date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:30:08 -0400
from: "Thomas.R.Karl" <Thomas.R.Karl@noaa.gov>
subject: Re: Keenan, China etc
to: Phil Jones <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>

   Hi Phil,
   Well... there will always be some outliers.  Would be great to get IDAG and DAARWG on the
   same timeframe.  Although let's hope we don't get the weather we had last Dec and early Jan
   in Boulder this year!
   Regards, Tom
   P.S.  We are getting blogged all over for a cover-up of poor global station and US stations
   we use.  They claim NCDC is in a scandal by not providing observer's addresses.  In any
   case Anthony Watts has photographed about 350 stations and finds using our criteria that
   about 15% are acceptable.  I am trying to get some our folks to develop a method to switch
   over to using the CRN sites, at least in the USA.
   Phil Jones said the following on 9/11/2007 9:51 AM:

      Tom,

            Have thought of you when sending the Wei-Chyung Keenan stuff.
      Ferris and the DAARWG dates though reminded me of the above
      again. Making the data available seems to make no difference to
      Keenan's response !  Hopefully you'll report an update to DAARWG!
           IDAG is meeting Jan 28-30 in Boulder. You couldn't make the
      last one at Duke. Have told Ferris about IDAG, as I thought DAARWG
      might be meeting in Boulder. Jan 31-Feb1 would be very convenient
      for me - one transatlantic flight, I would feel good about my carbon
      bootprint and I would save the planet!
      Cheers
      Phil

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