cc: Eduardo Zorita <Eduardo.Zorita@gkss.de>,  gerd.buerger@mail.met.fu-berlin.de, Julie.Jones@gkss.de,  cubasch@zedat.fu-berlin.de, simon.tett@metoffice.gov.uk, Philip Brohan <philip.brohan@metoffice.gov.uk>, Hans von Storch <storch@gkss.de>, Keith Briffa <k.briffa@uea.ac.uk>, fidelgr@fis.ucm.es
date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:03:32 +0100
from: simon.tett@metoffice.gov.uk
subject: Re: recent exchange in Science, Wahl et al, Storch et al
to: Tim Osborn <t.osborn@uea.ac.uk>

Hi Tim,
	Eduardo pointed me at it as well. I did find it rather an attack. Even
contemplated adding a comment but decided I did not have enough time to
do it as I was writing a briefing note for Defra on the comments. I've
attached it!
Simon
On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 11:49, Tim Osborn wrote:
> Thanks for the reprints of the comment/reply, Eduardo, which are 
> indeed interesting.
> 
> Did you already see the article just posted at realclimate.org which 
> discusses these papers (and also mentions Burger and Cubasch, 2005):
> 
> http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2006/04/a-correction-with-repercussions/
> 
> Seems rather biased and the tone is certainly not constructive.
> 
> I really hope that the discussion of bias in reconstructions will 
> proceed in a much more constructive way at the PAGES/CLIVAR meeting 
> in Wengen in June, which will be attended by me, Keith, Eduardo and 
> some of the authors of this realclimate.org article.  We will do our 
> best to ensure that it is constructive and good-spirited!
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Tim
> 
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