Let me review the request situation for readers. There are two institutions involved in the present round of FOI/EIR requests: CRU and the Met Office. Phil Jones of CRU collects station data and sends his “value added” version to the Met Office, who publish the HadCRU combined land-and-ocean index and also distribute the CRUTEM series online.
I requested a copy of the “value added” version from the Met Office (marion.archer at metoffice.uk.gov) which has been refused for excuses provided in my last post. On June 25, 2009, learning that Phil Jones had sent a copy of the station data to Peter Webster of Georgia Tech, I sent a new FOI request to CRU ( david.palmer at uea.ac.uk) requesting the data in the form sent to Peter Webster. This too was refused today.
We now have a new excuse to add to our collection of excuses – each excuse seemingly more ridiculous than the previous one.
My most recent request was as follows:
Dear Mr Palmer,
Pursuant to the Environmental Information Regulations, I hereby request a copy of any digital version of the CRUTEM station data set that has been sent from CRU to Peter Webster and/or any other person at Georgia Tech between January 1, 2007 and Jun 25, 2009.
Thank you for your attention,
Stephen McIntyre
The full response was as follows. (I’ve included full address particulars for readers that may wish to follow up):
Dear Mr McIntyre
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REGULATIONS 2004 – INFORMATION REQUEST (FOI_09-44; EIR_09-03)
Your request for information received on 26 June 2009 has now been considered and it is, unfortunately, not possible to meet all of your request.
In accordance with Regulation 14 of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 this letter acts as a partial Refusal Notice, and I am not obliged to supply this information and the reasons for exemption are as stated below:
Exception Reason Reg. 12(5)(f) – Adverse effect on the person providing information Information is covered by a confidentiality agreement Regulation 12(5)(f) applies because the information requested was received by the University on terms that prevent further transmission to non-academics
Regulation 12(1)(b) mandates that we consider the public interest in any decision to release or refuse information under Regulation 12(4). In this case, we feel that there is a strong public interest in upholding contract terms governing the use of received information. To not do so would be to potentially risk the loss of access to such data in future.
I apologise that not all of your request will be met but if you have any further information needs in the future then please contact me.
If you have any queries or concerns, or, if you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request please contact me at:
University of East Anglia
Norwich
NR4 7TJ
Telephone: 0160 393 523
E-mail: foi AT uea.ac.ukYou also have the right of appeal against the decision. If you wish to appeal please set out in writing your grounds of appeal and send to me at the same address as noted above.
Subsequent to our determination of your appeal, you also have a further right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 700
http://www.ico.gov.ukYours sincerely
David Palmer
Information Policy and Compliance Manager
University of East Anglia
This is the first time that we’ve heard that their supposed confidentiality agreements merely restrict “further transmission to non-academics”. A couple of observations on this. I’m sure that CRU will soon receive a similar request from someone to whom this excuse does not apply.
However, aside from that, there are other troubling aspects to this refusal. If there actually are confidentiality agreements, I would expect the relevant language to be framed in terms of “academic use” as opposed to guild membership i.e. I’d be surprised if the language were framed in terms of institutional affiliation as opposed to use. I’ve published relevant articles in peer reviewed literature, acted as an IPCC reviewer, been cited in IPCC AR4, been invited to present to a NAS panel – my use of data is “academic” by any legal standard.
Secondly, over at the Met Office, they say “it cannot be determined which countries or stations data were given in confidence as records were not kept.” But over at CRU, they purport to “know” nuanced details of the contractual language of the confidentiality agreements – clauses that have the effect of justifying the refusal of the data.
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You could simply ask any climatologist friend of yours to ask for this stuff.
And then print it all over the web.
Anarchy now!! 😀
I reckon that it’s our turn. We former subjects of the King should ask Georgia Tech for a copy of the confidentiality agreement so we can see just what the nuances are.
Is the data truly confidential for important reasons? Or is it confidential because they fear what it shows?
They obviously don’t believe in sharing. Which is too bad. They’re the kids on the playground all alone with a toy. And we’re the bully who wants it back!
Re: Your Mom (#3), It isn’t “their” toy: we paid for it. Share.
Re: Your Mom (#3),
It’s more like “You paid for this toy, and I know it’s extremely important, but you can’t have it.”
I think it’s about time West Anglia invaded East Anglia, then maybe this nonsense will stop.
Re: Your Mom (#3),
I’m sure the reasons are important to Phil Jones, but that’s not really the standard that should be applied to publicly funded data. The reasons that seem most likely are A) releasing the data would undercut some sort of revenue he’s deriving from the data, B) he’s hiding something he doesn’t want exposed, or C) he’s afraid someone at Climate Audit or elsewhere is going to discover something which will harm him professionally.
I hope Ross McKitrick is working on a request for that data as we speak… he’s an “academic” and is also published in this field, so they’d clearly have to make up some new excuses in order to deny his request.
I’ve just send an identical request to David Palmer. I’m a UK academic by any conceivable definition, so I will be interested to see what excuse he comes up with this time.
Re Hulme 1996, as I said on the other thread I’m pretty sure this is a misprint for Hulme 1994, which is a discussion of the costs and bureaucracy involved in acquiring climate data from various countries.
This folder has a list of 288 countries/states/territories which send weather information under the WMO World Weather Watch Program. Might be useful as a reference for FOIing data in bite-size groups.
Christopher Booker of the Telegraph links to this site – someone should ring his bell and see if he’d give some publicity to Steve’s efforts.
Re: MarkB (#9),
Apparently, Christopher Booker of the Telegraph heard my call and wrote on this topic:
I sent the following follow-up today:
I suggest that interested readers can participate by choosing 5 countries and sending the following FOI request to david.palmer at uea.ac.uk:
If you do so, please post up a copy of your letter so that we can keep track of requested countries.
A CA reader notified me offline that he requested agreements involving Russia, China, India. I already requested Canada, United States, Australia, U.K., and Brazil.
Please keep adding to the inventory of FOI requests to CRU.
Re: Steve McIntyre (#12), Dear Mr Palmer,
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality agreements)restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics involing the following countries: [insert 5 or so countries that are different from ones already requested]
1. the date of any applicable confidentiality agreements;
2. the parties to such confidentiality agreement, including the full name of any organization;
3. a copy of the section of the confidentiality agreement that “prevents further transmission to non-academics”.
4. a copy of the entire confidentiality agreement,
I am requesting this information for the purposes of academic research.
Thank you for your attention.
Yours truly
tony ridgway
Ross McKitrick sent the following request to CRU:
We’re up to 13 countries now. This won’t take long.
I just sent the following in as well
The replies you are getting back are like scripts from the “Yes Minister” TV series.
Steve: Of course, they are. But two can play that game. Please send your own FOI request for 5 countries of your choice.
This seems a great response, but I’m wondering about another side to this.
How does it generally work at a university or research institution when a researcher makes a binding agreement on behalf of the institution? In the real world, these kinds of agreements generally require a sign-off by upper management/company officers, so that the company knows about and can track any obligations that they have. I’ve had some low-level experience with my local state university, and every dealing that I’ve had that required a signature by a researcher also had to be signed off on by upper management as well, and once fully executed by all parties, copies were sent to each signatory and kept on file at the university.
It seems inconceivable to me that CRU or UEA or MET could be a party to a binding agreement and nobody at the institution can find a paper trail.
Or is my experience the exception?
I just went alphabetically from the top of this list and requested ARUBA, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, AFGHANISTAN, ALGERIA, ASCENSION ISLAND.
—————–
Pursuant to the Environmental Information Regulations, I hereby make an EIR/FOI request for any confidentiality agreements covering CRUTEM station data involving station data in ARUBA, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, AFGHANISTAN, ALGERIA, ASCENSION ISLAND.
1. the date of such agreement;
2. the parties to the agreement;
3. a copy of that part of the agreement that prevents further distribution of the data to non-academics
4. a copy of the entire agreement
I am requesting this information for academic research purposes.
Thank you for your attention,
Steve,
At some point you need to quit fumbling around with these low level requests that are routinely denied and pursue the appeals process.
Steve: Submit your own FOI request and carry out your own appeal.
OK, hold on, lets think about this a bit. It seems to me that this “thing” is operating more like a general license than a simple confidentiality agreement. (A confidentiality agreement is a form of a license, but is generally more narrow in scope). Its not uncommon to license data and restrict its use for academic (as opposed to commercial) purposes. I think we should change the wording of the request. Where we had been saying “I hereby make an EIR/FOI request for any confidentiality agreements…” I think we should say: “I hereby make an EIR/FOI request for any agreements …”.
Steve: They used the term “confidentiality agreement.” Let’s stick to that. Widening the scope opens up more possible excuses. If the present language fails for some reason, we can always do it all over again with wider language
I’m in for Zimbabwe, Zaire, Angola, South Africa and Botswana.
I can predict the reply already:
“I’m sorry, but the terms and names of parties within the confidential agreement are confidential”.
I would not be surprised if the “confidentiality agreements” are entirely informal and not written down. Like when Dr. Smith passes data to Dr. Lewis with the request that he not pass it further.
Post of those remaining.
After you FOI, copy this list. Remove those you requested and repost.
AJ AZERBAIJAN
AL ALBANIA
AM ARMENIA
AN ANDORRA
AQ AMERICAN SAMOA
AR ARGENTINA
AT ASHMORE AND CARTIER ISLANDS
AV ANGUILLA
AX ANTIGUA, ST. KITTS, NEVIS, BARBUDA
AY ANTARCTICA
AZ AZORES
BA BAHRAIN
BB BARBADOS
BC BOTSWANA
BD BERMUDA
BE BELGIUM
BF BAHAMAS THE
BG BANGLADESH
BH BELIZE
BK BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
BL BOLIVIA
BM BURMA
BN BENIN
BO BELARUS
BP SOLOMON ISLANDS
BQ NAVASSA ISLAND
BS BASSAS DA INDIA
BT BHUTAN
BU BULGARIA
BV BOUVET ISLAND
BX BRUNEI
BY BURUNDI
BZ BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG
CB CAMBODIA
CC CEUTA AND MELILLA
CD CHAD
CE SRI LANKA
CF CONGO
CG ZAIRE
CI CHILE
CJ CAYMAN ISLANDS
CK COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS
CL CAROLINE ISLANDS
CM CAMEROON
CN COMOROS
CO COLOMBIA
CP CANARY ISLANDS
CQ NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
CR CORAL SEA ISLANDS
CS COSTA RICA
CT CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CU CUBA
CV CAPE VERDE
CW COOK ISLANDS
CY CYPRUS
CZ CANTON ISLAND
DA DENMARK
DJ DJIBOUTI
DO DOMINICA
DQ JARVIS ISLAND
DR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
DY DEMOCRATIC YEMEN
EC ECUADOR
EG EGYPT
EI IRELAND
EK EQUATORIAL GUINEA
EN ESTONIA
ER ERITREA
ES EL SALVADOR
ET ETHIOPIA
EU EUROPA ISLAND
EZ CZECH REPUBLIC
FG FRENCH GUIANA
FI FINLAND
FJ FIJI
FK FALKLAND ISLANDS (ISLAS MALVINAS)
FM MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF
FO FAROE ISLANDS
FP FRENCH POLYNESIA
FQ BAKER ISLAND
FS FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS
GA GAMBIA THE
GB GABON
GG GEORGIA
GH GHANA
GI GIBRALTAR
GJ GRENADA
GK GUERNSEY
GL GREENLAND
GO GLORIOSO ISLANDS
GP GUADELOUPE
GQ GUAM
GR GREECE
GT GUATEMALA
GV GUINEA
GY GUYANA
GZ GAZA STRIP
HA HAITI
HK HONG KONG
HM HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS
HO HONDURAS
HQ HOWLAND ISLAND
HR CROATIA
HU HUNGARY
IC ICELAND
ID INDONESIA
IM MAN ISLE OF
IO BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY
IP CLIPPERTON ISLAND
IR IRAN
IS ISRAEL
IV COTE D’IVOIRE
IW ISRAEL-JORDAN DMZ
IZ IRAQ
JA JAPAN
JE JERSEY
JM JAMAICA
JN JAN MAYEN
JO JORDAN
JQ JOHNSTON ATOLL
JU JUAN DE NOVA ISLAND
KE KENYA
KG KYRGYZSTAN
KN KOREA, NORTH
KQ KINGMAN REEF
KR KIRIBATI
KS KOREA, SOUTH
KT CHRISTMAS ISLAND
KU KUWAIT
KZ KAZAKHSTAN
LA LAOS
LC ST. LUCIA AND ST. VINCENT
LE LEBANON
LG LATVIA
LH LITHUANIA
LI LIBERIA
LN SOUTHERN LINE ISLANDS
LO SLOVAKIA
LQ PALMYRA ATOLL
LS LIECHTENSTEIN
LT LESOTHO
LU LUXEMBOURG
LY LIBYA
MA MADAGASCAR
MB MARTINIQUE
MC MACAU
MD MOLDOVA
ME MADEIRA
MF MAYOTTE
MG MONGOLIA
MH MONTSERRAT
MI MALAWI
MK MACEDONIA
ML MALI
MM BURMA (MYANMAR)
MN MONACO
MO MOROCCO
MP MAURITIUS
MQ MIDWAY ISLANDS
MR MAURITANIA
MT MALTA
MU OMAN
MV MALDIVES
MW MONTENEGRO
MX MEXICO
MY MALAYSIA
MZ MOZAMBIQUE
NC NEW CALEDONIA
NE NIUE
NF NORFOLK ISLAND
NG NIGER
NH VANUATU
NI NIGERIA
NL NETHERLANDS
NO NORWAY
NP NEPAL
NR NAURU
NS SURINAME
NT NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
NU NICARAGUA
NZ NEW ZEALAND
OW OCEAN WEATHER STATIONS
PA PARAGUAY
PC PITCAIRN ISLANDS
PE PERU
PF PARACEL ISLANDS
PG SPRATLY ISLANDS
PI PHOENIX ISLANDS
PK PAKISTAN
PL POLAND
PM PANAMA
PN NORTH PACIFIC ISLANDS
PO PORTUGAL
PP PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PS PALAU – TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
PU GUINEA-BISSAU
PZ SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS
QA QATAR
RE REUNION AND ASSOCIATED ISLANDS
RM MARSHALL ISLANDS
RO ROMANIA
RP PHILIPPINES
RQ PUERTO RICO
RW RWANDA
SA SAUDI ARABIA
SB ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON
SC ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
SE SEYCHELLES
SF SOUTH AFRICA
SG SENEGAL
SH ST. HELENA
SI SLOVENIA
SK SARAWAK AND SABA
SL SIERRA LEONE
SM SAN MARINO
SN SINGAPORE
SO SOMALIA
SP SPAIN
SR SERBIA
SS ST. MAARTEN
ST ST. LUCIA
SU SUDAN
SV SVALBARD
SW SWEDEN
SX SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
SY SYRIA
SZ SWITZERLAND
TC UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
TD TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TE TROMELIN ISLAND
TH THAILAND
TI TAJIKISTAN
TK TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
TL TOKELAU
TN TONGA
TO TOGO
TP SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
TS TUNISIA
TU TURKEY
TV TUVALU
TW TAIWAN
TX TURKMENISTAN
TZ TANZANIA
UA FORMER USSR (ASIA)
UE FORMER USSR (EUROPE)
UG UGANDA
UV BURKINA FASO
UY URUGUAY
UZ UZBEKISTAN
VC ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
VE VENEZUELA
VI VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH)
VM VIETNAM
VQ VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)
VT VATICAN CITY
WA NAMIBIA
WE WEST BANK
WF WALLIS AND FUTUNA
WI WESTERN SAHARA
WQ WAKE ISLAND
WS WESTERN SAMOA
WZ SWAZILAND
YM YEMEN
YU YUGOSLAVIA (& FORMER TERRITORY)
YY ST. MARTEEN, ST. EUSTATIUS, AND SABA
ZA ZAMBIA
ZI ZIMBABWE
ZM SAMOA
ZZ ST. MARTIN AND ST. BARTHOLOMEW
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Estonia
Georgia
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NIGERIA,NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, NEPAL,NAURU
Re 22. Chris I added some additional requests.
1. A copy of policies and procedures covering employee responsibilities entering into confidentiality agreements.
2. A copy of policies and procedures covering employee responsibilities regarding the preservation of written agreements.
3. A copy of policies and procedures regarding employees entering into verbal agreements.
4. A copy of instructions to staff regarding compliance with FOI requests.
Is this limited to citizens of British Commonwealth countries?
Re: jeez (#28),
No, the UK FOI Act does not require that requests come from UK citizens.
Has anyone tried asked for a copy of all confidentiality agreements that cover the data?
Steve: please stick to a few countries at a time. Please consider the possibility that I’ve thought of obvious things.
I too would write a letter to someone except for the fact that I am a mere muggle, (non-academic), and would be far too tempted to use the data for commercial purposes, like selling it to some senator in a highway rest stop or selling it to Amy Winehouse in some dark alley.
Steve: non-academics please ask as well. The more the merrier.
South Africa, the USA, Mongolia, Latvia, and Nigeria …
w.
WMO Resolution 40 is interesting (h/t commenter at Anthony’s)
http://www.map.meteoswiss.ch/map-doc/WMO/WMOresol40.htm .
Ok, China, Japan, India, Pakistan and Russia.
I’m in for Canada, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Spain.
Keep up the good work Steve…
People who haven’t sent an FOI request, please stop cluttering this thread with advice on what we should or shouldn’t do or how we might do it better. If you think that you’ve got a better form of request, feel free to send it in and to share your wisdom afterwards. But otherwise please don’t backseat drive.
Folks, some of the countries are being duplicated. TRy to pick new countries.
Countries to choose from can be found in the file here.
[1] ACORES AFGHANISTAN ALBANIA ALGERIA ANDAMAN AND LA ANGOLA ANTARCTICA ANTILLES ARGENTINA ARMENIA ASCENSION IS AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIAN ISL AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH
[19] BARBADOS BELARUS BELGIUM BELIZE BENIN BERMUDA BOLIV A BOLIVIA BRAZIL
[28] BULGARIA BURKINA FASO C. AFR. REP. CAMER ON CAMEROON CANADA CANARY IS. CANARY ISLANDS CAPE VERDE
[37] CAPE VERDE I CAROLINE ISLAN CENTRAL AFRICA CHAD CHAGOS ARCHIPE CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA COMOROS
[46] CONGO COOK ISLANDS COSTA RICA COTE D’IVOIRE CROATIA CUBA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC D.R. OF CONGO
[55] DENMARK DJIBOUTI DOMINICA DOMINICAN REPU E.GERMANY EANDAMAN AND L ECUADOR EGYPT EL SALVADOR
[64] ERITREA ESTONIA ETHIOPIA FAEROE IS. FIJI FINLAND FRANCE FRENCH GUIANA FRENCH POLYNES
[73] FRENCH SOUTHER GABON GAMBIA GEORGIA GERMANY GHANA GIBRALTAR GREECE GREENLAND
[82] GUADELOUPE GUATEMALA GUINEA GUINEA-BISSAU GUYANA HAITI HAWAII HONDURAS HONG KONG
[91] HUNGARY ICELAND INDIA INDONESIA IRAN IRAQ IRELAND ISLA DE PASCUA ISRAEL
[100] ITALY JAMAICA JAPAN JAPANESE PACIF JORDAN KAMPUCHEA KAZAKHSTAN KENYA KIRIBATI
[109] KOREA KUWAIT KYRGYZ REPUBLI LAO P.D.R. LAOS LATVIA LEBANON LIBERIA LIBYA
[118] LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACAU MADAGASCAR MADEIRA MALAWI MALAYSIA MALI MALTA
[127] MARIANA IS. MARIANA ISLAND MARSHALL IS. MARTINIQUE MAURITANIA MAURITIUS MEXICO MONGOLIA MOROCCO
[136] MOZAMBIQUE MYANMAR NAMIBIA NEPAL NETH. ANTILLE NETHERLANDS NEW CALEDONIA NEW ZEALAND NICARAGUA
[145] NIGER NIGERIA NIUE ISLAND NORWAY OCEANIA OMAN PACIFIC OC. PAKISTAN PANAMA
[154] PAPUA NEW GUIN PARAGUAY PERU PHILIPPINES POLAND PORTUGAL PUERTO RICO QATAR REPUBLIC OF UZ
[163] REUNION ROMANIA RUN-BY-USA RUSSIA RUSSIA (ASIA) RUSSIA (EUROP RUSSIA EUROPE RUSSIAN FEDERA S.AFRICA
[172] SAMOA SAO-TOME-AND SAUDI ARABIA SENEGAL SEYCHELLES SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA
[181] SOCIETY IS. SOLOMON ISLAND SOMALIA SOUTH-AFRICA SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH AFRICAN SPAIN SRI LANKA ST. THOMAS
[190] SUDAN SURINAM SURINAME SWEDEN SWITZERLAND SYRIA TAIWAN TAJIKISTAN TANZANIA
[199] THAILAND TOGO TOKELAU ISLAND TONGA TRINIDAD AND T TUNISIA TURKEY TURKMENISTAN TUVALU
[208] UGANDA UK UK SOUTH ATLAN UKRAINE URUGUAY US CENTRAL PAC USA USSR VANUATU
[217] VENEZUALA VENEZUELA VIETNAM W.GERMANY WALLIS ISLAND WESTERN SAHARA YEMEN YUGOSLAVIA ZAIRE
[226] ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE
Dear Mr. Palmer,
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality agreements) restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics contrary to the guidelines specifically listed in W.M.O. RESOLUTION 40 (Cg-XII).
WMO policy and practice for the exchange of meteorological and related data and products including guidelines on relationships in commercial meteorological activities which states : ” Reminds Members of their obligations under Article 2 of the WMO Convention to facilitate worldwide cooperation in the establishment of observing networks and to promote the exchange of meteorological and related information; and of the need to ensure stable ongoing commitment of resources to meet this obligation in the common interest of all nations.
1. the date of any establishment of confidentiality agreements that negate the W.M.O. RESOLUTION 40 (Cg-XII) in particular “Reminds” reproduced above, specifically the exchange of meteorological and related information;
2. the parties to such confidentiality agreement, including the full name of any organization;
3. a copy of the section of the confidentiality agreement that prevents or negates W.M.O. RESOLUTION 40 (Cg-XII) specifically the exchange of meteorological and related information;
4. a copy of the entire confidentiality agreement.
Additionally, if your position is that release of information cannot be made then, I further request a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality agreements) restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to academics contrary to the guidelines specifically listed in EuroGOOS EG99.37 Version 3, Date: 16.2.00 Policy and practice for EuroGOOS for the exchange of oceanographic and related data and products including guidelines on relationships in commercial oceanographic activities which states “Members should provide to the research and education communities, for their non-commercial activities, free and unrestricted access to all data and products exchanged under the auspices of WMO with the understanding that their commercial activities are subject to the same conditions identified in Adopts (2) above”:
1. the date of any establishment of confidentiality agreements that negate the EuroGOOS EG99.37 Version 3, Date: 16.2.00, specifically “unrestricted access”;
2. the parties to such confidentiality agreement, including the full name of any organization;
3. a copy of the section of the confidentiality agreement that prevents or negates EuroGOOS EG99.37 Version 3, Date: 16.2.00, specifically “unrestricted access”;
4. a copy of the entire confidentiality agreement that prevents or negates EuroGOOS EG99.37 Version 3, Date: 16.2.00, specifically “unrestricted access”.
I am requesting this information for the purposes of academic research.
Thank you for your attention.
Yours truly,
John F. Pittman
Country Request
ACORES
AFGHANISTAN Yes
ALBANIA
ALGERIA Yes
ANDAMAN AND LA
ANGOLA Yes
ANTARCTICA
ANTIGUA Yes
ANTILLES
ARGENTINA
ARMENIA Yes
ARUBA Yes
ASCENSION IS Yes
AUSTRALIA Yes
AUSTRALIAN ISL
AUSTRIA Yes
AZERBAIJAN Yes
BAHAMAS
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELARUS Yes
BELGIUM Yes
BELIZE
BENIN
BERMUDA
BOLIV A
BOLIVIA
BOTSWANA Yes
BRAZIL Yes
BULGARIA
BURKINA FASO
C. AFR. REP.
CAMER ON
CAMEROON
CANADA Yes
CANARY IS.
CANARY ISLANDS
CAPE VERDE
CAPE VERDE I
CAROLINE ISLAN
CENTRAL AFRICA
CHAD
CHAGOS ARCHIPE
CHILE
CHINA Yes
COLOMBIA
COMOROS
CONGO
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CUBA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
D.R. OF CONGO
DENMARK Yes
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPU
E.GERMANY
EANDAMAN AND L
ECUADOR
EGYPT
EL SALVADOR
ERITREA
ESTONIA Yes
ETHIOPIA
FAEROE IS.
FIJI
FINLAND
FRANCE Yes
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNES
FRENCH SOUTHER
GABON
GAMBIA
GEORGIA Yes
GERMANY Yes
GHANA
GIBRALTAR
GREECE
GREENLAND
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HAWAII
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
ICELAND
INDIA Yes
INDONESIA
IRAN
IRAQ
IRELAND
ISLA DE PASCUA
ISRAEL
ITALY Yes
JAMAICA
JAPAN Yes
JAPANESE PACIF
JORDAN
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLI
LAO P.D.R.
LAOS
LATVIA Yes
LEBANON
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MACAU
MADAGASCAR
MADEIRA
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARIANA IS.
MARIANA ISLAND
MARSHALL IS.
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MONGOLIA Yes
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NAURU Yes
NEPAL Yes
NETH. ANTILLE
NETHERLANDS Yes
NEW CALEDONIA
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIGERIA Yes
NIUE ISLAND
NORWAY Yes
OCEANIA
OMAN
PACIFIC OC.
PAKISTAN Yes
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUIN
PARAGUAY
PERU
PHILIPPINES
POLAND
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZ
REUNION
ROMANIA
RUN-BY-USA
RUSSIA Yes
S.AFRICA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOCIETY IS.
SOLOMON ISLAND
SOMALIA
SOUTH AFRICA Yes
SPAIN Yes
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SUDAN
SURINAM
SURINAME
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
SYRIA
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
THAILAND
TOGO
TOKELAU ISLAND
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND T
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
TUVALU
UGANDA
UK Yes
UKRAINE Yes
URUGUAY
USA Yes
USSR
VANUATU
VENEZUALA
VENEZUELA
VIETNAM
W.GERMANY
WALLIS ISLAND
WESTERN SAHARA
YEMEN
YUGOSLAVIA
ZAIRE Yes
ZAMBIA
ZIMBABWE Yes
How many stations are like this?
I noticed that on the list of stations Hadcrut use is Lismore (Centre St). According to the BOM (Aust) this station was closed on 31st Dec, 2003.
945860 -288 -1533 11 LISMORE (CENTRE STRE AUSTRALIA (from Hadcrut records)
From BOM record
Commenced: 1884 Status: Closed 31 Dec 2003
Latest available data: 31 Dec 2003
Re: Ian George (#42),
I confirm my data sources say likewise, Lismore (Centre St) ended in Dec 2003. The nearby airport AWS Aust #58214 was opened in 2002 and appears to be the prime location for the town of Lismore. The older Lismore (Centre St) site #058037 opened in 1884 but my modern BOM online records show it only from 1907.
This epitomises the CRU problem. If CRU start Lismore in 1884, there is a possibility that they are using data of a standard that the BOM rejected. If CRU are using data after 2003, it might be assigned to the wrong location.
Who is to know?
I’m in for Zimbabwe, Zaire, Angola, South Africa and Botswana.
That response got me thinking: They may take “Zimbabwe” and go back to 1980 and claim there’s no data before that. If you then ask for “Republic of Rhodesia” you may then get only data from 1965 to 1980. Before that, “Southern Rhodesia.” And on and on. Many nations have had odd permutations of official names, both before and after independence from various colonial powers. I wonder if that may cause issues.
I’ll take Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand, and Thailand
Easier way to do this steve. Below Find a list of countries NOT REQUESTED YET.
1. Select 5.
2. Send your mail.
3. Post a NEW LIST of countries not requested removing the 5 you requested
Country Request
ACORES
ALBANIA
ANDAMAN AND LA
ANTARCTICA
ANTILLES
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIAN ISL
BAHAMAS
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELIZE
BENIN
BERMUDA
BOLIV A
BOLIVIA
BULGARIA
BURKINA FASO
C. AFR. REP.
CAMER ON
CAMEROON
CANARY IS.
CANARY ISLANDS
CAPE VERDE
CAPE VERDE I
CAROLINE ISLAN
CENTRAL AFRICA
CHAD
CHAGOS ARCHIPE
CHILE
COLOMBIA
COMOROS
CONGO
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CUBA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
D.R. OF CONGO
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPU
E.GERMANY
EANDAMAN AND L
ECUADOR
EGYPT
EL SALVADOR
ERITREA
ETHIOPIA
FAEROE IS.
FIJI
FINLAND
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNES
FRENCH SOUTHER
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GIBRALTAR
GREECE
GREENLAND
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HAWAII
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
ICELAND
INDONESIA
IRAN
IRAQ
IRELAND
ISLA DE PASCUA
ISRAEL
JAMAICA
JAPANESE PACIF
JORDAN
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLI
LAO P.D.R.
LAOS
LEBANON
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MACAU
MADAGASCAR
MADEIRA
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARIANA IS.
MARIANA ISLAND
MARSHALL IS.
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIUE ISLAND
OCEANIA
OMAN
PACIFIC OC.
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUIN
PARAGUAY
PERU
PHILIPPINES
POLAND
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZ
REUNION
ROMANIA
RUN-BY-USA
S.AFRICA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOCIETY IS.
SOLOMON ISLAND
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SUDAN
SURINAM
SURINAME
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
SYRIA
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
THAILAND
TOGO
TOKELAU ISLAND
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND T
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
TUVALU
UGANDA
URUGUAY
USSR
VANUATU
VENEZUALA
VENEZUELA
VIETNAM
W.GERMANY
WALLIS ISLAND
WESTERN SAHARA
YEMEN
YUGOSLAVIA
ZAMBIA
I chose: Chile, Finland, Poland, Sweden, and Switzerland.
Ok PP thanks.
1. Select 5.
2. Send your mail.
3. Post a NEW LIST of countries not requested removing the 5 you requested
Countries LEFT to Request
ACORES
ALBANIA
ANDAMAN AND LA
ANTARCTICA
ANTILLES
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIAN ISL
BAHAMAS
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELIZE
BENIN
BERMUDA
BOLIV A
BOLIVIA
BULGARIA
BURKINA FASO
C. AFR. REP.
CAMER ON
CAMEROON
CANARY IS.
CANARY ISLANDS
CAPE VERDE
CAPE VERDE I
CAROLINE ISLAN
CENTRAL AFRICA
CHAD
CHAGOS ARCHIPE
COLOMBIA
COMOROS
CONGO
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CUBA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
D.R. OF CONGO
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPU
E.GERMANY
EANDAMAN AND L
ECUADOR
EGYPT
EL SALVADOR
ERITREA
ETHIOPIA
FAEROE IS.
FIJI
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNES
FRENCH SOUTHER
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GIBRALTAR
GREECE
GREENLAND
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HAWAII
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
ICELAND
INDONESIA
IRAN
IRAQ
IRELAND
ISLA DE PASCUA
ISRAEL
JAMAICA
JAPANESE PACIF
JORDAN
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLI
LAO P.D.R.
LAOS
LEBANON
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MACAU
MADAGASCAR
MADEIRA
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARIANA IS.
MARIANA ISLAND
MARSHALL IS.
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIUE ISLAND
OCEANIA
OMAN
PACIFIC OC.
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUIN
PARAGUAY
PERU
PHILIPPINES
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZ
REUNION
ROMANIA
RUN-BY-USA
S.AFRICA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOCIETY IS.
SOLOMON ISLAND
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SUDAN
SURINAM
SURINAME
SYRIA
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
THAILAND
TOGO
TOKELAU ISLAND
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND T
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
TUVALU
UGANDA
URUGUAY
USSR
VANUATU
VENEZUALA
VENEZUELA
VIETNAM
W.GERMANY
WALLIS ISLAND
WESTERN SAHARA
YEMEN
YUGOSLAVIA
ZAMBIA
To Mr S McIntyre
From Sir Humphrey Appleby
Dear Mr McIntyre,
Your request is warmly welcomed and will receive the fullest possible consideration, in the fullness of time, at the appropriate juncture, subject to the deliberation of an interdeparmental committee to determine whether you are authorised to make this request, a task of great analytical delicacy. However, the Prime Minister feels that releasing facts to you on this matter would be ‘courageous’. It might damage national security. It would merely confuse the lower orders who did not go to Oxford. It cannot at present be elevated on the order of business above more pressing matters like being photographed with Madame Sarkozy. Moreover, the relevant documents were among those many files (especially embarrassing ones) lost in the great flood of 1967. And the public servant responsible for the documents was also lost in the great flood of 1967. Our scientific advisers blame the great flood of 1967 on global warming with up to 90% confidence.
1. Select 5.
2. Send your mail.
3. Post a NEW LIST of countries not requested removing the 5 you requested
Countries LEFT to Request
ACORES
ALBANIA
ANDAMAN AND LA
ANTARCTICA
ANTILLES
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIAN ISL
BAHAMAS
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELIZE
BENIN
BERMUDA
BOLIVIA
BULGARIA
BURKINA FASO
C. AFR. REP.
CAMER ON
CAMEROON
CANARY IS.
CANARY ISLANDS
CAPE VERDE
CAPE VERDE I
CAROLINE ISLAN
CENTRAL AFRICA
CHAD
CHAGOS ARCHIPE
COLOMBIA
COMOROS
CONGO
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CUBA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
D.R. OF CONGO
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPU
E.GERMANY
EANDAMAN AND L
ECUADOR
EGYPT
EL SALVADOR
ERITREA
ETHIOPIA
FAEROE IS.
FIJI
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNES
FRENCH SOUTHER
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GIBRALTAR
GREECE
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HAWAII
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
INDONESIA
IRAN
IRAQ
ISLA DE PASCUA
ISRAEL
JAMAICA
JAPANESE PACIF
JORDAN
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLI
LAO P.D.R.
LAOS
LEBANON
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MACAU
MADAGASCAR
MADEIRA
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARIANA IS.
MARIANA ISLAND
MARSHALL IS.
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIUE ISLAND
OCEANIA
OMAN
PACIFIC OC.
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUIN
PARAGUAY
PERU
PHILIPPINES
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZ
REUNION
ROMANIA
RUN-BY-USA
S.AFRICA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOCIETY IS.
SOLOMON ISLAND
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SUDAN
SURINAM
SURINAME
SYRIA
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
TOGO
TOKELAU ISLAND
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND T
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
TUVALU
UGANDA
URUGUAY
USSR
VANUATU
VENEZUALA
VENEZUELA
VIETNAM
W.GERMANY
WALLIS ISLAND
WESTERN SAHARA
YEMEN
YUGOSLAVIA
ZAMBIA
This is absurd.
The Jones et. al.(1986) CRUTEMP station data homogenization
paper was largely funded by the U.S. DOE.
As such, the “data” is public domain.
All Station Data used to be posted on the Internet(1851-1994).
It mysteriously vanished some years back.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory(ORNL/CDIAC-37 NDP-020/R1):
“An Updated Global Grid Point Surface Air Temperature Anomaly Data
Set: 1851-1990”
The Homogeniety of U.S. station adjustments that appeared in the
1986 Journal of Climate paper was strongly(and rightly) critized
by Wood(Climatic Change/Vol. 12 No. 3-June 1988).
Professor Jones appears afraid of all but a handful of AGW elite.
The scientific community at large has no way of ascertaining
the value of any updated/changed/deleted data!
And we are expected to develop life changing Global Policy?
I took the first five from the list of remaining stations.
1. Select 5.
2. Send your mail.
3. Post a NEW LIST of countries not requested removing the 5 you requested
Countries LEFT to Request
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIAN ISL
BAHAMAS
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELIZE
BENIN
BERMUDA
BOLIVIA
BULGARIA
BURKINA FASO
C. AFR. REP.
CAMER ON
CAMEROON
CANARY IS.
CANARY ISLANDS
CAPE VERDE
CAPE VERDE I
CAROLINE ISLAN
CENTRAL AFRICA
CHAD
CHAGOS ARCHIPE
COLOMBIA
COMOROS
CONGO
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CUBA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
D.R. OF CONGO
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPU
E.GERMANY
EANDAMAN AND L
ECUADOR
EGYPT
EL SALVADOR
ERITREA
ETHIOPIA
FAEROE IS.
FIJI
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNES
FRENCH SOUTHER
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GIBRALTAR
GREECE
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HAWAII
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
INDONESIA
IRAN
IRAQ
ISLA DE PASCUA
ISRAEL
JAMAICA
JAPANESE PACIF
JORDAN
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLI
LAO P.D.R.
LAOS
LEBANON
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MACAU
MADAGASCAR
MADEIRA
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARIANA IS.
MARIANA ISLAND
MARSHALL IS.
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIUE ISLAND
OCEANIA
OMAN
PACIFIC OC.
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUIN
PARAGUAY
PERU
PHILIPPINES
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZ
REUNION
ROMANIA
RUN-BY-USA
S.AFRICA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOCIETY IS.
SOLOMON ISLAND
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SUDAN
SURINAM
SURINAME
SYRIA
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
TOGO
TOKELAU ISLAND
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND T
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
TUVALU
UGANDA
URUGUAY
USSR
VANUATU
VENEZUALA
VENEZUELA
VIETNAM
W.GERMANY
WALLIS ISLAND
WESTERN SAHARA
YEMEN
YUGOSLAVIA
ZAMBIA
I’ve used ISRAEL, ANTARCTICA, BULGARIA, PHILIPPINES, USSR
and amended the wording to include ‘geographical area’ as well as ‘country’
1. Select 5.
2. Send your mail.
3. Post a NEW LIST of countries not requested removing the 5 you requested
Countries LEFT to Request
ACORES
ALBANIA
ANDAMAN AND LA
ANTILLES
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIAN ISL
BAHAMAS
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELIZE
BENIN
BERMUDA
BOLIV A
BOLIVIA
BURKINA FASO
C. AFR. REP.
CAMER ON
CAMEROON
CANARY IS.
CANARY ISLANDS
CAPE VERDE
CAPE VERDE I
CAROLINE ISLAN
CENTRAL AFRICA
CHAD
CHAGOS ARCHIPE
COLOMBIA
COMOROS
CONGO
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CUBA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
D.R. OF CONGO
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPU
E.GERMANY
EANDAMAN AND L
ECUADOR
EGYPT
EL SALVADOR
ERITREA
ETHIOPIA
FAEROE IS.
FIJI
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNES
FRENCH SOUTHER
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GIBRALTAR
GREECE
GREENLAND
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HAWAII
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
ICELAND
INDONESIA
IRAN
IRAQ
IRELAND
ISLA DE PASCUA
JAMAICA
JAPANESE PACIF
JORDAN
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLI
LAO P.D.R.
LAOS
LEBANON
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MACAU
MADAGASCAR
MADEIRA
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARIANA IS.
MARIANA ISLAND
MARSHALL IS.
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIUE ISLAND
OCEANIA
OMAN
PACIFIC OC.
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUIN
PARAGUAY
PERU
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZ
REUNION
ROMANIA
RUN-BY-USA
S.AFRICA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOCIETY IS.
SOLOMON ISLAND
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SUDAN
SURINAM
SURINAME
SYRIA
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
THAILAND
TOGO
TOKELAU ISLAND
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND T
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
TUVALU
UGANDA
URUGUAY
VANUATU
VENEZUALA
VENEZUELA
VIETNAM
W.GERMANY
WALLIS ISLAND
WESTERN SAHARA
YEMEN
YUGOSLAVIA
ZAMBIA
To be clear, I took ACORES, ALBANIA, ANDAMAN AND LA, ANTARCTICA, ANTILLES and removed them from my list above.
Updated after dan white.
1. Select 5.
2. Send your mail.
3. Post a NEW LIST of countries not requested removing the 5 you requested
Countries LEFT to Request
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIAN ISL
BAHAMAS
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELIZE
BENIN
BERMUDA
BOLIV A
BOLIVIA
BURKINA FASO
C. AFR. REP.
CAMER ON
CAMEROON
CANARY IS.
CANARY ISLANDS
CAPE VERDE
CAPE VERDE I
CAROLINE ISLAN
CENTRAL AFRICA
CHAD
CHAGOS ARCHIPE
COLOMBIA
COMOROS
CONGO
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CUBA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
D.R. OF CONGO
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPU
E.GERMANY
EANDAMAN AND L
ECUADOR
EGYPT
EL SALVADOR
ERITREA
ETHIOPIA
FAEROE IS.
FIJI
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNES
FRENCH SOUTHER
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GIBRALTAR
GREECE
GREENLAND
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HAWAII
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
ICELAND
INDONESIA
IRAN
IRAQ
IRELAND
ISLA DE PASCUA
JAMAICA
JAPANESE PACIF
JORDAN
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLI
LAO P.D.R.
LAOS
LEBANON
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MACAU
MADAGASCAR
MADEIRA
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARIANA IS.
MARIANA ISLAND
MARSHALL IS.
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIUE ISLAND
OCEANIA
OMAN
PACIFIC OC.
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUIN
PARAGUAY
PERU
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZ
REUNION
ROMANIA
RUN-BY-USA
S.AFRICA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOCIETY IS.
SOLOMON ISLAND
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SUDAN
SURINAM
SURINAME
SYRIA
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
THAILAND
TOGO
TOKELAU ISLAND
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND T
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
TUVALU
UGANDA
URUGUAY
VANUATU
VENEZUALA
VENEZUELA
VIETNAM
W.GERMANY
WALLIS ISLAND
WESTERN SAHARA
YEMEN
YUGOSLAVIA
ZAMBIA
Steven – why did you add my 5 back to the list?
Also Boliv_a and Venuzuala are not countries – appear to be typo-dupes.
Puerto Rico?
NOAA doesn’t cover Puerto Rico? Who does?
Others (should have checked closer the first time)
CAMER ON
CAMEROON
CANARY IS.
CANARY ISLANDS
CAPE VERDE
CAPE VERDE I
MARIANA IS.
MARIANA ISLAND
RUN-BY-USA
SURINAM
SURINAME
Bolded the bad entries. There may be more, but the all caps is a pain to read closely.
Cheers.
I requested Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa (Western and American), Niue Island and Tonga and removed mine and Terry’s (Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand, and Thailand) selections from the list.
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIAN ISL
BAHAMAS
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELIZE
BENIN
BERMUDA
BOLIV A
BOLIVIA
BURKINA FASO
C. AFR. REP.
CAMER ON
CAMEROON
CANARY IS.
CANARY ISLANDS
CAPE VERDE
CAPE VERDE I
CAROLINE ISLAN
CENTRAL AFRICA
CHAD
CHAGOS ARCHIPE
COLOMBIA
COMOROS
CONGO
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CUBA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
D.R. OF CONGO
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPU
E.GERMANY
EANDAMAN AND L
ECUADOR
EGYPT
EL SALVADOR
ERITREA
ETHIOPIA
FAEROE IS.
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNES
FRENCH SOUTHER
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GIBRALTAR
GREECE
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HAWAII
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
INDONESIA
IRAN
IRAQ
ISLA DE PASCUA
JAMAICA
JAPANESE PACIF
JORDAN
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLI
LAO P.D.R.
LAOS
LEBANON
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MACAU
MADAGASCAR
MADEIRA
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARIANA IS.
MARIANA ISLAND
MARSHALL IS.
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
OCEANIA
OMAN
PACIFIC OC.
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUIN
PARAGUAY
PERU
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZ
REUNION
ROMANIA
RUN-BY-USA
S.AFRICA
SAO-TOME-AND
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOCIETY IS.
SOLOMON ISLAND
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SUDAN
SURINAM
SURINAME
SYRIA
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
TOGO
TOKELAU ISLAND
TRINIDAD AND T
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
TUVALU
UGANDA
URUGUAY
VANUATU
VENEZUALA
VENEZUELA
VIETNAM
W.GERMANY
WALLIS ISLAND
WESTERN SAHARA
YEMEN
YUGOSLAVIA
ZAMBIA
I’ve always wanted some far away islands.
I claim
Kingman Reef
Kiribati
Johnson Atoll
Southern line Islands
Palau – Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
As well as the confidentiality agreement requests recommended in Steve McIntyre’s comment #10, I am also requesting and station data, metadata, and other historical records relating to stations in those locations.
Perhaps EANDAMAN AND L is a corruption of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Or Andaman and Little Nicobar Island.
Another duplicate?
CAMER ON
CAMEROON
Re: Bob Koss (#57), could also be Andaman and Little Andaman(sub-division).
Here are the entities listed on the surface station country list that are not part of WMO. Most of these are not countries or are defunct countries.
ACORES
ANDAMAN AND LA
ANTARCTICA
ANTILLES
ARUBA
ASCENSION IS
BERMUDA
CAROLINE ISLAN
CANARY ISLANDS
CHAGOS ARCHIPE
E.GERMANY
EANDAMAN AND L
FAEROE IS.
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH SOUTHER
GIBRALTAR
GREENLAND
GUADELOUPE
HAWAII
ISLA DE PASCUA
JAPANESE PACIF
KAMPUCHEA
LAOS
MADEIRA
MARIANA ISLAND
MARSHALL IS.
MARTINIQUE
NAURU Yes
OCEANIA
PACIFIC OC.
PUERTO RICO
REPUBLIC OF UZ
REUNION
SOCIETY IS.
ST. THOMAS
TAIWAN
TANZANIA
TOKELAU ISLAND
TUVALU
USSR
W.GERMANY
WALLIS ISLAND
WESTERN SAHARA
YUGOSLAVIA
ZAIRE Yes
1. Select 5.
2. Send your mail.
3. Post a NEW LIST of countries not requested removing the 5 you requested
Countries LEFT to Request
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIAN ISL
BAHAMAS
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELIZE
BENIN
BERMUDA
BOLIV A
BOLIVIA
BURKINA FASO
C. AFR. REP.
CAMER ON
CAMEROON
CANARY IS.
CANARY ISLANDS
CAPE VERDE
CAPE VERDE I
CAROLINE ISLAN
CENTRAL AFRICA
CHAD
CHAGOS ARCHIPE
COLOMBIA
COMOROS
CONGO
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CUBA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
D.R. OF CONGO
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPU
E.GERMANY
EANDAMAN AND L
ECUADOR
EGYPT
EL SALVADOR
ERITREA
ETHIOPIA
FAEROE IS.
FIJI
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNES
FRENCH SOUTHER
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GIBRALTAR
GREECE
GREENLAND
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HAWAII
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
ISLA DE PASCUA
JAMAICA
JAPANESE PACIF
JORDAN
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLI
LAO P.D.R.
LAOS
LEBANON
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MACAU
MADAGASCAR
MADEIRA
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARIANA IS.
MARIANA ISLAND
MARSHALL IS.
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIUE ISLAND
OCEANIA
OMAN
PACIFIC OC.
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUIN
PARAGUAY
PERU
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZ
REUNION
ROMANIA
RUN-BY-USA
S.AFRICA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOCIETY IS.
SOLOMON ISLAND
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SUDAN
SURINAM
SURINAME
SYRIA
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
THAILAND
TOGO
TOKELAU ISLAND
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND T
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
TUVALU
UGANDA
URUGUAY
VANUATU
VENEZUELA
VIETNAM
W.GERMANY
WALLIS ISLAND
WESTERN SAHARA
YEMEN
YUGOSLAVIA
ZAMBIA
I’ve taken the following five countries
GIBRALTAR
EGYPT
GREECE
CUBA
GREENLAND
Email is sent.
By the way, I’ve worked out a method of reconstructing global SST from sunspot numbers and LOD variation which shows::
a) The wartime issues with engine cooling inlet sensors still isn’t sorted.
b) HADsst 2GL is pretty good apart from that.
Done. Hmm no durkadurkastan.
1. Select 5.
2. Send your mail.
3. Post a NEW LIST of countries not requested removing the 5 you requested
Countries LEFT to Request
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIAN ISL
BAHAMAS
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELIZE
BENIN
BERMUDA
BOLIV A
BOLIVIA
BURKINA FASO
C. AFR. REP.
CAMER ON
CAMEROON
CANARY IS.
CANARY ISLANDS
CAPE VERDE
CAPE VERDE I
CAROLINE ISLAN
CENTRAL AFRICA
CHAD
CHAGOS ARCHIPE
COLOMBIA
COMOROS
CONGO
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CUBA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
D.R. OF CONGO
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPU
E.GERMANY
EANDAMAN AND L
ECUADOR
EGYPT
EL SALVADOR
ERITREA
ETHIOPIA
FAEROE IS.
FIJI
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNES
FRENCH SOUTHER
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GIBRALTAR
GREECE
GREENLAND
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HAWAII
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
ISLA DE PASCUA
JAMAICA
JAPANESE PACIF
JORDAN
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLI
LAO P.D.R.
LAOS
LEBANON
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MACAU
MADAGASCAR
MADEIRA
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARIANA IS.
MARIANA ISLAND
MARSHALL IS.
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIUE ISLAND
OCEANIA
OMAN
PACIFIC OC.
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUIN
PARAGUAY
PERU
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZ
REUNION
ROMANIA
RUN-BY-USA
S.AFRICA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOCIETY IS.
SOLOMON ISLAND
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SUDAN
SURINAM
SURINAME
SYRIA
TAIWAN
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND T
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
TUVALU
UGANDA
URUGUAY
VANUATU
VENEZUELA
VIETNAM
W.GERMANY
WALLIS ISLAND
WESTERN SAHARA
YEMEN
YUGOSLAVIA
ZAMBIA
Wow, this is amazing to watch. Will there be a dedicated, organized site for this endeavor?
All my admiration.
EJ
A tidied remainder list (the rolling deletions is a good idea):
ARGENTINA
BAHAMAS
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELIZE
BENIN
BERMUDA
BOLIVIA
BURKINA FASO
CAMEROON
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
COLOMBIA
COMOROS ISLANDS
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
D.R. OF CONGO
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPU
ECUADOR
EL SALVADOR
ERITREA
ETHIOPIA
FIJI
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESia
FRENCH SOUTHER
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
JORDAN
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLI
LAOS
LEBANON
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIUE ISLAND
OMAN
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
REUNION
ROMANIA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOLOMON ISLAND
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SUDAN
SURINAME
SYRIA
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
THAILAND
TOGO
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
TUVALU
UGANDA
URUGUAY
VANUATU
VENEZUELA
VIETNAM
WESTERN SAHARA
YEMEN
YUGOSLAVIA
ZAMBIA
CAROLINE ISLANDS
SOLOMON ISLANDS
WALLIS ISLANDS
COOK ISLANDS
NIUE ISLAND
ARGENTINA
BAHAMAS
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELIZE
BENIN
BERMUDA
BOLIVIA
BURKINA FASO
CAMEROON
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
COLOMBIA
COMOROS ISLANDS
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
D.R. OF CONGO
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPU
ECUADOR
EL SALVADOR
ERITREA
ETHIOPIA
FIJI
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESia
FRENCH SOUTHER
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
JORDAN
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLI
LAOS
LEBANON
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIUE ISLAND
OMAN
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
REUNION
ROMANIA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOLOMON ISLAND
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SUDAN
SURINAME
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
Monday morning will be interesting for Mr. Palmer.
TURKMENISTAN
TUVALU
UGANDA
URUGUAY
VANUATU
VENEZUELA
VIETNAM
WESTERN SAHARA
YEMEN
YUGOSLAVIA
ZAMBIA
Steve, I know not what you have wrought, but I love it! There is nothing sweeter than impaling a bureaucrat on their own words. I’ve watched you politely and patiently request that government employees do their job for a very long time and I fully support your decision, conscious or not, to take the (cyberspace) gloves off in this endeavor.
I have a day job that, should I participate in this effort would get me skewered, but I’m hugely impressed by the process nonetheless. The rest of us should aspire to approach life with the same curiosity, logic, courage and integrity that you display regularly on your blog.
Whew… got carried away there a bit I guess 🙂
In any case, please, please keep up the good work.
OA
1. Select 5.
2. Send your mail.
3. Post a NEW LIST of countries not requested removing the 5 you requested
Countries LEFT to Request
ARGENTINA
BAHAMAS
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELIZE
BENIN
BERMUDA
BOLIVIA
BURKINA FASO
CAMEROON
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
COLOMBIA
COMOROS ISLANDS
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
D.R. OF CONGO
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
FIJI
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESia
FRENCH SOUTHER
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
JORDAN
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLI
LAOS
LEBANON
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIUE ISLAND
OMAN
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
REUNION
ROMANIA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOLOMON ISLAND
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SUDAN
SURINAME
SYRIA
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
TOGO
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
TUVALU
UGANDA
URUGUAY
VANUATU
VENEZUELA
VIETNAM
WESTERN SAHARA
YEMEN
YUGOSLAVIA
ZAMBIA
CAROLINE ISLANDS
SOLOMON ISLANDS
WALLIS ISLANDS
COOK ISLANDS
NIUE ISLAND
Whoever takes the next 5 and updates, please also remove New Zealand and Thailand.
Steve: I edited the last list.
1. Select 5.
2. Send your mail.
3. Post a NEW LIST of countries not requested removing the 5 you requested
Countries LEFT to Request
ARGENTINA
BAHAMAS
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELIZE
BENIN
BERMUDA
BOLIVIA
BURKINA FASO
CAMEROON
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
COLOMBIA
COMOROS ISLANDS
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
D.R. OF CONGO
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
FIJI
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESia
FRENCH SOUTHER
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
JORDAN
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLI
LAOS
LEBANON
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIUE ISLAND
OMAN
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
REUNION
ROMANIA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOLOMON ISLAND
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SUDAN
SURINAME
SYRIA
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
TOGO
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
TUVALU
UGANDA
URUGUAY
VANUATU
VENEZUELA
CAROLINE ISLANDS
SOLOMON ISLANDS
WALLIS ISLANDS
COOK ISLANDS
NIUE ISLAND
Steve, you have a typo involing in your original proposed message, hopefully folks aren’t replicating it…
Corrected text:
Dear Mr Palmer,
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics involving the following countries: [insert 5 or so countries that are different from ones already requested]
1. the date of any applicable confidentiality agreements;
2. the parties to such confidentiality agreement, including the full name of any organization;
3. a copy of the section of the confidentiality agreement that “prevents further transmission to non-academics”.
4. a copy of the entire confidentiality agreement,
I am requesting this information for the purposes of academic research.
Thank you for your attention.
Yours truly,
yourname
FYI, I took DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, ERITREA, and ETHIOPIA. Joe Miner and I cross in the last clearance by the moderator but it doesn’t look like Joe Miner took any of these five. Nevertheless my and Joe’s lists do not account for each others’ actions, so the remainder list needs to be updated.
Re 55 Sorry Steve has rectified things.
Come on everybody we are over halfway done.
1. Select 5.
2. Send your mail.
3. Post a NEW LIST of countries not requested removing the 5 you requested
Countries LEFT to Request
ARGENTINA
BAHAMAS
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELIZE
BENIN
BERMUDA
BOLIVIA
BURKINA FASO
CAMEROON
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
COLOMBIA
COMOROS ISLANDS
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
D.R. OF CONGO
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
FIJI
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESia
FRENCH SOUTHER
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
JORDAN
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLI
LAOS
LEBANON
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIUE ISLAND
OMAN
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
REUNION
ROMANIA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOLOMON ISLAND
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SUDAN
SURINAME
SYRIA
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
TOGO
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
TUVALU
UGANDA
URUGUAY
VANUATU
VENEZUELA
Having chosen and deleted: CAROLINE ISLANDS, SOLOMON ISLANDS, WALLIS ISLANDS, COOK ISLANDS, NIUE ISLAND
Submitted request for :
TUVALU
UGANDA
URUGUAY
VANUATU
VENEZUELA
Just for the record, I don’t think any “confidentiality agreement” with Spain exists. Let me tell you why. The Met Agency in Spain “sells” the data. The web page says:
– Services subject to fees: “The issuance of certificates of weather information available in the archives”
I can’t understand then any mention to a “confidentiality agreement” in the case of Spain. BTW, unfortunately we do not have anything similar to FOIA in Spain.
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Forgot to mention in the last post, it “sells” the data to the general public and if it is to be used for commercial purposes. Of course under WMO recommendation is for free for researchers and academic institutions.
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I’ve selected:
ARGENTINA
BAHAMAS
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
1. Select 5.
2. Send your mail.
3. Post a NEW LIST of countries not requested removing the 5 you requested
Countries LEFT to Request
BELIZE
BENIN
BERMUDA
BOLIVIA
BURKINA FASO
CAMEROON
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
COLOMBIA
COMOROS ISLANDS
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
D.R. OF CONGO
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
FIJI
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESia
FRENCH SOUTHER
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
JORDAN
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLI
LAOS
LEBANON
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIUE ISLAND
OMAN
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
REUNION
ROMANIA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOLOMON ISLAND
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SUDAN
SURINAME
SYRIA
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
TOGO
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
TUVALU
UGANDA
URUGUAY
VANUATU
VENEZUELA
CAROLINE ISLANDS
SOLOMON ISLANDS
WALLIS ISLANDS
COOK ISLANDS
NIUE ISLAND
In addition to this splendid effort, might I suggest as I did on a previous blog, that after you send your private list you engage your Country’s Ministers (Foreign Affairs, Environment, Science, Technology, Education — whatever) to also submit a request on behalf of your country. Some Ministers will not touch it, but it takes only one to succeed.
I see Tuvalu is still on the list. Better snap it up quick before it vanishes beneath the waves….
I selected TUVALU, UGANDA, URUGUAY, VENEZUELA, VANUATU
1. Select 5.
2. Send your mail.
3. Post a NEW LIST of countries not requested removing the 5 you requested
Countries LEFT to Request
ARGENTINA
BAHAMAS
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELIZE
BENIN
BERMUDA
BOLIVIA
BURKINA FASO
CAMEROON
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
COLOMBIA
COMOROS ISLANDS
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
D.R. OF CONGO
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
FIJI
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESia
FRENCH SOUTHER
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
JORDAN
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLI
LAOS
LEBANON
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIUE ISLAND
OMAN
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
REUNION
ROMANIA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOLOMON ISLAND
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SUDAN
SURINAME
SYRIA
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
TOGO
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
CAROLINE ISLANDS
SOLOMON ISLANDS
WALLIS ISLANDS
COOK ISLANDS
NIUE ISLAND
Tidied remainder list:
BELIZE
BENIN
BERMUDA
BOLIVIA
BURKINA FASO
CAMEROON
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
COLOMBIA
COMOROS ISLANDS
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
D.R. OF CONGO
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
FIJI
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESia
FRENCH SOUTHER
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
JORDAN
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLI
LAOS
LEBANON
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
OMAN
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
REUNION
ROMANIA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SUDAN
SURINAME
SYRIA
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
TOGO
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
I think sending a lot of requests to CRU/Met Office from individuals scattered around the world will achieve little. I suggest that Steve approach the following:
1. Lord Lawson. A former British Chancellor of the Exchequer and active member of the House of Lords who has written a book on economics of climate change.
2. Peter Lilley. A former Conservative Cabinet Minister who was the only MP to warn in a parliamentary debate of the unwarranted costs of mitigating climat change. He is still a Member of Parliament.
3. Christopher Booker. A journalist on the Telegraph newspaper who is a well known sceptic.
4. Professor David Bellamy. A rspected environmentalist and climate chnage sceptic.
They should be asked to submit FoI requests and would have the weight to push the CRU/Met Office.
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Updated remainder list:
.
BELIZE
BENIN
BERMUDA
BOLIVIA
BURKINA FASO
CAMEROON
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
COLOMBIA
COMOROS ISLANDS
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
D.R. OF CONGO
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
FIJI
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESia
FRENCH SOUTHER
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KYRGYZ REPUBLI
LAOS
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
OMAN
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
REUNION
ROMANIA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SURINAME
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
TOGO
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
While my request was awaiting approval, another person made the same request. Consequently, I am sending one further FOI request: CZECH REPUBLIC, D.R. OF CONGO, DJIBOUTI, DOMINICA, and FIJI
Tidied remainder list:
BELIZE
BENIN
BERMUDA
BOLIVIA
BURKINA FASO
CAMEROON
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
COLOMBIA
COMOROS ISLANDS
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CYPRUS
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESia
FRENCH SOUTHER
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
JORDAN
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLI
LAOS
LEBANON
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
OMAN
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
REUNION
ROMANIA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SUDAN
SURINAME
SYRIA
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
TOGO
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
I sent one for BELIZE, BENIN, BERMUDA, BOLIVIA, BURKINA FASO
remaining:
CAMEROON
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
COLOMBIA
COMOROS ISLANDS
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
D.R. OF CONGO
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
FIJI
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESia
FRENCH SOUTHER
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
JORDAN
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLI
LAOS
LEBANON
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
OMAN
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
REUNION
ROMANIA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SUDAN
SURINAME
SYRIA
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
TOGO
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
I requested these countries and deleted them from the list below.
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
Henry
[Steve: I also substracted Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, the Sudan, Saudi Arabia, and Syria from this and BELIZE, BENIN, BERMUDA, BOLIVIA, BURKINA FASO and CZECH REPUBLIC, D.R. OF CONGO, DJIBOUTI, DOMINICA, and FIJI]
CAMEROON
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
COLOMBIA
COMOROS ISLANDS
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CYPRUS
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESia
FRENCH SOUTHER
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLI
LAOS
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
OMAN
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
REUNION
ROMANIA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SLOVENIA
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SURINAME
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
TOGO
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
Delete:
LAOS
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
from the list
Attn: Mr. David Palmer
Dear Mr. Palmer,
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics involving the following countries: Laos, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania and Luxembourg.
1. The date of any applicable confidentiality agreements;
2. The parties to such confidentiality agreement, including the full name of any organization;
3. A copy of the section of the confidentiality agreement that “prevents further transmission to non-academics”; and,
4. A copy of the entire confidentiality agreement.
I am requesting this information for the purposes of academic research.
Thank you very kindly in advance for your attention,
Max Anacker
Maienfeld, Switzerland
These countries are left:
CAMEROON
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
COLOMBIA
COMOROS ISLANDS
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CYPRUS
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESia
FRENCH SOUTHER
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLI
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
OMAN
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
REUNION
ROMANIA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SLOVENIA
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SURINAME
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
TOGO
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
Sent request for remaining “L” countries (see previous post). List is now:
CAMEROON
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
COLOMBIA
COMOROS ISLANDS
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CYPRUS
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESia
FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
OMAN
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
REUNION
ROMANIA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SLOVENIA
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SURINAME
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
TOGO
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
Max
I took the first 5 Cs. The list is now:
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CYPRUS
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESia
FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
OMAN
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
REUNION
ROMANIA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SLOVENIA
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SURINAME
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
TOGO
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
I just sent request for Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Croatia and Slovakia.
I sent one with Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, The Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan, leaving:
CAMEROON
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
COLOMBIA
COMOROS ISLANDS
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CYPRUS
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESia
FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
KAMPUCHEA
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
OMAN
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REUNION
ROMANIA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
SLOVENIA
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SURINAME
TAIWAN
TANZANIA
TOGO
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
FYI, “SAO-TOME-AND” should be “Sao Tome and Principe”
Oops, I just noticed above those countries already have been requested.
Antarctica? How could he have a confidentiality agreement with the continent of Antarctica? 🙂
Isn’t there a risk that the appearance of a concerted campaign can be used as evidence that the requests are “vexatious” which is one of the UK FOI’s exceptions? Especially as the wording is all but identical? Still, that boat has sailed now I suppose.
Re: Rich (#102),
I think it’s possible they may try this line of defence. However, the inquiries are not really vexatious. We’re just trying to find out which countries these supposed confidentiality agreements apply to. Then we could FOI the rest.
OTOH, if Phil Jones really doesn’t have any records of such agreements… One thing is for sure. David Palmer is not going to appreciate this pile of FOI requests and he will be motivated to resolve the impasse in a way that doesn’t reflect poorly on himself and his office. I expect he’ll kick it upstairs.
Further, if the press get interested, I doubt that the institutions are going to put up with Jones’ precious behaviour much longer.
Re: James Lane (#115),
I have some experience of doing FOI requests, so let me offer some advice:
Under FOI, the request cannot be considered vexatious because it is clearly a genuine request. However, where a series of requesters are clearly acting in concert, the requests can be aggregated – treated as a single request. I’m pretty sure that will be the response in this case.
The Act only requires organisations to spend up to 18 hours on finding the information – looks to me like this collection will take much longer. So expect the answer to be no. On the other hand, they are supposed to offer to advise and assist – in other words, you can ask them how to frame the request so it can be done in less than 18 hours. Why not try a sample of countries? You don’t need all of them.
If that fails, definitely appeal to the Information Commissioner. He is reasonably effective at upholding the law. Just don’t hold your breath – he can take up to a couple of years to report back!
With regard to the information you are looking for under the Environmental Information Regulations, there may not be any formal confidentiality agreement, and there does not have to be. The legal basis is the common law idea that someone can have an expectation of confidence. You don’t have to have a signed agreement with your doctor not to tell anyone about how you got that embarrassing rash – you have every expectation that he will keep it confidential, and you would be entitled to sue for damages if he revealed it. If the information you are requesting has been provided under a reasonable (and legally actionable) expectation of confidence, then no chance – it can be legally withheld. Mind you, it does depend how old it is – confidentiality is usually considered to diminish with time. And if it has been distributed to a substantial number of people – willy nilly to academics, say – that would weaken it as well. There has to be evidence of a formal relationship, not just an attempt to keep the hoi polloi from getting their sweaty fingers on it.
Once again, the Information Commissioner is your friend. Once he gets around to you, that is.
Having supported litigation and worked with lawyers, I would expect that they would be very interested in this part of the answer:
They would have a motion asking the judge to construe the word non-academic. Evidently some data has been released to the Met Office. The Met Office is not an academic institution. It does not teach and it does not grant degrees. Evidently academic extends beyond degree granting schools. A strong argument could be made that it included non-commercial research as evidenced by the supply of data to the Met Office.
Hs this data been supplied to similar institutions – NOAA, national labs in the US, CSIRO, Canadian NRC etc.?
Sent the FOI request for the top five of:
CAMEROON
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
COLOMBIA
COMOROS ISLANDS
Good job for creating the list… I’d really like to see the updated lists. Keep up the work!
If the list slows down maybe a heads-up to the Anthony Watt’s site is in order. It would be nice to have the entire list finished by Monday morning UK time.
I’ve requested:
SLOVENIA
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SURINAME
Tidy List of countries remaining after Joe Shill and Micheal Jennings
1. Pick 5.
2. Delete from List
3. Post list
4. Send FOI
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CYPRUS
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESia
FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
KAMPUCHEA
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
OMAN
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REUNION
ROMANIA
SAMOA
SAO-TOME-AND
TAIWAN
TANZANIA
TOGO
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
RE 106. I left notes on AW site yesterday and lucia site as well.
Dear Mr. MCINTYRE,
My husband was a climatological researcher in Kenya, who was unexpectedly killed by a falling thermometer. When discarding his records, we discovered a metal box which had the records of his grant money and bribes. He had secreted these monies in Nigeria. But climate changed forced me and my uncle’s family to flee Africa before we could get the money. We need your help in getting the $3,2 BILLION out of that bank before climate change destroys it also. We urgently need to buy some carbon credits so climate change will be slowed enough to get the money out of the bank safely. We hope that you can help, and graciously request that you keep one-quarter of the funds as youre reward for your generous assistance.
Graciously,
Mrs. Fah R. enHeit
You can remove Cook Islands, Samoa and Tonga from the list. I requested them yesterday (see #59).
Tidy List of countries remaining after #110 observation
1. Pick 5.
2. Delete from List
3. Post list
4. Send FOI
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CYPRUS
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESia
FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
KAMPUCHEA
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
OMAN
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REUNION
ROMANIA
SAO-TOME-AND
TAIWAN
TANZANIA
TOGO
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
That’s a good point.
OK, I’ve done
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PUERTO RICO
.
That leaves:
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CYPRUS
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESia
FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
KAMPUCHEA
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
OMAN
PORTUGAL
QATAR
REUNION
ROMANIA
SAO-TOME-AND
TAIWAN
TANZANIA
TOGO
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
Re: James Lane (#114), LOL.
I just received acknowledgement of your FOI request sent to my email address. Also received a separate one for my request. Evidently they must be a little frazzled around there.
They were kind enough to provide me with your snail-mail address, but not your email. If you want the letter I can send it to you if you provide your email in some recognizable but obscured form.
You letter says the same as Re: Joeshill (#145), Except your reference number is FOI_09-108 while mine is FOI_09-109.
You might want to notify them about the screw-up so their next communication with you doesn’t get mis-directed again.
Re: Bob Koss (#147), Actually now that I think about it. Just have them send you the notification again, that way they correct their own screw-up and you don’t have to put your email out in the wild.
Re: Bob Koss (#148),
Bob, that’s pretty funny. I’ll contact them and ask them to send it again, hopefully to me this time.
I just sent an email to Mr. Palmer for TANZANIA, TOGO, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TUNISIA and TURKEY.
That leaves:
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CYPRUS
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESia
FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
KAMPUCHEA
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
OMAN
PORTUGAL
QATAR
REUNION
ROMANIA
SAO-TOME-AND
TAIWAN
I just sent an email to Mr. Palmer for QATAR, REUNION, ROMANIA, SAO-TOME-AND, and TAIWAN.
That leaves:
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CYPRUS
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESia
FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
KAMPUCHEA
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
OMAN
PORTUGAL
I have done Namibia to Portugal – with a copy to the Information Commissioner.
Re: Sarah F (#119),
Thanks. Sarah.
That leaves:
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CYPRUS
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESia
FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
KAMPUCHEA
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
Forget the Info Com as yet – I’m saving that one!
I requested “El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Costa Rica”.
I guess one of mine was a waste. But how could I not request my birth country. Anyway, that leaves:
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CYPRUS
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESia
FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
KAMPUCHEA
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
I took the five first ones. Thus, the remaining are:
FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
KAMPUCHEA
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
I took HONG KONG, HUNGARY, JAMAICA, KAMPUCHEA, KENYA.
Remaining…
FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
I’ve just sent the request for these:
FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
Leaving:
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
KAMPUCHEA
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KUWAIT
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
I’ve asked for Kampuchea, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, Kuwait. The remaining ones are:
FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
Didn’t see Mark Smith’s post in time; so list is now:
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
I take
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONG KONG
leaving
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
I’ve Taken
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONG KONG
leaving:
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
I just sent mine for Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, and Myanmar.
The remaining list.
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
Maybe I should have asked for Burma instead to see what the response would have been.
Ok. 1st time post. Just requested Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Hong Kong.
Remaing countries:
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
Keep it up everybody!
The remaining list.
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
Strike out MALAYSIA, MALI, MALTA, MARTINIQUE and MAURITANIA. I also left details of my Australian defence science security clearances if the request looks like breaching any MOD security regulations. We do have a quadripartite defence science agreement between the USA, UK, Canada and Aust and atmospheric transmission used to be one of the focus areas. The agreement is known as The Technical Co-operation Panel or TTCP. Sometimes referred to as The Travelling Cocktail Party. Anyway, enough of science and drinking, that leaves only nine;
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
Missed R Barker at #134. Remaining are;
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
Some overlapping, remaining are:
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALI
MALTA
I asked also Finland another time. I’m interested to see weather the historical station data is covered by a deals with HMs of British and Swedish King/Queen (pre 1809), or British King/Queen treaty with Russian Emperior (1809-1917) and how it’s updated with the sovereign Republic of Finland (1917 onwards).
Tidy List after 135.
HUNGARY
JAMAICA
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
Last 4.
TOP SECRET weather data! Hot damn!
I guess we better get the Cone of Silence repaired, huh Chief?
The last four countries are gone. I’ve just sent the request for Hungary, Jamaica, Madagascar and Malawi.
good job everybody!
GONNA PARTY LIKE ITS 1999
Just received this email:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – INFORMATION REQUEST
(Our Ref: FOI_09-86)
I acknowledge your request for information received 25 July 2009. Your request is being considered and you will receive the information requested within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Freedom of Information Act 2000, subject to the information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third party.
If appropriate, the information may be provided in paper copy, normal font size. If you require alternative formats, e.g. language, audio, large print, etc. then please let me know.
For your information, the Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent release of the information you have requested. There will be an assessment and if any of the exemption categories apply then the information will not be released. You will be informed if this is the case, including your rights of appeal.
If the information you request contains reference to a third party then they may be consulted prior to a decision being taken on whether or not to release the information to you. You will be informed if this is the case.
There may a fee payable for this information. This will be considered and you will be informed if a fee is payable. In this event the fee must be paid before the information is processed and released. The 20 working day time limit for responses is suspended until receipt of the payment.
If you have any queries or concerns then please contact me at:
University of East Anglia
Norwich
NR4 7TJ
Telephone: 01603 593 523
E-mail: foi@uea.ac.uk
Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 700
http://www.ico.gov.uk
Yours sincerely
David Palmer
Information Policy and Compliance Manager
University of East Anglia
Just thought I’d see if anyone else has received similar.
Poor Mr. Dave Palmer has acknowledged my FOI request, viz:
The game is afoot …
.
w.
I, too, have received my acknowledgement.
Re: Ryan O (#149), nothing here yet. I have emailed asking for an acknowledgment.
Dave’s typing fingers must be worn to the bone, this just in. It’s short and to the point, he’s obviously working late, poor guy.
Mr. Tallbloke,
Attached please find a letter acknowledging your request received 25 July 2009.. It also contains further information regarding the handling of this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I will be in contact with you further in due course.
Cheers, Dave Palmer
I got mine yesterday.
My acknowledgement arrived: FOI_09-93
By the way, mine is FOI_09_88. It might prove somewhat interesting, as my request included Syria – which supposedly actually might have some kind of restriction associated with it.
Re: Ryan O (#154),
Naw, it’s more mundane than that. FOI_09_70. It is almost certainly,first come, first serve. Either that or More Important People get responded to faster. 😉
Re: RomanM (#155), Haha! 😉
I received FOI_09-81 acknowledgement at about 1:00 CDT today.
I received my acknowledgment as well today.
Mine came, too.
E Mail:
Ms. Ferguson,
Attached please find a letter acknowledging your request received 26 July 2009.. It also contains further information regarding the handling of this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I will be in contact with you further in due course.
Cheers, Dave Palmer
Heading to letter
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – INFORMATION REQUEST
(Our Ref: FOI_09-100)
I assume that the reference number means that this is the 100th email Palmer has received! This will presumeably totally foul up his plans for a vacation.
Nice comment from Christopher Booker re Steve’s David vs Goliath struggle.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/5955955/Weather-records-are-a-state-secret.html
CRU response fails to comply with rule 12 (11).
I was perusing the Environmental Information Regulations of 2004 at http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2004/20043391.htm#12 and noticed that Rule 12 (11) states
The rejection notice to Steve McIntyre did not explicitly state that the CRU was not reasonably capable of separating out the exempted data from the non-exempted data, and therefore CRU should have supplied the non-exempt data to which the various claimed exemptions did NOT apply.
If the Met Office is using spurious reasons and/or ignoring the statutory public interest test contained in the FoIA and the EIRs then rather than sending what looks not far short of a chain letter the appeal process to the ICO should be used. This is what it is for. In addition, the Met Office should be reported to the relevant Secretary of State for misconduct with a request that disciplinary action be taken against the civil servants responsible.
So find a friendly academic and get him/her to request it?
So there was indeed a campaign of vexatious FOI requests. Thanks for being blatant about it:
Cherrypicked quote:
“I assume that the reference number means that this is the 100th email Palmer has received! This will presumeably totally foul up his plans for a vacation.”
/ Per
Re: Per Edman (Feb 9 03:15),
Per, Per, Per…so the fact that CRU lied about the fact that:
doesn’t bother you?
Jones could have taken 30 seconds and sent the data requested to Steve by resending the package already sent to Peter Webster. What you drive by commenters always seem to miss is that the original obfuscation led to an escalation, not the other way around.
Another admission of guilt. “They started it” is the same as saying “we did indeed escalate the conflict because we felt we were in the right” and now a man is contemplating suicide and your side has exposed themselves as saboteurs more interested in disruption than science.
http://rabett.blogspot.com/2010/02/steve-had-little-list.html
Guessing how much time it could have taken someone else to do something other than their jobs, doesn’t impress me much. Even reading your comment takes more than 30 seconds and as long as each new request regards another five nations, and then another, and then another, you have very consciously “escalated” the perceived conflict into exactly the kind of abusive behavior climate conspiracy theorists were already suspected of.
Unless you’re all shills.
/ Per
But no, it doesn’t bother me significantly that only one out of the following requests were filled:
FOI_09-44 (Refused), FOI_09-63 (Refused), FOI_09-64 (Refused), FOI_09-65 (Refused), FOI_09-71 (Released), FOI_09-117 (Pending), FOI_09-128 (Pending).
Which ones of these came from McI?
The response to 09-71 would also be interesting, but that request seems to understand the concepts of privacy…
/ Per
Per, this was nailing the lies up on the wall for all to see. Look over there. Can you read?
===============
re this interview:
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/327/5968/934/DC1
has this Phil Jones quote:
Q: When did the pressure grow most severe?
P.J.: In July 2009 we received 60 Freedom of Information requests in a few days–each request was for five countries’ worth of data.
Well that nicely misdirects what was actually in the FOI requests.
Pathetic.
Cut and paste from comment in thread above:
“Attn: Mr. David Palmer
Dear Mr. Palmer,
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics involving the following countries: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
1. The date of any applicable confidentiality agreements;
2. The parties to such confidentiality agreement, including the full name of any organization;
3. A copy of the section of the confidentiality agreement that “prevents further transmission to non-academics”; and,
4. A copy of the entire confidentiality agreement.
I am requesting this information for the purposes of academic research.
Thank you very kindly in advance for your attention,”
No mention of data there in what was the generic request. How long does it take to say “there is no agreement in force for any of the countries you list”?
Unless of course it was one of these:
Click to access agreements.pdf
in which case a max. of 4 would need modifying. I hope the ICO is paying attention to the misrepresentation that CRU continue to promote.
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[…] July 2009: McIntyre organizes a spam FOI campaign against CRU, asking his supporters to send requests nominating five […]
[…] named countries. For example, here is my FOI request for five confidentiality agreements (see here) I hereby make a separate FOI request in in respect to the confidentiality agreement(s) upon which […]
[…] specific language about “non-academics”. I immediately (July 24) responded at CA here as follows about this surprising development: This is the first time that we’ve heard that their […]
[…] specific language about “non-academics”. I immediately (July 24) responded at CA here as follows about this surprising development: This is the first time that we’ve heard that their […]