date: Wed May  7 17:05:48 2008
from: Phil Jones <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Re: Nature review request - manuscript 2008-04-04235
to: k.ziemelis@nature.com

    Karl,
       OK - send full ms, or details of where I can find the paper.
    Cheers
    Phil
   At 16:47 07/05/2008, you wrote:

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     Dear Professor Jones
     A manuscript has been submitted to Nature, which we were hoping you would be interested
     in reviewing. The manuscript comes from Alexander Stine, Peter Huybers, and Inez Fung
     and is entitled "Changes in the Phase of the Annual Cycle of Surface Temperature". Its
     first paragraph is pasted below.
     Is this a paper that you would be able to review for us within 14 days? If so, please
     let me know as soon as possible, and I will send instructions to you on how to access
     the manuscript. Failing that, it would be helpful to us if you could suggest alternative
     referees.
     Nature's information for peer-reviewers is at
     [1]www.nature.com/nature/authors/referees/index.html.
     Many thanks in advance for your help; I look forward to hearing from you.
     Yours sincerely
     Karl Ziemelis
     Physical Sciences Editor, Nature
     Nature's author and policy information sites are at
     [2]www.nature.com/nature/submit/.
     Changes in the Phase of the Annual Cycle of Surface Temperature
     Alexander Stine, Peter Huybers, and Inez Fung
     The annual cycle in surface temperature is massive, larger than even the
     glacial-interglacial cycles in most places on Earth. Trends in amplitude and phase of
     the annual harmonic in surface temperature have been observed, but models predict the
     opposite sign phase trend to that which is observed. Our understanding of natural
     variability is poor making it difficult to assess the importance of observed trends.
     Here we show that the phase of extratropical land shifted towards earlier seasons by 1.5
     days from 1954-2006 and that this shift appears anomalous with respect to natural
     variability. This shift is not seen over the ocean. No significant change in the
     amplitude is found.
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