cc: "Elfring, Chris" <CElfring@nas.edu>, "Shiflett, Rachael" <RShiflett@nas.edu>, "Greenway, Rob" <RGreenway@nas.edu>
date: Wed Apr 27 15:05:17 2005
from: Phil Jones <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>
subject: RE: Temp Trends Report for Final Sign-off
to: "Staudt, Amanda" <Astaudt@nas.edu>, "Dennis L. Hartmann " <dennis@atmos.washington.edu>, "John Michael Wallace " <wallace@atmos.washington.edu>, "Judith A. Curry " <curryja@eas.gatech.edu>, "Junhong Wang" <junhong@ucar.edu>, "Kenneth Kunkel " <kkunkel@uiuc.edu>, "Richard L. Smith " <rls@email.unc.edu>, "Richard S. Lindzen " <lindzen@wind.mit.edu>, "William Randel" <randel@ucar.edu>

    Amanda,
       Thanks. That has made it very clear.
    I meant to add one other thing. I enjoyed being on the committee and
    learnt a lot from the experience.
    Regards
    Phil
   At 14:38 27/04/2005, Staudt, Amanda wrote:

     Phil,
     Thanks for your e-mail and sign-off on the report.  In response to your
     question, only the "clean" version will be released to the sponsor and
     the public.  As you correctly guessed, we'll keep the memo and the
     tracked changes version on file for awhile to refer back to in case
     there are any questions about how we responded to review. They are
     considered strictly internal NRC documents and I have not heard of any
     occasions when these documents are shared publicly.
     Like other committee correspondence and past report drafts, we ask that
     you do not share those documents with others outside the committee.
     This helps preserve the committee's ability to think freely and
     independently on the topic.
     Best regards,
     Amanda
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     Amanda Staudt, PhD
     Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
     National Research Council/National Academies
     500 Fifth Street, NW
     Washington, DC 20001
     Phone: (202) 334-2995
     Fax:     (202) 334-3825
     E-mail: astaudt@nas.edu
     -----Original Message-----
     From: Phil Jones [[1]mailto:p.jones@uea.ac.uk]
     Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 7:10 AM
     To: Staudt, Amanda; Dennis L. Hartmann ; John Michael Wallace ; Judith
     A. Curry ; Junhong Wang; Kenneth Kunkel ; Richard L. Smith ; Richard S.
     Lindzen ; William Randel
     Cc: Elfring, Chris; Shiflett, Rachael; Greenway, Rob
     Subject: Re: Temp Trends Report for Final Sign-off
       Amanda,
           Away yesterday and tomorrow, so have gone though this today. I am
     happy
       to sign off on this. I looked at the sections (Chs 5 and 3 and the ES)
     I
     was involved with.
       The major upfront substantive comments are also fine. I only had time
     to
     scan the
       other chapters in the tracked version.
          The responses to the A-F reviewers were interesting to read. Some
     nicely worded responses
       to some of the comments from F.
            Can I check one thing? Will the CCSP team just get the file
       "TempTrends_4-25-05 clean.doc" ? What happens to the file "TempTrends
     Review Memo.doc" ?
       Is it just like a normal 'responses to reviewers' file, so is kept on
     file by the editor of the journal
       (in this case NRC) for a while?  It is the justification that we did a
     good job, so is it made
       publicly available as well?
       Regards
       Phil
     At 22:27 25/04/2005, Staudt, Amanda wrote:
     >Dear Committee members,
     >
     >I have attached a final draft of: Review of the U.S. Climate Change
     >Science Program's Synthesis and Assessment Product on Temperature
     Trends
     >in the Lower Atmosphere (filename = "TempTrends_4-25-05 clean.doc").
     In
     >addition, I've attached a version with tracked changes (filename =
     >"TempTrends 4-25-05 tracked.doc") and a document with the accumulated
     >responses to reviewer comments (filename = "TempTrends Review
     Memo.doc")
     >for your reference.
     >
     >Please review the clean draft and let me know by Thursday, April 28,
     >2005 if you are willing to sign off on delivering this report to the
     >sponsor and making it publicly available.
     >
     >If you have any major substantive concerns please let me know ASAP so
     >that we can resolve them expeditiously. The report will be copy edited
     >this week, so most of the remaining editorial issues should be take
     care
     >of.
     >
     >**** Note that if I do not hear from you by close of business on
     >Thursday, April 28, 2005, I will assume that you have provided your
     sign
     >off. ****
     >
     >Thanks,
     >Amanda
     >
     >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     >Amanda Staudt, PhD
     >Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
     >National Research Council/National Academies
     >500 Fifth Street, NW
     >Washington, DC 20001
     >Phone: (202) 334-2995
     >Fax:     (202) 334-3825
     >E-mail: astaudt@nas.edu
     >
     >
     >
     >
     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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   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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