date: Mon Mar  9 10:19:10 2009
from: Phil Jones <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Re: Leadership, Innovation and Collaboration (Annual Report)
to: Simon Clegg <S.Clegg@uea.ac.uk>

    Simon,
       Paper was in Nature (Geosciences).
    Gillett, N.P., Stone, D.A., Stott, P.A., Nozawa, T., Karpechko, A.Y., Hegerl, G.C.,
   Wehner, M.F. and Jones, P.D., 2008: Attribution of polar warming to human influence. Nature
   (Geosciences), doi:10.1038/ngeo338.
     Here's some text on it.
     In Gillett et al. (2008), we find that observed changes in Arctic and Antarctic
   temperatures are
    not consistent with natural climate variability, but instead are directly attributable to
   human
    influence on the climate system as a result of the build-up of greenhouse gases in the
    atmosphere. The results show that these human activities have already caused significant
    warming in both polar regions, with likely impacts on polar biology, indigenous
   communities,
    ice-sheet mass balance and global sea level.
      As for DAARWG, here's a paragraph.
    Phil Jones is a member of NOAA's Data Access and Archiving Working Group (DAARWG),
    which reports to the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of NOAA. The aims of DAARWG are to
   provide
    the SAB with guidance on how best to archive the increasing amounts of observational and
   climate
    model data that NOAA is obliged to keep by Federal Laws. The group has advised on the
    development of guidelines to decide which datasets need to be archived and also addressed
    issues of access. DAARWG oversees all three of NOAA's principal Data Centres as well as
    the 30+ centres of data that NOAA runs.
    Cheers
    Phil
   At 15:59 06/03/2009, you wrote:

     Dear Phil,
     I'll certainly mention the nature paper. Please send me a couple of paragraphs - or even
     just one paragraph - summarising the impact that DAARWG has on NOAA action/policy. I can
     use that as an example of one of the School's "other" forms of output and influence.
     Thanks,
     Simon.
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     Simon L. Clegg,
     School of Environmental Sciences,
     University of East Anglia,
     Norwich NR4 7TJ, U.K.
     email: s.clegg@uea.ac.uk
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     Professor Clegg is also a member of the Air Quality Research Centre at the University of
     California at Davis.
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     On Fri, 6 Mar 2009, Phil Jones wrote:

     Simon,
        A few other things - apart from the AGU Fellowship.
     We have just had a CRU Board meeting and discussed if we had one major CRU output.
     1. We had a paper in Nature Geosciences (attached). Do you want me to
     ask Alexei Karpechko to put this together for a brief piece? If so, how
     many words and diagrams?
     2. We would have highlighted the new set of UK Climate Scenarios (UKCP09), but they
     will not be out for several months. They should be a must for 2 years time!
     3. I'm on a NOAA Working Group called 'Data Access and Archiving Working Group' or
     DAARWG for short. This reports to the NOAA Scientific Advisory Board. I've attached its
     latest recommendations. There is a strong likelihood they will get acted upon
     now NOAA has a National Climate Service.
     4. I've just rotated off the Hadley Centre Science Review Committee.
     Cheers
     Phil
     At 00:41 05/03/2009, you wrote:

     Dear Colleagues,
     Thank you to those who responded to our previous request for the Annual
     Report, including the printed document that was put in pigeonholes last
     week. Those of you who filled in and returned it (it covered all
     sections we need information for) can ignore this email.
     This is our request for contribution/suggestions for items that
     demonstrate the School's "Leadership, Innovation and Collaboration". I've
     listed the few items below which I'm aware of. Other activities that would
     count are coordination of major multi-partner research projects, and links
     to other universities (exchanges of staff/students, joint courses for
     example). We'd like to hear about these and other things that might
     qualify, and are worth publicising.
     Examples:
     --------
     Peter Liss, Chair of the ERC's Earth System Science Committee
     Mike Hulme appointed editor in Chief of "Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews
     Climate Change"
     UEA/CEFAS parnership
     ENV involvement in the MRC Centre of Excellence at the Epidemiology Unit
     in Cambridge (physical activity, diet, and obesity).
     ENV involvement ELSA (Earth and Life Systems Alliance)
     Global Environmental Change moves close to the top of "premier league
     journal tables"
     Please enter your suggestions below, and reply to Simon Clegg.
     Description of item for this section:
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     Are pictures available?
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     Thank you,
     Simon Clegg
     Steve Dorling
     Carrie White
     Dawn Turnbull
     Rosie Cullington
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     Simon L. Clegg,
     School of Environmental Sciences,
     University of East Anglia,
     Norwich NR4 7TJ, U.K.
     email: s.clegg@uea.ac.uk
     phone: (0)1603 593185
     fax: (0)1603 591327
     Skype: slclegg (with video)
     SkypeIn: 919-975-4901 (USA)
     Professor Clegg is also a member of
     the Air Quality Research Centre at
     the University of California at Davis.
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     Prof. 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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