cc: joos <joos@climate.unibe.ch>, Eystein Jansen <eystein.jansen@geo.uib.no>, Bette Otto-Bleisner <ottobli@ncar.ucar.edu>, cddhr@giss.nasa.gov, rahmstorf@ozean-klima.de, Keith Briffa <k.briffa@uea.ac.uk>
date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:30:25 -0600
from: Jonathan Overpeck <jto@u.arizona.edu>
subject: Re: urgent IPCC need
to: David Rind <drind@giss.nasa.gov>

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Hi David - I was hoping (thinking) you'd be 
working this evening, thanks. What you say make 
sense, and perhaps we should scale back the 
changes that I made in response to what Martin 
suggested to include only those that clarify. 
But, I do think this needs to include things like 
the 1998 issue - we didn't have that on our radar 
screen in Bergen, and we will get grief if we 
don't say something.

So, I suggest we all look at what I sent, and try 
to only consider those changes which clarify and 
don't change existing meaning.

Then, I also assume we give everyone a chance to 
check what we've done. No meaning's changed, just 
clarification. Most of what Martin (with Susan's 
blessing and input I sense) suggested was along 
these lines, but not all, so as you read what I 
did, please err on the side of sticking to our 
original agreement not to change meaning after 
Bergen.

Thanks David for thinking and writing wisely.

best, peck

>Jonathan,
>
>I haven't looked at these in great detail, but I 
>have a problem with Martin making suggestions 
>about the TSU Exec Summary for chap 6. Weren't 
>these decided by consensus among the Chap 6 
>authors? Why does Martin have any say about 
>this? Clarification is one thing, but some of 
>these suggestions seem to be 'leading'. I think 
>we should be very cautious about changing 
>anything substantive here at the last moment. 
>[This is the expurgated version of what I really 
>thing.]
>
>David
>
>
>At 4:55 PM -0600 8/31/06, Jonathan Overpeck wrote:
>>Hi all - We need to submit our latest chap 6 
>>Exec Summary to TSU tomorrow if we can. We can 
>>still make changes, but I wanted to update with 
>>Martin's suggestions taken into account. See 
>>the attached and please comment regarding my 
>>strike throughs and additions (yellow 
>>highlight). Martin's comments are in yellowish 
>>text, and my questions to you (especially 
>>FORTUNAT) are higlighted in PURPLE.
>>
>>Please send by tomorrow aft if you can.
>>
>>Not that I've sent to those I think are on-line 
>>right now. Will send to the whole team later 
>>with more edited text.
>>
>>Thanks, Peck
>>--
>>Jonathan T. Overpeck
>>Director, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth
>>Professor, Department of Geosciences
>>Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences
>>
>>Mail and Fedex Address:
>>
>>Institute for the Study of Planet Earth
>>715 N. Park Ave. 2nd Floor
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>>
>>Attachment converted: 
>>Toltec:Ch06_FinalDraft_ExecSumV3.doc 
>>(WDBN/IC) (1BEA76C7)
>
>
>--
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-- 
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Director, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth
Professor, Department of Geosciences
Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences

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