorry I've been so quiet recently. I've been hard at work on the DOE >> proposal for PCMDI's core funding. It's proving to be quite a big job. >> >> As you can see from the forwarded email, Peter Brimblecombe is no >> longer able to attend the Symposium - which means that we'll lose one >> of our speakers. Any chance of persuading Sarah to jump into the >> breach and talk about the development of MAGICC? >> >> If this is not feasible, I guess we could still ask Marty Hoffert to >> discuss Tom's role in the development and application of EBMs. Sarah >> would be much better, though. >> >> With best regards, >> >> Ben >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Benjamin D. Santer >> Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison >> Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory >> P.O. Box 808, Mail Stop L-103 >> Livermore, CA 94550, U.S.A. >> Tel: (925) 422-3840 >> FAX: (925) 422-7675 >> email: santer1@llnl.gov >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> X-Account-Key: account1 >> X-Mozilla-Keys: >> Return-Path: >> Received: from mail-1.llnl.gov ([unix socket]) >> by mail-1.llnl.gov (Cyrus v2.2.12) with LMTPA; >> Tue, 12 May 2009 06:10:20 -0700 >> Received: from smtp.llnl.gov (nspiron-3.llnl.gov [128.115.41.83]) >> by mail-1.llnl.gov (8.13.1/8.12.3/LLNL evision: 1.7 $) with >> ESMTP id n4CDAJBY008988 >> for ; Tue, 12 May 2009 06:10:20 -0700 >> X-Attachments: None >> Received: from nsziron-3.llnl.gov ([128.115.249.83]) >> by smtp.llnl.gov with ESMTP; 12 May 2009 06:10:18 -0700 >> X-Attachments: None >> X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true >> X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: >> AmkGAAYSCUqL3oK5d2dsb2JhbACBSoh4gwyJRgEMCwgJDgilVAmPKgGCTIE1BQ >> Received: from mailgate5.uea.ac.uk ([139.222.130.185]) >> by nsziron-3.llnl.gov with ESMTP; 12 May 2009 06:10:17 -0700 >> Received: from [139.222.131.131] (helo=ueams02.uea.ac.uk) >> by mailgate5.uea.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.50) >> id 1M3rkN-0000uz-Te >> for santer1@llnl.gov; Tue, 12 May 2009 14:10:15 +0100 >> Received: from [139.222.99.141] (helo=envpb6) >> by ueams02.uea.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) >> (envelope-from ) >> id 1M3rkN-000889-9B >> for santer1@llnl.gov; Tue, 12 May 2009 14:10:15 +0100 >> From: "Peter Brimblecombe" >> To: >> Subject: RE: Invitation to attend Symposium for Tom Wigley >> Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 14:10:11 +0100 >> Message-ID: <7929F9BED68C42CEBA8C03B1B6865F50@envpb6> >> MIME-Version: 1.0 >> Content-Type: text/plain; >> charset="iso-8859-1" >> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) >> X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6838 >> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 >> Thread-Index: AcmkJ+PX5EVLz63aSQynqpOUoGDKkQu2vlLg >> Importance: Normal >> In-Reply-To: <49BAD7B4.9000804@llnl.gov> >> >> Hi Ben: >> >> Many apologies, but my travel has got very complicated and I had hoped I >> might unravel this, but it has not proved possible. I do hope the >> celebrations go really well... >> >> Peter >> >> Peter Brimblecombe >> School of Environmental Sciences >> University of East Anglia >> Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK >> Phone (+44) (0) 1603 593 003 >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ben Santer [mailto:santer1@llnl.gov] >> Sent: 13 March 2009 22:01 >> To: Krishna Achutarao; Dr. Krishna AchutaRao; Myles Allen; Caspar Ammann; >> president@ucar.edu; Rick Anthes; t.atkinson@ucl.ac.uk; t.atkinson; >> David C. >> Bader; Bamzai, Anjuli; Tim Barnett; barron@ucar.edu; André Berger; Ray >> Bradley; Keith Briffa; p.brimblecombe@uea.ac.uk; southern@ucar.edu; 'Ken >> Caldeira'; charlson@chem.washington.edu; adai@ucar.edu; >> t.d.davies@uea.ac.uk; j.churchill@uea.ac.uk; Clara Deser; Phil Duffy; >> Edmonds, James A (Jae); ienting@unimelb.edu.au; grahamfarmer@yahoo.com; >> Graham.Farmer@fao.org; Folland, Chris; dford@mcmaster.ca; Peter Foukal; >> Andrew Gettelman; wlgates@gmx.net; peter gent; glantz@ucar.edu; peter >> gleckler; chris.green@mcgill.ca; Jonathan Gregory; harvey; Klaus >> Hasselmann; >> marty.hoffert@nyu.edu; thosholt@googlemail.com; mhughes; mike; James >> Hurrell; 'Philip D. Jones'; Thomas R Karl; dkaroly@unimelb.edu.au; >> mick.tiempo@googlemail.com; jtkon@ucar.edu; killeen; kleypas@ucar.edu; >> Knutti Reto; wily@ucar.edu; jaleggett@crs.loc.gov; Janice Lough; >> Michael C. >> MacCracken; Jerry Mahlman; mark.meier@colorado.edu; Michael E. Mann; >> michael.manton@sci.monash.edu.au; mcginnis@ucar.edu; Linda Mearns; carl >> mears; Jerry Meehl; Malte Meinshausen; Mitchell, John FB; >> neville.nicholls@arts.monash.edu.au; Doug Nychka; Astrid E.J. Ogilvie; >> Tim >> Osborn; j.palutikof@griffith.edu.au; Parker, David (Met Office); >> tad.pfeffer@colorado.edu; rpielkejr@gmail.com; hugh.pitcher@pnl.gov; Niel >> Plummer; Sarah Raper; philip.rasch@pnl.gov; Andy Revkin; Richels, >> Richard; >> Alan Robock; Terry L. Root; j.salinger@auckland.ac.nz; >> j.salinger@niwa.co.nz; m.salmon@uea.ac.uk; Ben Santer; >> john@pik-potsdam.de; >> 'Michael Schlesinger'; schimel@ucar.edu; Stephen H Schneider; >> prslawso@mecheng1.uwaterloo.ca; Richard Smith; Joel Smith; >> ssmith@pnl.gov; >> Susan Solomon; kenneth.strzepek@colorado.edu; David Taplin; Karl Taylor; >> Simon Tett; 'Kevin E. Trenberth'; Chris Vincent; r.warrick@waikato.ac.nz; >> Warren Washington; Robert.Watson@defra.gsi.gov.uk; >> peter.webster@eas.gatech.edu; Michael Wehner; Frank Wentz; >> r.l.wilby@lboro.ac.uk; Julie Arblaster; eholland@ucar.edu; Lisa Butler >> Subject: Invitation to attend Symposium for Tom Wigley >> >> Dear friends of Tom Wigley, >> >> As many of you may know, Tom Wigley recently retired from his position >> as Senior Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research >> (NCAR). Tom remains affiliated with NCAR, but increasingly will be >> shifting his base of operations to Australia and the University of >> Adelaide. >> >> In an illustrious scientific career spanning over 45 years, Tom has made >> major contributions to our understanding of past, present, and future >> environmental (particularly climatic) change. His contributions are >> unique in terms of both scope and impact. They have been made in such >> diverse areas as aqueous geochemistry, plume rise theory, the origin of >> life, dendroclimatology, the construction and analysis of observed >> surface temperature datasets, climate change detection and attribution, >> the development and application of energy balance models, integrated >> assessment, climate impacts, CO2 and climate stabilization, and >> geoengineering. He also has made significant scientific contributions to >> all four IPCC reports, and to a number of other national and >> international assessments of various aspects of climate science. >> >> Professor Phil Jones and I are organizing a one-day "Wigley Symposium" >> to honor Tom. This is an opportunity to thank Tom for advancing and >> enriching our field. It is also an opportunity to celebrate his past >> accomplishments, to look forward to new ones, and to wish him well for >> the future. >> >> We hope you will be able to attend the Symposium, which will take place >> at NCAR on June 19, 2009, immediately following the annual NCAR >> Community Climate System Modeling Workshop in Breckenridge. >> >> With assistance from Tom, Phil Jones and I are in the process of >> finalizing a program for the Symposium. The intent is to have a series >> of thirty-minute lectures on various aspects of climate science, >> highlighting Tom's contributions to our field. Several lectures will >> also cover other scientific areas in which Tom has worked. >> >> Within the next two weeks, we will be circulating an agenda for the >> Symposium and some logistical information. In the interim, please mark >> June 19th on your calendars! >> >> With best regards, >> >> Ben Santer and Phil Jones >> >> (P.S.: There will be funding to cover the cost of a Symposium dinner on >> the evening of June 19th. Save in exceptional cases, however, most >> Symposium participants will have to pay their own travel and >> accommodation expenses). >> -- >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Benjamin D. Santer >> Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison >> Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory >> P.O. Box 808, Mail Stop L-103 >> Livermore, CA 94550, U.S.A. >> Tel: (925) 422-3840 >> FAX: (925) 422-7675 >> email: santer1@llnl.gov >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > Prof. Phil Jones > Climatic Research Unit Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090 > School of Environmental Sciences Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784 > University of East Anglia > Norwich Email p.jones@uea.ac.uk > NR4 7TJ > UK > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Benjamin D. Santer Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory P.O. Box 808, Mail Stop L-103 Livermore, CA 94550, U.S.A. Tel: (925) 422-3840 FAX: (925) 422-7675 email: santer1@llnl.gov ----------------------------------------------------------------------------