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date: Mon Jan 27 15:08:16 2003
from: Keith Briffa <k.briffa@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Re: WORKSHOP INVITATION+FP6
to: Eystein Jansen <Jansen@geol.uib.no>

   Eystein
   I am not able to come to this - it is during our annual family holiday.
    Could  someone else do it and I would be happy to help put the evidence together with
   them?
    I go into hospital this week for an operation on my back (I have been virtually immobile
   because of a disc problem for months)
   and I will also be out of action for a couple of months after.
   OF MORE INTEREST TO ALL NOW _
   I have talked at length with Hans Brelen last week at a start up meeting of our EC project
   SOAP , and I am now sure that there will only be one opportunity for a large project that
   is specifically Palaeo based . It will be in the next call but one (due for a start of work
   in 1995) and will be a  new instrument (ie IP or NoE). Hence it becomes more essential in
   my mind to think of refining HOLCLIM and DOCC , to bring them together. I still believe the
   Holocene is a better focus than the last glacial cycle or longer , and certainly that an IP
   is by far preferable to a NoE. Of course the scale of the work is also vital , as 10-12
   million Euro looks like a reasonable guess for possible budget , and an integration of data
   and modelling seems ideal. I am now far less convinced that I (or the Unit) is an
   appropriate place to co-ordinate such an initiative , so you and the rest should also
   consider whether Norway is the better candidate ( or elsewhere if anyone is keen).
   At 06:59 AM 1/26/03 +0100, you wrote:

     Dear  Keith,
     We would like to invite you to an Images workshop on Holocene climate variability which
     will be held  August 27-30 this year in magnificent surroundings in a spectacular fjord
     and glacier landscape in  Hafslo in Western Norway, just North of Bergen. The workshop
     is organised by Eystein Jansen and Peter deMenocal on behalf of the Images Holocene
     Working group.
     An outline of the workshop is given in the attached document. We believe this workshop
     will be a cornerstone in synthesizing the exciting reserach efforts on Holocene climate
     variability being perfomed globally. We hope to have many of the key scientists of the
     field participating in the workshop.
     We would like to invite you to give a talk in the workshop session on:
     Last 1,000 years +historical (instrumental) data; Little Ice Age, Medieval Warm Period;
     trend for future?
     We will be able to cover board and lodging and assist in your travel costs.
     Please respond as fast as possible by checking the form at the bottom of the enclosed
     circular and return it by e-mail before February  15 to:
             Charla.Melander@bjerknes.uib.no
     Loooking forward to hearing from you,
                     Eystein Jansen                  Peter deMenocal
--

     Dr. Eystein Jansen
     Professor / Director
     Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
     Allgaten 55
     N-5007 Bergen, Norway
     Tel: +47-55583491
     Secretary: +47-55589803
     [1]http://www.bjerknes.uib.no

   --
   Professor Keith Briffa,
   Climatic Research Unit
   University of East Anglia
   Norwich, NR4 7TJ, U.K.

   Phone: +44-1603-593909
   Fax: +44-1603-507784
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