From: "Michael E. Mann" To: Phil Jones Subject: Re: PAGES/CLIVAR workshop Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:52:32 -0400 Reply-to: mann@psu.edu Cc: Heinz Wanner , Christoph Kull , Keith Briffa , "Michael E. Mann" , Thorsten Kiefer Dear Phil et al, I agree on Mike Evans. I'm afraid I don't agree on Zorita. He has engaged in some very nasty, and in my opinion unprofessional email exchanges with some close colleagues of mine who have established some fundamental undisclosed errors in work he co-published with von Storch. Given this, I don't believe he can be involved in constructive dialogue of the sort we're looking for at this workshop. There are some similarly problematic issues w/ Cubasch, who like von Storch, who has engaged in inflammatory and ad hominem public commentary. There is no room for that on any side of the debate. If the Germans need to be represented here, I would suggest instead someone from the Potsdam group, such as Eva Bauer, who has been doing some very interesting work on modelling the climate of the past 2K, mike Phil Jones wrote: Christoph, I have checked with IPCC and their 4th meeting is in the June 26-30 week in Bergen.. As for Heinz's suggestions - Mike Evans would be OK - I'm nor sure that Mikami would contribute much See Keith's comment on Zorita Cheers Phil At 14:39 26/08/2005, Heinz Wanner wrote: Dear Christoph, I have only a few additional comments concerning the planned workshop. First of all, I support this concept. Related to the topics, I heavily support to organize a discussion about how we can reconstruct different paremeters independently. It is important to try to reconstruct air pressure as a basic circulation parameter - if possible. Concerning the participants: - Write GooSSe; - Mikami from Japan (Tokyo Metropolitan University) could be an interesting Asian participant; - You mentioned Kevin Trenberth or Mark Cane. Both are absolutely okay, but why not invite a younger colleague like Mike Evans from Tucson? - If Phil and Mike do not support von Storch it does not make sense to invite him (and Eduardo Zorita?); - For me Ulrich Cubasch is an interesting modeler with good ideas about paleomodeling. Maybe Gavin can comment this when he is back from his China trip? Cheers, Heinz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- Dr. Heinz Wanner Prof., Director NCCR Climate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- Office Institute: Office NCCR Climate: Institute of Geography NCCR Climate Climatology and Meteorology Management Center Hallerstrasse 12 Erlachstrasse 9a CH-3012 Bern CH-3012 Bern Phone +41 (0)31 631 88 85 Phone +41 (0)31 631 31 60 Fax +41 (0)31 631 85 11 Fax +41 (0)31 631 43 38 [1]www.giub.unibe.ch/klimet/ [2]www.nccr-climate.unibe.ch [3]wanner@giub.unibe.ch ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- Prof. Phil Jones Climatic Research Unit Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090 School of Environmental Sciences Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784 University of East Anglia Norwich Email [4]p.jones@uea.ac.uk NR4 7TJ UK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Michael E. Mann Associate Professor Director, Earth System Science Center (ESSC) Department of Meteorology Phone: (814) 863-4075 503 Walker Building FAX: (814) 865-3663 The Pennsylvania State University email: [5]mann@psu.edu University Park, PA 16802-5013 [6]http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/faculty/people/mann.shtml References 1. http://www.giub.unibe.ch/klimet/ 2. http://www.nccr-climate.unibe.ch/ 3. mailto:wanner@giub.unibe.ch 4. mailto:p.jones@uea.ac.uk 5. mailto:mann@psu.edu 6. http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/faculty/people/mann.shtml