date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:15:43 +0100
from: Martin Juckes <m.n.juckes@rl.ac.uk>
subject: Fwd: cp-2006-0049 - Manuscript requires scientific revisions
to: anders.moberg@natgeo.su.se, hegerl@duke.edu, esper@wsl.ch, k.briffa@uea.ac.uk, m.allen1@physics.ox.ac.uk, weber@knmi.nl, t.osborn@uea.ac.uk

We are one step closer.

Minor changes to be reviewed by the editor (see attachments).

Gerd Burger's main remaining objections are linked to his belief that we 
should not compare reconstructed temperatures with temperatures ouside the 
reconstruction period: i.e. 1980 to present. I think we should be able to 
refure this if we argue carefully. 

A major second issue concerns the inclusion of detailed discussion of some 
McIntyre  and McKitrick issues in the supplement. I feel that this should be 
retained. Section 3 deals with the omission of data by MM2003 the accuracy of 
this section is not contested, and it has not previously been reported in 
detail in the peer review literature. 

Section 4 of the supplement deals with the MM2005 reconstruction.

The problem is that if we do not explain why we omit the MM2003, MM2005 
reconstructions from Fig 1, our choice will appear biassed. I feel that 
failing to explain why these reconstructions are omitted would severely 
undermine the value of the paper.

There are also a few minor technical points, but these look easy to deal with,

cheers,
Martin
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Subject: cp-2006-0049 - Manuscript requires scientific revisions
Date: Wednesday 22 August 2007 16:26
From: publishing@cosis.net
To: m.n.juckes@rl.ac.uk

Dear Dr. Martin Juckes

With regard to the manuscript submitted for publication in
Climate of the Past:
MS-NR: cp-2006-0049
Version: 3
Received: 12 July 2007, 10:11 CET
Title: Millennial Temperature Reconstruction Intercomparison and Evaluation
Author(s): M. Juckes, M. Allen, K. Briffa, J. Esper, G. Hegerl, A. Moberg, T. 
Osborn, and S. Weber 

we kindly inform you that scientific revisions are still required before it 
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