date: Thu May  4 10:32:13 2006
from: Tim Osborn <t.osborn@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Fwd: JCLIM Request to Review a Comment/Reply (JCLI-1333/1427)
to: Keith Briffa <k.briffa@uea.ac.uk>

     To: t.osborn@uea.ac.uk
     From: Journal of Climate CEA <jclim@uvic.ca>
     Subject: JCLIM Request to Review a Comment/Reply (JCLI-1333/1427)
     Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:38:32 -0700
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     Dear  Dr. Osborn,
     I am writing to ask if you would be so kind as to provide me some
     advice as
     to the suitability of publishing the attached Comment and Reply in
     the Notes
     and Correspondence section of the Journal of Climate. In particular,
     I am
     writing to ask if you would consider the following questions in your
     review.
     1) Do you think that the comment submitted by Zorita et al. contains
     material which is of sufficient interest to the readership of the
     Journal of
     Climate to warrant its publication.
     2) If the answer to 1) is yes, are there any specific recommendations /
     comments that you would like to see addressed in the COMMENT prior to
     our
     considering its publication.
     3) If the answer to 1) is yes, are there any specific recommendations /
     comments that you would like to see addressed in the REPLY prior to our
     considering its publication.
     4) Do you have any overall recommendations you have for the authors
     of the
     Comment/Reply?
     As you might surmise, the authors of the REPLY have recommended that the
     COMMENT be rejected outright.
     I sincerely appreciate your assistance with a review of this
     exchange. While
     I recognize that you are very busy and that this review will take
     some time,
     I hope you agree with me as to the importance of peer review prior to
     publication of scientific discourse.
     Yours sincerely
     Andrew Weaver
     Chief Editor of the Journal of Climate
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     Comment Details:
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     JCLI - 1333
     Title - Comment to 'Testing the fidelity of methods used in proxy- based reconstructions
     of past climate'
     Authors - Eduardo Zorita, Fidel Gonzalez-Rouco, Hans von Storch
     Reviewer link: [1]http://www.ametsoc.org/reviewer/viewer.cfm?id=12863-5211
     *********************
     Reply Details:
     *********************
     JCLI - 1427
     Title - Reply to Comment by Zorita et al on Mann, Rutherford, Wahl
     and Ammann 05
     Authors - Michael E. Mann, Scott Rutherford, Eugene Wahl, Caspar Ammann
     Reviewer link: [2]http://www.ametsoc.org/reviewer/viewer.cfm?id=13835-8273
     **CONFIRMATION OF RECEIPT OF THIS MESSAGE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.**
     =======================================================
     Ms. Laura Buttner
     Chief Editorial Assistant, Journal of Climate
     School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
     University of Victoria
     PO Box 3055, Victoria, BC  V8W 3P6
     Canada
     Phone: +1 250 472 4005
     Fax:   +1 250 472 4004
     jclim@uvic.ca

