date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:17:34 +0000
from: Tim Osborn <t.osborn@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Fwd: Re: new(?) attack on your work
to: Keith Briffa <k.briffa@uea.ac.uk>

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Keith - thought you might like to see Mike's response about the new paper - Tim

>Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:35:15 -0500
>To: Tim Osborn <t.osborn@uea.ac.uk>
>From: "Michael E. Mann" <mann@multiproxy.evsc.virginia.edu>
>Subject: Re: new(?) attack on your work
>Cc: rbradley@geo.umass.edu, mhughes@ltrr.arizona.edu,
>         p.jones@uea.ac.uk, mann@virginia.edu
>
>Dear Tim,
>
>There is clearly a problem at GRL now. I don't know which editor is 
>allowing these papers in (Soon et al, now this one), but its clearly 
>beyond our control.
>
>The paper is all crap. I don't think I'll respond. "RealClimate" already 
>discredits their PCA centering convention claims, and  our papers in 
>review and in press make this all moot...
>
>They can continue trying to go after MBH98--It's now chasing a ghost, 
>since we've all moved on to other methods, and other results, which 
>support the same contention.
>
>I can't allow myself to be sidelined with this sort of crap any further,
>
>Mike
>
>At 09:30 AM 1/12/05, Tim Osborn wrote:
>>Hi Mike,
>>
>>with the aim of keeping you informed, rather than upsetting you, I 
>>thought I should forward you this manuscript from McIntyre and McKitrick 
>>- I've been told that it has just been accepted by GRL, though I can't 
>>vouch for that.  None of the UEA lot reviewed it!
>>
>>You may already have seen it or know about it - I see you've already 
>>addressed some points about centre-ing of data prior to PCA on 
>>realclimate.org.  Anyway, in case you haven't seen it, it's attached.
>>
>>Cheers
>>
>>Tim
>>
>>
>>
>>Dr Timothy J Osborn
>>Climatic Research Unit
>>School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
>>Norwich  NR4 7TJ, UK
>>
>>e-mail:   t.osborn@uea.ac.uk
>>phone:    +44 1603 592089
>>fax:      +44 1603 507784
>>web:      http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~timo/
>>sunclock: http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~timo/sunclock.htm
>
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>                      Professor Michael E. Mann
>           Department of Environmental Sciences, Clark Hall
>                       University of Virginia
>                      Charlottesville, VA 22903
>_______________________________________________________________________
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Dr Timothy J Osborn
Climatic Research Unit
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
Norwich  NR4 7TJ, UK

e-mail:   t.osborn@uea.ac.uk
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fax:      +44 1603 507784
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