date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 09:52:26 -0400 from: Edward Cook subject: Fwd: Re: JABES manuscript MS03030 review request to: Keith Briffa Hi Keith, Okay, here is what I just sent to Olsen. Cheers, Ed Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 09:50:27 -0400 To: Olsen.Tony@epamail.epa.gov From: Edward Cook Subject: Re: JABES manuscript MS03030 review request Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: :Macintosh HD:27226:Review of Specification.pdf: Hi Tony, Here is my review of the Yoo and Wright paper. Frankly, it is very poor for reasons that I describe in my review and really must not be published as is. It would do grossly unfair harm to dendroclimatology because the authors have simply not made their case. If anything, they have actually vindicated the "reverse regression" method based on what they show in their Table 2, even if they don't care to admit it. I also see that they used the same tree-ring data as Briffa to test their method. Yet, there is not so much as the slightest acknowledgement of where the data were obtained. >From Briffa? I assume so. If so, they should acknowledge it. Also, had you considered Briffa as a reviewer as well? Since this paper is such a negative attack on his work, that would have been proper. Anyway, I appreciate the fact that you sent me this paper to review. Cheers, Ed [cid:a05200f01bb064cb92f51@[10.0.1.4].1.0] Dr. Cook, I am not sure if you agreed to do the review (at least I can't find it). Will you be able to complete the review in the next week? Two weeks? Look forward to hearing from you. Anthony (Tony) R. Olsen USEPA NHEERL Western Ecology Division 200 S.W. 35th Street Corvallis, OR 97333 Voice: (541) 754-4790 Fax: (541) 754-4716 email: Olsen.Tony@epa.gov -- ================================== Dr. Edward R. Cook Doherty Senior Scholar and Director, Tree-Ring Laboratory Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Palisades, New York 10964 USA Email: drdendro@ldeo.columbia.edu Phone: 845-365-8618 Fax: 845-365-8152 ================================== -- ================================== Dr. Edward R. Cook Doherty Senior Scholar and Director, Tree-Ring Laboratory Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Palisades, New York 10964 USA Email: drdendro@ldeo.columbia.edu Phone: 845-365-8618 Fax: 845-365-8152 ================================== Embedded Content: Review of Specification.pdf: 00000001,57bd7b73,00000000,00000000 Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\Review of Specification1.pdf"