From: Steve McIntyre 

Sent: March 16, 2004 2:40 PM

To: Rosalind Cotter

Cc: Ross McKitrick

Subject: Re: Decision on 2004-01-14277

Thank you very much. We are currently finalizing edits on our revisions and plan to submit on Thursday within the 2-week period mentioned, together with a covering letter and SI. We appreciate the comments from the referees and the consideration from Nature.

Regards, Steve McIntyre