cc: "Elfring, Chris" , "Shiflett, Rachael" , "Greenway, Rob" date: Wed Apr 27 15:05:17 2005 from: Phil Jones subject: RE: Temp Trends Report for Final Sign-off to: "Staudt, Amanda" , "Dennis L. Hartmann " , "John Michael Wallace " , "Judith A. Curry " , "Junhong Wang" , "Kenneth Kunkel " , "Richard L. Smith " , "Richard S. Lindzen " , "William Randel" Amanda, Thanks. That has made it very clear. I meant to add one other thing. I enjoyed being on the committee and learnt a lot from the experience. Regards Phil At 14:38 27/04/2005, Staudt, Amanda wrote: Phil, Thanks for your e-mail and sign-off on the report. In response to your question, only the "clean" version will be released to the sponsor and the public. As you correctly guessed, we'll keep the memo and the tracked changes version on file for awhile to refer back to in case there are any questions about how we responded to review. They are considered strictly internal NRC documents and I have not heard of any occasions when these documents are shared publicly. Like other committee correspondence and past report drafts, we ask that you do not share those documents with others outside the committee. This helps preserve the committee's ability to think freely and independently on the topic. Best regards, Amanda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amanda Staudt, PhD Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate National Research Council/National Academies 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 Phone: (202) 334-2995 Fax: (202) 334-3825 E-mail: astaudt@nas.edu -----Original Message----- From: Phil Jones [[1]mailto:p.jones@uea.ac.uk] Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 7:10 AM To: Staudt, Amanda; Dennis L. Hartmann ; John Michael Wallace ; Judith A. Curry ; Junhong Wang; Kenneth Kunkel ; Richard L. Smith ; Richard S. Lindzen ; William Randel Cc: Elfring, Chris; Shiflett, Rachael; Greenway, Rob Subject: Re: Temp Trends Report for Final Sign-off Amanda, Away yesterday and tomorrow, so have gone though this today. I am happy to sign off on this. I looked at the sections (Chs 5 and 3 and the ES) I was involved with. The major upfront substantive comments are also fine. I only had time to scan the other chapters in the tracked version. The responses to the A-F reviewers were interesting to read. Some nicely worded responses to some of the comments from F. Can I check one thing? Will the CCSP team just get the file "TempTrends_4-25-05 clean.doc" ? What happens to the file "TempTrends Review Memo.doc" ? Is it just like a normal 'responses to reviewers' file, so is kept on file by the editor of the journal (in this case NRC) for a while? It is the justification that we did a good job, so is it made publicly available as well? Regards Phil At 22:27 25/04/2005, Staudt, Amanda wrote: >Dear Committee members, > >I have attached a final draft of: Review of the U.S. Climate Change >Science Program's Synthesis and Assessment Product on Temperature Trends >in the Lower Atmosphere (filename = "TempTrends_4-25-05 clean.doc"). In >addition, I've attached a version with tracked changes (filename = >"TempTrends 4-25-05 tracked.doc") and a document with the accumulated >responses to reviewer comments (filename = "TempTrends Review Memo.doc") >for your reference. > >Please review the clean draft and let me know by Thursday, April 28, >2005 if you are willing to sign off on delivering this report to the >sponsor and making it publicly available. > >If you have any major substantive concerns please let me know ASAP so >that we can resolve them expeditiously. The report will be copy edited >this week, so most of the remaining editorial issues should be take care >of. > >**** Note that if I do not hear from you by close of business on >Thursday, April 28, 2005, I will assume that you have provided your sign >off. **** > >Thanks, >Amanda > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Amanda Staudt, PhD >Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate >National Research Council/National Academies >500 Fifth Street, NW >Washington, DC 20001 >Phone: (202) 334-2995 >Fax: (202) 334-3825 >E-mail: astaudt@nas.edu > > > > Prof. Phil Jones Climatic Research Unit Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090 School of Environmental Sciences Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784 University of East Anglia Norwich Email p.jones@uea.ac.uk NR4 7TJ UK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Prof. Phil Jones Climatic Research Unit Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090 School of Environmental Sciences Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784 University of East Anglia Norwich Email p.jones@uea.ac.uk NR4 7TJ UK ----------------------------------------------------------------------------