date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 16:49:57 +0100 from: Heinz Wanner subject: Re: Hockeystick to: Keith Briffa Dear Keith, thanks for the quick answer. For me it is absolutely clear that I will not tear down the excellent IPCC work. For that reason I do actually not give an interview to SPIEGEL. I am also a bit irritated about some reactions of Hans von Storch concerning this story. I will contact him personally (and friendly). Just two additional comments: 1) I am ready to review the paleoclimate section you are writing and editing for IPCC because it covers one of my central interests. 2) I will really help to push the whole reconstruction story within PAGES and PAGES-CLIVAR. In our group we will not be active in constructing another 1000 years hockeystick, but we will carefully go on in reconstructing high-quality temperature and precipitation for the period from 1000 to 2005 AD in the Atlantic-European area (in collaboration with our mathematics and statistics institute). I hope to see you in Vienna in April or at least at the next SOAP meeting. Heinz --------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Heinz Wanner, Prof., Director of NCCR (National Center of Competence in Research in Climate) --------------------------------------------------------------- Office Institute of Geography: Office NCCR Climate: Institute of Geography NCCR Climate Climatology and Meteorology Management Center Hallerstrasse 12 Erlachstrasse 9a CH-3012 Bern CH-3012 Bern Phone +41 (0)31 631 8885 Phone +41 (0)31 631 3160 Fax +41 (0)31 631 8511 Fax +41 (0)31 631 4383 www.giub.unibe.ch/klimet/ www.nccr-climate.unibe.ch e-mail: heinz.wanner@giub.unibe.ch ---------------------------------------------------------------