date: Thu Mar 27 14:47:08 2008
from: Phil Jones <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Re: a figure on the CRU web page
to: David Parker <david.parker@metoffice.gov.uk>

    Thanks.
    I might not have got it or deleted it by mistake at home last night.
    Phil
   At 14:35 27/03/2008, you wrote:

     Phil
     I informed Mike cc Tom Karl yesterday.
     David
     On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 14:28 +0000, Phil Jones wrote:
     >   David,
     >     I assume you will be sending this to Mike Mann and the rest on
     > those emails.
     >
     >   Cheers
     >   Phil
     >
     >
     > At 14:09 27/03/2008, David Parker wrote:
     > >Phil, Tom
     > >
     > >We have changed our plots on [1]http://hadobs.metoffice.com/hadcrut3/ and
     > >on [2]http://hadobs.metoffice.com/hadcrut3/diagnostics/global/nh+sh/ and
     > >added a warning note regarding what was there before!
     > >
     > >Regards
     > >
     > >David
     > >
     > >On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 13:34 +0000, Phil Jones wrote:
     > > >
     > > >  Tom,
     > > >     Yes, we can create annuals from just one month. There has been
     > > > some other
     > > >  correspondence about this with a number of people. The Hadley Centre
     > > > are doing it also.
     > > >     It seems as though there are a number of people out there who are
     > > > forgetting
     > > >  to read the small print!
     > > >     The HC will be changing theirs, so perhaps David can cc you on
     > > > that when ready.
     > > >
     > > >  Cheers
     > > >  Phil
     > > >
     > > >
     > > > At 14:30 26/03/2008, you wrote:
     > > > > Hi, Phil,
     > > > >
     > > > >     I was trying to answer a friend's question about the solar
     > > > > impact article in Physics Today (March issue).  As they use your
     > > > > data I thought I'd see why yours shows something different than
     > > > > ours.  It turned out, in my opinion, to be caused by some odd data
     > > > > processing they were doing to remove the effect of volcanoes and
     > > > > also thereby el Ninos. But I thought I'd point out to you that, as
     > > > > the figure below shows, you apparently are able to create annual
     > > > > values and put them in a plot with only 2 months of the year
     > > > > available. (At first I checked to see why our 2007 value disagreed
     > > > > so much with ours, but then found out it was your 2008 value
     > > > > instead.)
     > > > >
     > > > >     Regards,
     > > > >           Tom
     > > > >
     > > > >
     > > > >
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     > > > >
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     > >David Parker   Met Office Hadley Centre   FitzRoy Road EXETER EX1 3PB UK
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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
     > UK
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     E-mail: david.parker@metoffice.gov.uk
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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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