date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 09:52:26 -0400
from: Edward Cook <drdendro@ldeo.columbia.edu>
subject: Fwd: Re: JABES manuscript MS03030 review request
to: Keith Briffa <k.briffa@uea.ac.uk>

   Hi Keith,

   Okay, here is what I just sent to Olsen.

   Cheers,

   Ed

     Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 09:50:27 -0400
     To: Olsen.Tony@epamail.epa.gov
     From: Edward Cook <drdendro@ldeo.columbia.edu>
     Subject: Re: JABES manuscript MS03030 review request
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     Hi Tony,

     Here is my review of the Yoo and Wright paper. Frankly, it is very poor for reasons that
     I describe in my review and really must not be published as is. It would do grossly
     unfair harm to dendroclimatology because the authors have simply not made their case. If
     anything, they have actually vindicated the "reverse regression" method based on what
     they show in their Table 2, even if they don't care to admit it.

     I also see that they used the same tree-ring data as Briffa to test their method. Yet,
     there is not so much as the slightest acknowledgement of where the data were obtained.
     >From Briffa? I assume so.  If so, they should acknowledge it. Also, had you considered
     Briffa as a reviewer as well? Since this paper is such a negative attack on his work,
     that would have been proper.

     Anyway, I appreciate the fact that you sent me this paper to review.

     Cheers,

     Ed

     [cid:a05200f01bb064cb92f51@[10.0.1.4].1.0]

     Dr. Cook,
     I am not sure if you agreed to do the review (at least I can't find it).
     Will you be able to complete the review in the next week? Two weeks?
     Look forward to hearing from you.
     Anthony (Tony) R. Olsen
     USEPA NHEERL
     Western Ecology Division
     200 S.W. 35th Street
     Corvallis, OR 97333
     Voice: (541) 754-4790
     Fax: (541) 754-4716

     email: Olsen.Tony@epa.gov

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     Dr. Edward R. Cook
     Doherty Senior Scholar and
     Director, Tree-Ring Laboratory
     Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
     Palisades, New York 10964  USA
     Email:        drdendro@ldeo.columbia.edu

     Phone:  845-365-8618

     Fax:    845-365-8152

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   Dr. Edward R. Cook
   Doherty Senior Scholar and
   Director, Tree-Ring Laboratory
   Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
   Palisades, New York 10964  USA
   Email:        drdendro@ldeo.columbia.edu
   Phone:        845-365-8618
   Fax:        845-365-8152
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