From: Kevin Trenberth To: James Annan Subject: Re: FW: 2009JD012960 (Editor - Steve Ghan):Decision Letter Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:55:24 -0600 Cc: Jim Salinger , Grant Foster , Mike Mann , p.jones@uea.ac.uk, b.mullan@niwa.co.nz, Gavin Schmidt , j.renwick@niwa.co.nz Hi James Thanks for doing this and let's keep it moving as fast as possible. Yes the formatting in places is disconcerting and the line numbering is a bit on and off. I have suggestions for changing two words. Line 13 “severely” to "greatly" Line 79 “more dramatic” to "greater" As they stand, words like those used carry a lot of extra subjective tone that implies "bad" or has a commentary that is not desirable as per Rev 3. I wonder if you should not be a bit more specific in responding to Rev 3 and say what other words were changed in the abstract at least? If it were "word" I would send in a version of the abstract with tracking on. It might make the difference between having the editor approve it and sending it back to Rev 3. Best regards Kevin James Annan wrote: > Dear All, > > I had a reply from Grant, and have made some changes to the paper - > very little of substance, but I've lightly edited the wording > throughout. I also added refs to Newell and Weare, and Angell (not > A+Korshover), which seem relevant. Despite this, I've managed to cut a > few lines off in total. I have also drafted replies to the reviewers > (with their comments appended for reference). > > We do have a 2 week extension agreed, to 11 Nov. However it doesn't > really seem like there is much more that needs doing. More suggestions > are welcome, however, and before resubmitting, *I need an explicit OK > from each author*. > > James -- **************** Kevin E. Trenberth e-mail: trenbert@ucar.edu Climate Analysis Section, www.cgd.ucar.edu/cas/trenbert.html NCAR P. O. Box 3000, (303) 497 1318 Boulder, CO 80307 (303) 497 1333 (fax) Street address: 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, CO 80305