Smerdon, J.E. and A. Kaplan, 2007: 'Comment on
"Testing the Fidelity of Methods Used in Proxy-Based Reconstructions of
Past Climate": The role of the standardization interval.' by Mann et al., Journal of Climate, 20(22), 5666-5670 (pdf).
***UPDATE (9/9/2010)***: We have identified errors in the longitudinal orientation of the model data and pseudoproxy files as they were archived at the Mann et al. (2005, 2007) supplemental websites (here and here). All of the files linked below are based on these archived files and therefore are affected by the incorrect orientation of the target field and pseudoproxy sampling. The paper that describes these problems, evaluates their consequences and corrects the orientation of the model fields can be found here. The correct target field, pseudoproxy files and updated RegEM-Ridge reconstructions can be found here.
The target model field can be accessed here: csmsub.mat. The field comprises
a 5x5 degree model grid that has been restricted to the 669 grids cells
used in Mann et al. (2005). The format of csmsub.mat is a time-by-space
matrix in which the first column is the 67.5 N, 2.5 E location and the
subsequent columns increment first in longitude and then in latitude. A
file containing the 669 grid cell locations can be found here gridlocs.txt. The
area-weighted, true-model mean for these restricted sites can be accessed
here: csmactmean.txt.
The pseudo-proxy data and matlab codes can be found in the table below.
The area-weighted results for the restricted Northern Hemisphere domain
are also included in the table below. Please contact me at
jsmerdon"at"ldeo.columbia.edu if you would like the reconstructed fields.
Both the model field and the pseudo-proxy data can be accessed at the
original Mann et al.
(2005) supplemental site, but we reproduce them here in a format
compatible with the codes that we have written or modified. Not included
below are the RegEM modules, which can be found at the Rutherford et
al. (2005) supplemental site. Some of these codes were altered by
Rutherford et al. (2005) from the original source files provided by Tapio
Schneider.