date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:15:43 +0100 from: Martin Juckes subject: Fwd: cp-2006-0049 - Manuscript requires scientific revisions to: anders.moberg@natgeo.su.se, hegerl@duke.edu, esper@wsl.ch, k.briffa@uea.ac.uk, m.allen1@physics.ox.ac.uk, weber@knmi.nl, t.osborn@uea.ac.uk We are one step closer. Minor changes to be reviewed by the editor (see attachments). Gerd Burger's main remaining objections are linked to his belief that we should not compare reconstructed temperatures with temperatures ouside the reconstruction period: i.e. 1980 to present. I think we should be able to refure this if we argue carefully. A major second issue concerns the inclusion of detailed discussion of some McIntyre and McKitrick issues in the supplement. I feel that this should be retained. Section 3 deals with the omission of data by MM2003 the accuracy of this section is not contested, and it has not previously been reported in detail in the peer review literature. Section 4 of the supplement deals with the MM2005 reconstruction. The problem is that if we do not explain why we omit the MM2003, MM2005 reconstructions from Fig 1, our choice will appear biassed. I feel that failing to explain why these reconstructions are omitted would severely undermine the value of the paper. There are also a few minor technical points, but these look easy to deal with, cheers, Martin ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: cp-2006-0049 - Manuscript requires scientific revisions Date: Wednesday 22 August 2007 16:26 From: publishing@cosis.net To: m.n.juckes@rl.ac.uk Dear Dr. Martin Juckes With regard to the manuscript submitted for publication in Climate of the Past: MS-NR: cp-2006-0049 Version: 3 Received: 12 July 2007, 10:11 CET Title: Millennial Temperature Reconstruction Intercomparison and Evaluation Author(s): M. Juckes, M. Allen, K. Briffa, J. Esper, G. Hegerl, A. Moberg, T. Osborn, and S. Weber we kindly inform you that scientific revisions are still required before it can be accepted for publication in CP. Please find the reports of the editor and of the involved referee(s) at: http://www.cosis.net/link.php?ts=jeao&ms_id=5220&uid=38478 You are kindly requested to prepare the files of the corrected manuscript together with a point-by-point reply to the referee(s)'/editor's suggestions according to the journal guidelines and to submit them as soon as possible but not later than 5 September 2007 17:26:09 CET. Upon submission of the corrected manuscript please upload here http://www.cosis.net/link.php?ts=jeav&ms_id=5220&uid=38478 all files which were corrected together with your point-by-point reply. Your corrected manuscript will be reviewed by the editor for final approval and acceptance for publication, and you will be informed accordingly. In case of acceptance the manuscript will be forwarded directly to the production office (typesetting). For this manuscript please use your COSIS-ID: 38478 Kind regards, Natascha Otto Copernicus Editorial Office http://www.climate-of-the-past.net PS: If you have any questions/suggestions please contact me directly at editorial@copernicus.org. Please do not directly reply to the sender of this automated message. ------------------------------------------------------- Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\cp-2006-0049-3-0-rrf3700.pdf" Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\cp-editors-comments.txt"