date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:20:07 -0400 from: Gabi Hegerl subject: Re: common questions question (fwd) to: Jonathan Overpeck , "Jansen, Eystein " , Keith Briffa , Pascale Braconnot Hi Peck, Here comes a draft of 9.3, from Pascale with some changes by me to which Pascale didn't have a chance to respond yet - Pascale, I hope this is ok, I do this now because there is so little time left to iterate! I also just found some text from ch 2 that we are supposed to take, and added it but it needs checking up and references and us checking if we buy the results cited. Peck, if we still take the LGM sensitivity (6.5.8 ZOD) could you please send it + CAs- David R, Bette??)? thanks! Gabi Jonathan Overpeck wrote: > Hi Gabi - Funny, I was just thinking about emailing you... > > The persons to check w/ on common questions is Stefan Rahmstorf and > Keith Briffa. I'll cc them to know what's up. We're getting close to a > new FOD, and if you're willing it might be good for you to check it > out. We'll be sending it by Tom too, no doubt. But, the big issue is > that our two chapters have to be compatible. Does this make sense to you? > > In addition to Stefan and Keith, it might be helpful for Eystein, > myself and David Rind to check out your chapter when it's ready. When > we divided things up in China, I believe we left the door open for > David - the person who did the Chap 6 sensitivity and solar forcing > work that is now covered more in your chapter (and not in ours) - to > be a CA for your chapter and to help make sure you have the > sensitivity assessment as strong as it can be. David has been having > some tough family issues that have taken him away from the IPCC since > China, but he just let me know he's back and ready to help 100%. We're > going to talk next week, and I'd like to encourage him to interact > with you on the sensitivity issues. Is this still ok? Again, I think > this is important particularly to ensure we don't have to deal with > criticism and controversy later. The spotlight will be on our two > chapters! Thanks. > > I hope the ms does well at Nature - the people who would benefit most > from seeing it would be me, Eystein and Keith - especially Keith. As > before, we're happy to keep it to ourselves. Thanks. > > Ah, Monday - we made a quick raid on Mao's tomb. It was pretty cool to > see after all my trips to China and having never seen it. It was funny > that Valerie and Dick had the same exact goal, so we just did it. Was > back at the hotel for a very jet-lagged Eystein to show up a day late > due to a canceled train in Norway. No rest for the wicked after that - > those IPCC mtgs certainly are a workout. Interesting, however. > > Again, thanks and best of luck on that ms - it is worthy! > > cheers, peck > >> > (or whatever they are called now - faqs?) >> >>> >>> Hi Peck, >>> >>> I hope you are well and can still stick your head out of the IPCC >>> pile! >>> We are just fiddling with our common questions, and recognize that >>> our common question about attribution of 20th century warming draws >>> some from chapter 6 stuff (level of variability in paleo and >>> unusualness of 20th century, mentioning uncertainty >>> in reconstructions - all this for strengthening our argument about >>> naturally forced and internal variability). So I >>> was wondering who would be a good person to >>> swing this by in your chapter for a check. You, or somebody else who >>> does the faqs? >>> Hope your summer is going well. When we are not working, Tom and I >>> seem to spend the time in 3 feet of water (lately also in 10 feet >>> since >>> our 5 year old is somehow enthoused about jumping from the diving >>> board, >>> preferrably the 3m one... scary! :) >>> >>> greetings (oh, and I did wind up seing the great wall with the >>> Brits on >>> friday in Mutuanyu, was great - where did you go that monday?) >>> >>> Gabi >> >> p.s. should have also said: Tom and my reconstruction paper is now >> under review for nature. One step further than we got with science.. >> So I hope we can have it ready for IPCC, but who knows... >> I did rework it quite a bit, so shall send you new version tomorrow, >> or should I send it to Keith? >> >> Gabi >> >> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Gabriele Hegerl Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School >>> of the >>> Environment Duke University, Durham NC 27708 phone 919-684-6167, fax >>> 919-684-5833 email: hegerl@duke.edu >>> http://www.eos.duke.edu/Faculty/hegerl.html >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Gabriele Hegerl >> Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment >> Duke University, Durham NC 27708 >> phone 919-684-6167, fax 919-684-5833 >> email: hegerl@duke.edu http://www.eos.duke.edu/Faculty/hegerl.html >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gabriele Hegerl Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School for the Environment and Earth Sciences, Box 90227 Duke University, Durham NC 27708 Ph: 919 684 6167, fax 684 5833 email: hegerl@duke.edu, http://www.env.duke.edu/faculty/bios/hegerl.html Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\forpeck_preindustrial.doc"