cc: peter.stott@metoffice.com date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 13:21:15 +0100 (BST) from: Peter Stott subject: Re: Regional climate change detection to: t.osborn@uea.ac.uk At 16:11 03/08/01 +0100, you wrote: >As you say, this work was subcontracted to Westwind and David Parker >has written up a paper on this which he is delaying until David Sexton >can do some more work to determine whether the model fit to observed >CET is significantly better with anthropogenic forcings than without. >As you say a follow up to this study would relate to regional >detection and I was hoping to use our optimal detection methodology >applied to HadCM3 and model data binned into different circulation >types. Geoff would prefer not to contract out this work like we did >last time but instead have a bash at doing it ourselves in house. I >would like to collaborate with you if possible on this but as I say we >would prefer not to sub-contract it out like we did with Westwind. I >don't suppose you've ever considered working here have you ? - we have a >number of vacancies in the climate change group and John is very keen >to recruit good and experienced people, especially with the Exeter >move meaning that people will be leaving. -Peter, - -(1) re. subcontract...I was only clutching at straws anyway (though I was -thinking that if you were currently short-staffed and as Peter Thorne here -has been using the optimal detection code then it might have been a -possibility). - -(2) regardless of (1) I can still contribute a small amount to some -collaboration and I'm keen to do so. Would it be useful for me to visit -the HC to discuss this further? - I think this would be useful. Dave Sexton has been thinking about your work and he is also doing some work for the Parker et al analysis. I am on leave now for two weeks so we could arrange something, maybe in September ? -(3) re. Exeter...funny you should mention that. Simon Tett and Chris -Folland have both approached me about that possibility and Chris has asked -to talk to me when he visits CRU later this month so we can discuss this. -I am certainly interested in such a move and would be as interested in -vacancies in John's group as I am in Chris' group. There are also -opportunities here at UEA, and at other universities, that I'm following up -so I cannot say anything more than that I'm interested at this stage. If -you consider it appropriate then please let John know that I would consider -a move to Exeter. I'll let John know. Thanks, Peter -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter Stott Climate Scientist Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research London Road Bracknell Berkshire RG12 2SY United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1344 854011 Fax: +44 (0)1344 854898 E-mail:peter.stott@metoffice.com http://www.metoffice.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~