cc: t.osborn@uea.ac.uk
date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 09:24:29 +0100
from: Phil Jones <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Something far more interesting
to: mann@snow.geo.umass.edu


 Mike,
    Tim Osborn is resubmitting a NERC proposal to work on
 paleo data/reconstructions. NERC is the UK NSF. He would
 like to put your name down as a collaborator, to work on
 the project for 0.5hrs per week. 0.5 is the minimum value
 we can put down. All you would have to do though is one of the
 following :

  - run your reconstruction method through some data we give you
  - give us your program and we run it here
  - come to some agreement about your basic data used in the
    Nature paper

 One of the first two is OK, but the latter in the longer-term
 would be preferable. We can live without the latter, though.

 The main benefit from our point of view is joint work,
 so you would be a co-author on at least one paper resulting
 from the work. You will also get to see others for comments
 etc.

 We are reasonably confident of success as we've been asked to
 resubmit the proposal from a year ago. We need an answer,
 hopefully positive, in the next couple of days.

 Cheers
 Phil
Dr Phil Jones
Climatic Research Unit        Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090 
School of Environmental Sciences    Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784 University of
East Anglia                      
Norwich                          Email    p.jones@uea.ac.uk 
NR4 7TJ
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