date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 10:19:37 -0500
from: "Rob Wilson" <rjwilson@uwo.ca>
subject: on something entirely different
to: "Keith Briffa" <k.briffa@uea.ac.uk>

   Hi Keith,

   I understand that you are busy, so there is no real rush.

   I am also still keen to do any more tightening on the paper if you feel it necessary.

   I would rather have it in Holocene than have to re-submit to another journal.



   Just a quick question on an entirely new topic.

   I have been working with John Topham (the Surrey Violin dater) and identified a grouping in
   his data that comes from high elevations in south-east Germany and the Austrian Alps.

   I hope to write a paper with him to assess the use of "violin" tree-ring data for
   dendroclimatic purposes.

   I have in fact a preliminary series that goes back to the late 13th century.



   This series shows surprising similarities in trend from 1856-1950 with June/July mean
   temperatures. After that we see the inevitable divergence.



   However, I was wondering if there is any gridded temperature data for maximum temperatures
   for that region.

   I have Phil Jones gridded mean temperature anomalies, but would like to test my ideas of a
   maximum temperatures signal with these data also. It could compliment the story in the
   Holocene paper very nicely?



   Do such data exist?



   thanks for you time

   Rob