cc: "Susan Solomon" date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 23:51:03 -0700 from: Jonathan Overpeck subject: Fwd: gabi's 1500-year reconstruction to: Eystein Jansen , Keith Briffa Hi guys - great timing here for this message from Francis, and I don't think we can (or should) do anything. It seems Gabi's recon is in press, and that's the way it is. I suspect Gabi's J Clim paper will come out before the TOD too, but since it's in press in Nature, it's published. I don't think the IPCC has to provide anything beyond the report - in fact, I'm almost sure Susan made this point to me/a bigger group already. I'll cc this to her, just so she know's what might be coming, but I think we're fine. M&M can get Congress to ask the FBI to secret Gabi away forever for doing her science the accepted way. Seriously, it's up to her to make things available as appropriate. Of course, I could be too sleep-deprived too. Am I correct in my assessment? I don't feel like calling Gabi at 2am (her time) to discuss making changes (e.g., to text, let along figs) that it's too late to make anyhow. I'll respond to Francis after I hear from you. Anyhow, I'm just about to send the full SOD text back to Norway for final minor editing. It looks good. Best, peck X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2 Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:11:24 -0800 From: Francis Zwiers To: Jonathan Overpeck Cc: Gabi Hegerl Subject: gabi's 1500-year reconstruction Hi Peck, I just got a call from Gabi, who spent the day in Washington at that NAS panel on the hockey stick. She doesn't have access to e-mail today, and so asked me to convey a message. McIntyre and McKittrick were there, and seem to have left Gabi with the strong impression that they will be insisting on having access to supporting data, etc., used to build reconstructions. Gabi says that this is making her nervous, wants to make sure that you are aware of the status of her reconstruction, and wants to be sure that you are comfortable with continuing to use it in Ch 6. She says that if you feel it necessary to exclude her reconstruction from your SOD of Ch 6, you should do so. The reconstruction is used in her Nature paper on sensitivity, which has been accepted, but the Nature paper does not describe the reconstruction or the supporting data in any detail. There is a paper under review at J. Climate that does do that (which is cited in the Nature paper), but unfortunately, an editorial decision is still pending. I hope that I've conveyed her message correctly. If you have a few minutes, it might be a good idea to give Gabi a call on her cell at bit later this evening (919 451 2773). Cheers, Francis PS - hope things are progressing with your chapter. Things are a bit hectic here! -- Francis Zwiers, Chief Canadian Ctr for Climate Modelling and Analysis Climate Research Division, Environment Canada c/o University of Victoria PO Box 1700, STN CSC Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2 Phone: (250)363-8229 Fax: (250)363-8247 Web: [1]http://www.cccma.bc.ec.gc.ca -- Jonathan T. Overpeck Director, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth Professor, Department of Geosciences Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences Mail and Fedex Address: Institute for the Study of Planet Earth 715 N. Park Ave. 2nd Floor University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 direct tel: +1 520 622-9065 fax: +1 520 792-8795 http://www.geo.arizona.edu/ http://www.ispe.arizona.edu/