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date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:37:24 -0600
from: Jonathan Overpeck <jto@u.arizona.edu>
subject: Re: PAGES/CLIVAR workshop - outcome!
to: Christoph Kull <christoph.kull@pages.unibe.ch>

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Hi Christoph - it would be good to update the 
wording on the "data-related workshop" to make it 
clear that the primary focus of the workshop 
would be on understanding, communicating, and 
reducing uncertainty in proxy climate 
reconstructions. I thought the workshop in Wengen 
was outstanding in highlighting how far we've 
come with statistical reconstruction methods, and 
in understanding the relatively minor biases that 
they have. This made it clear that what is really 
needed now is more work towards the goal of 
reduced uncertainties in the proxies, as well as 
better communication of the uncertainties so that 
interdisciplinary use of the proxy data is 
improved.

Of course, I also agree with those assembled that 
we could use this data uncertainty workshop to 
also make sure the PAGES/CLIVAR paleo data 
management efforts have the other foci and 
community support needed to achieve the goals of 
PAGES and CLIVAR. In this way, the proposed 
workshop would be the kind of decadal community 
status check and refinement effort that all long 
term endeavors should have.

I'm going to cc this to Dave Anderson at the 
WDC-Paleo in Boulder so he knows what is up - I 
suggest PAGES work with him (and others) to help 
make sure the workshop gets the funding support 
it will need. Of course, others in the community 
will have to help too. I think it is also worth 
letting the PAGES/CLIVAR data management leaders 
like Dave know that the community thinks very 
highly of what they are doing and only wants to 
help them get even more community support (and 
data!) in the future, and in ways that are even 
more helpful to the community using the data.

Anyhow - just a couple thoughts.

Thanks again, Peck



>Dear all,
>Thanks a lot for the open discussions in Wengen!
>Attached, you will find a summary list of the outcome as discussed on
>Saturday morning.
>
>Main issues to move on include:
>- summary publication
>- workshop reports (EOS, PAGES/CLIVAR/EPRI Newsletters)
>- setup of a modeling/reconstruction experiment
>- start of planning for a "data related workshop"
>
>May I ask you (those who not already did it) to provide me some summary
>slides from your presentation, including an extended caption. Larry Williams
>will use them afterwards reporting to EPRI.
>
>All the best, thanks a lot and have a nice weekend!
>Cheers,
>Christoph
>
>--
>Christoph Kull
>Science Officer
>PAGES IPO
>Sulgeneckstrasse 38
>CH-3007 Bern
>Switzerland
>
>phone: +4131 312 31 53/33
>fax:   +4131 312 31 68
>
>Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:Outcome1.doc (WDBN/«IC») (0013A5CA)


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