cc: Gavin Schmidt <gschmidt@giss.nasa.gov>
date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:48:36 -0400
from: "Michael E. Mann" <mann@meteo.psu.edu>
subject: Re: [Fwd: Jones et al]
to: P.Jones@uea.ac.uk

   thanks Phil, Tom is probably even more vulnerable being in the states. He could become a
   new center of attack if NCDC indeed revises in a way that substantially increases the
   trends...
   mike
   [1]P.Jones@uea.ac.uk wrote:

 Mike, Gavin,
   Managed to read your message Gavin. I knwo this
 isn't going to stop and will get worse as the WG1
 report publication nears.

   Another issue that may overtake things is new work
 at NCDC, which is likely to raise recent temps (as the
 impact of the greater % of buoys is accounted for) and
 also reduce earlier temps (pre -1940) for reasons that
 aren't that clear. Tom Peterson will be presenting this
 here tomorrow, so will learn more. Upshot is that
 their trend will increase....

 Cheers
 Phil



Phil,

Gavin has some good advice here, seems to reinforce the thoughts in your
earlier email and Ben's suggestion as well. Probably best to put the
data up in their most raw format (except for those you can't legally--in
those cases give a pointer to the person involved). This will, as Gavin
notes, blunt the line of attack that has the greatest traction.

If there is some way we can be helpful via RealClimate (e.g. in helping
get the word out that the data have been posted once available, etc),
please let us know. I'm happy for us to use this as a resource in any
way that might be helpful.

mike

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503 Walker Building                    FAX:   (814) 865-3663
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