date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 12:09:04 -0400 from: Edward Cook subject: REALLY URGENT for you too!!! to: Keith Briffa Hi Keith, This is not terribly kosher, but I am sending you the paper I am reviewing that attempts to destroy dendroclimatology as presently done, and my present review of it. This does not have to be sent in until next week sometime, so there is time for you to add any comments. Doing this is justified in my view because the authors use your Tornetrask reconstruction as the main whipping boy. The paper is rather mathematical in parts, but the bias they show in condemning the standard method of climate reconstruction is pretty apparent. I don't know if there is a hidden agenda or just an effort on their part to show us dumb asses how to do it right! Anyway, give me a call at home tomorrow if you wish, but certainly read what I have sent you and please recommend changes or additions. Cheers, Ed P.S. Please keep this confidential for now since it is a paper under review. -- ================================== 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 ================================== Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\Specification.pdf" Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\Review of Specification.pdf"