date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:38:32 -0700
from: Journal of Climate CEA <jclim@uvic.ca>
subject: JCLIM Request to Review a Comment/Reply (JCLI-1333/1427)
to: t.osborn@uea.ac.uk

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Dear  Dr. Osborn,

I am writing to ask if you would be so kind as to provide me some  
advice as
to the suitability of publishing the attached Comment and Reply in  
the Notes
and Correspondence section of the Journal of Climate. In particular,  
I am
writing to ask if you would consider the following questions in your  
review.

1) Do you think that the comment submitted by Zorita et al. contains
material which is of sufficient interest to the readership of the  
Journal of
Climate to warrant its publication.

2) If the answer to 1) is yes, are there any specific recommendations /
comments that you would like to see addressed in the COMMENT prior to  
our
considering its publication.

3) If the answer to 1) is yes, are there any specific recommendations /
comments that you would like to see addressed in the REPLY prior to our
considering its publication.

4) Do you have any overall recommendations you have for the authors  
of the
Comment/Reply?

As you might surmise, the authors of the REPLY have recommended that the
COMMENT be rejected outright.

I sincerely appreciate your assistance with a review of this  
exchange. While
I recognize that you are very busy and that this review will take  
some time,
I hope you agree with me as to the importance of peer review prior to
publication of scientific discourse.

Yours sincerely

Andrew Weaver
Chief Editor of the Journal of Climate



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Comment Details:
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JCLI - 1333
Title - Comment to 'Testing the fidelity of methods used in proxy- 
based reconstructions of past climate'
Authors - Eduardo Zorita, Fidel Gonzalez-Rouco, Hans von Storch
Reviewer link: http://www.ametsoc.org/reviewer/viewer.cfm?id=12863-5211


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Reply Details:
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JCLI - 1427
Title - Reply to Comment by Zorita et al on Mann, Rutherford, Wahl  
and Ammann 05
Authors - Michael E. Mann, Scott Rutherford, Eugene Wahl, Caspar Ammann
Reviewer link: http://www.ametsoc.org/reviewer/viewer.cfm?id=13835-8273


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**CONFIRMATION OF RECEIPT OF THIS MESSAGE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.**



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Ms. Laura Buttner
Chief Editorial Assistant, Journal of Climate
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
University of Victoria
PO Box 3055, Victoria, BC  V8W 3P6
Canada

Phone: +1 250 472 4005
Fax:   +1 250 472 4004

jclim@uvic.ca




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