Information Services Directorate
Mr. Charles Arthur
Library
University of East Anglia
Norwich NR4 7TJ
United Kingdom
Email:
[University of East Anglia request email]
Tel: +44 (0) 1603 593 523
21 January 2010
Fax: +44 (0) 1603 591 010
Web: http://www.uea.ac.uk
Dear Mr. Arthur
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST
(Our Ref: FOI_09-199)
Your request for information received on 22 December 2009 has now been
considered and the information requested is enclosed herewith.
I should note that some portions of the requested information have been excised
pursuant to mandatory exemptions under the Act. Such excisions have been
indicated in the material supplied. In accordance with s. 17 of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, this letter acts as a partial Refusal Notice, and I am not obliged
to supply exempted information. The reasons for exemption are as stated below:
Exemption
Reason
s.40(2), Personal information
Release of information would contravene
the data protection principles under the
Data Protection Act 1998
Where we have received FOIA requests which quote either the full text or excerpts
from personal emails, we have redacted that information from the disclosure of the
wording of the request.
I would also add that any material released over which UEA has copyright is released
subject to the understanding that you will comply with all relevant copyright rules
regarding reproduction and/or transmission of the information released.
You have the right of appeal against this decision. If you wish to appeal, please set
out in writing your grounds of appeal and send to me at:
University of East Anglia
Norwich
NR4 7TJ
Telephone: 0160 359 3523
E-mail:
[University of East Anglia request email]
You also have a subsequent right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 745
www.ico.gov.uk
Yours sincerely
Raymond Scott
Strategy Development Manager
University of East Anglia
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Response to Freedom of Information request (FOI_09-199)
I request a list of FOI requests that have been made to UEA relating to the Climate
Research Unit, including the content of the request, and its status (answered, turned
down, pending, etc), going back to the commencement of FOI.
[Information exempted pursuant to s.40(2), Freedom of Information Act]
The table below lists all FOIA requests we have received relating directly to the CRU
or staff who work in the CRU from 1 January 2005 until 22 December 2009.
The following 58 requests were of a similar nature requesting details about the
confidentiality agreements associated with data sources used by the CRU. Most of
these requests were refused.
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Status
FOI_09-
I gather from Dr Phil Jones' correspondence with Douglas Keenan (see
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http://www.climateaudit.org/correspondence/cru.correspondence.pdf)
that restrictions have been placed on redistribution of climate data by
some of the countries that have supplied this data.
I would like to receive copies of all agreements or other correspondence
where such restrictions have been placed.
FOI_09-
Pursuant to the Environment Information Regulations or the Freedom of
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Information Act, I hereby request a list of agreements entered into either
part
by UEA or Dr Jones with information providers associated with the
CRUTEM data set which inhibit UEA, Dr Jones or the Met Office from
releasing the data to the public. I further ask for copies of these
contracts where available, and where not available what steps have
been taken by UEA, Dr Jones or the Met Office to confirm these terms
and determine if they still stand. I ask also for any email records referring
to these agreements either within or without UEA, either to or from Dr
Jones, or any third party who has tried to confirm the existence of such
agreements. I ask also for a list of 3rd parties to whom the CRUTEM raw
data has been released either by UEA or Dr Jones.
FOI_09-
Pursuant to the Environmental Information Regulations, I hereby request
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the following information in respect to any confidentiality agreements
sought
affecting CRUTEM station data involving station data in NIGERIA,
NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, NEPAL, NAURU
1. the date of such agreement;
2. the parties to the agreement;
3. a copy of that part of the agreement that prevents further transmission
of the data to non-academics or others
4. a copy of the entire agreement
In addition, I hereby request the following information:
1. A copy of policies and procedures regarding employee
responsibilities regarding entering into confidentiality agreements.
2. A copy of policies and procedures regarding 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.
FOI_09-
Pursuant to the Environmental Information Regulations, I hereby make
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an EIR/FOI request for any confidentiality agreements covering
sought
CRUTEM station data involving station data in Mauritius, Mexico,
Morocco, Mozambique, and Myanmar.
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Status
the date of such agreement;
the parties to the agreement;
a copy of that part of the agreement that prevents further distribution of
the data to non-academics,
a copy of the entire agreement,
a copy of policies and procedures covering employee responsibilities
entering into confidentiality agreements,
a copy of policies and procedures covering employee responsibilities
regarding the preservation of written agreements,
a copy of policies and procedures regarding employees entering into
verbal agreements, and
a copy of instructions to staff regarding compliance with FOI requests.
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involing the following countries: Chile, Finland, Poland, Sweden, and
Switzerland.
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,
FOI_09-
Pursuant to the Environmental Information Regulations, I hereby request
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the following information in respect to any confidentiality agreements
affecting CRUTEM station data involving station data in Russia, China
and India:
1. the date of such agreement;
2. the parties to the agreement;
3. a copy of that part of the agreement that prevents further transmission
of the data to non-academics
4. a copy of the entire agreement
FOI_09-
Pursuant to the Environmental Information Regulations, I hereby make
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an EIR/FOI request for the following information in respect to any
confidentiality agreements affecting CRUTEM station data involving
station data in France, Germany, Italy, Austria and the Ukraine:
1. the date of such agreement;
2. the parties to the agreement;
3. a copy of that part of the agreement that prevents further transmission
of the data to non-academics
4. a copy of the entire agreement
FOI_09-
Pursuant to the Environmental Information Regulations, I hereby make
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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
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of the data to non-academics
4. a copy of the entire agreement
FOI_09-
In keeping with the EIR regulations, I am requesting the following
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information in respect to any existing confidentiality agreements that
involve CRUTEM station data from South Africa, the USA, Mongolia,
Latvia, and Nigeria:
1. The date of said agreement
2. A copy of the part of that agreement that governs further distribution
of the information.
3. The signatories to the agreement.
4. A copy of any part of the agreement that places special restrictions on
who the information may be redistributed to.
5. A copy of the agreement itself.
FOI_09-
Pursuant to the Environmental Information Regulations, I hereby make
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an EIR/FOI request for the following information in respect to any
confidentiality agreements affecting CRUTEM station data involving
station data in Zimbabwe, Zaire, Angola, South Africa and Botswana:
1. the date of such agreement;
2. the parties to the agreement;
3. a copy of that part of the agreement that prevents further transmission
of the data to non-academics
4. a copy of the entire agreement
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreement(s)restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-
academics involing the following countries: ACORES, ALBANIA,
ANDAMAN AND LA, ANTARCTICA, ANTILLES.
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,
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements)restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involving the following countries: Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama,
Papua New Guinea.
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,
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements)restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involing the following countries: Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, New
Zealand, and Thailand.
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,
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involving the following countries:
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,
ECUADOR,
EL SALVADOR,
ERITREA, and
ETHIOPIA.
For these countries, I request all information about:
1. the date of any applicable confidentiality agreements;
2. the parties to all applicable confidentiality agreement, including the full
names of any organizations;
3. a copy of the sections of all applicable confidentiality agreements that
prevent further transmission of the data to non-academics; and
4. a complete copy of all applicable confidentiality agreements.
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements)restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involing the following countries: Argentina, Bahamas, Bahrain,
Bangladesh and Barbados.
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,
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements)restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involing the following countries: Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Albania and
Slovakia
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,
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involving the following countries: Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, The Kyrgyz
Republic, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan.
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,
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involving the following countries:
SLOVENIA
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ST. THOMAS
SURINAME
6
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Status
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.
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements)restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involing the following countries:
TUVALU
UGANDA
URUGUAY
VANUATU
VENEZUELA
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,
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involving the following countries: Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, the Sudan,
Saudi Arabia, and Syria.
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.
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involving the following countries: BELIZE, BENIN, BERMUDA, BOLIVIA,
BURKINA FASO
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,
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involving the following countries: CZECH REPUBLIC, D.R. OF CONGO,
DJIBOUTI, DOMINICA, and FIJI
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
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FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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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.
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involving the following countries: TUVALU, UGANDA, URUGUAY,
VENEZUELA, VANUATU
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
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involving the following countries:
CAROLINE ISLANDS
SOLOMON ISLANDS
WALLIS ISLANDS
COOK ISLANDS
NIUE ISLAND
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,
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements)restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involing the following countries:
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
THAILAND
TOGO
TOKELAU ISLAND
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,
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements)restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involving the following countries:
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Status
GIBRALTAR
EGYPT
GREECE
CUBA
GREENLAND
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,
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements)restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involing the following countries: Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania,
Thailand, and Togo.
1. the date of any applicable confidentiality agreements;
2. the parties to such confidentiality agreement, including the fullname 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,
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
Clarification
97
agreements)restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
sought
involing the following countries: [insert 5 or so countries that are different
from ones already requested1]
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,
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involving the following South American countries: Chile, Argentina, Peru,
Ecuador, and Columbia.
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,
FOI_09-
I hereby make an EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements restricting transmission to non-academics of CRUTEM data
involving the following geographical areas: Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa
(Western and American), Niue Island and Tonga.
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.
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I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements)restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involving the following countries:
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
OMAN
PORTUGAL
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,
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involving the following countries:
CAMEROON
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
COLOMBIA
COMOROS ISLAND
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements)restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involving the following countries: El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Guatemala and Costa Rica
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,
FOI-09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involving the following locations, protectorates, trust territories and
countries:
Kingman Reef
Kiribati
Johnson Atoll
Southern line Islands
Palau - Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
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,
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involving the following countries: QATAR, REUNION, ROMANIA, SAO-
TOME-AND, TAIWAN.
1. the date of any applicable confidentiality agreements;
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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,
FOI_09-
Pursuant to the Environmental Information Regulations, I hereby make
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an EIR/FOI request for the following information in respect to any
confidentiality agreements affecting CRUTEM station data involving
station data in VIETNAM, WESTERN SAHARA, YEMEN,
YUGOSLAVIA, and ZAMBIA:
1. the date of such agreement;
2. the parties to the agreement;
3. a copy of that part of the agreement that prevents further transmission
of the data to non-academics
4. a copy of the entire agreement
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involving the following countries:TANZANIA, TOGO, TRINIDAD AND
TOBAGO, TUNISIA, TURKEY.
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.
FOI_09-
I hereby make an EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involving the following countries: MALAYSIA, MALI, MALTA, and
MARTINIQUE, MAURITANIA. In particular;
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,
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involving the following countries:
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PUERTO RICO
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.
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involving the following countries: HONG KONG, HUNGARY, JAMAICA,
KAMPUCHEA, KENYA
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Status
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,
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involing the following countries: Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, French
Guiana and French Polynesia.
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,
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements)restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involing the following countries:
FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUADELOUPE
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,
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involving the following countries: Kampuchea, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea,
and Kuwait.
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,
FOI_09-
Pursuant to the Environmental Information Regulations, I hereby make
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an EIR/FOI request for the following information in respect to any
confidentiality agreements affecting CRUTEM station data involving
station data in Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti and Hong Kong:
1. the date of such agreement;
2. the parties to the agreement;
3. a copy of that part of the agreement that prevents further transmission
of the data to non-academics
4. a copy of the entire agreement
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involing the following countries:
Finland
Martinique
Mauritania
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Mauritius
Mexico
Marocco
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,
FOI_09-
I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements made with the country of Australia 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 ceanographic 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
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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".
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agreements)restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involing the following countries: Hungary, Jamaica, Madagascar, Malawi.
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,
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I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involing the following countries: Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti;
Hong Kong
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,
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I hereby make a EIR/FOI request for a copy of any digital version of the
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CRUTEM station data involving the following countries: Guinea; Guinea-
Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Hong Kong.
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I wish to make an EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics
involving the following countries: El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Guatemala and Costa Rica
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,
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I understand that the CRUTEM station data set that has been sent from
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CRU to Peter Webster and/or any other person at Georgia Tech
between January 1, 2007 and Jun 25, 2009 is covered by confidentiality
agreements and requests for this data have been denied as regulation
12(5)(f) applies because the information requested was received by the
University on terms that prevent further transmission to non-academics.
Please supply copies of each confidentiality agreement.
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On the BBC Today Programme on 23rd November 2009, your Professor
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Robert Watson was interviewed by James Naughtie. He made the
following statement (verbatim transcript from the BBC recording):
"The University is trying to get permission from all of the different
meteorological organisations across the world to completely allow this
information to be made freely available. They don't own the information -
they're trying to make it available now so everyone can see it's open".
Please can you tell me which organsations have been contacted to
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obtain permission to release information and when they were contacted.
To avoid any doubt, I am interested in the specific requests to which
Professor Watson was referring in the interview. A simple list by email
will suffice.
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The Climate Research Group has refused to release data on the
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grounds that the data is subject to confidentiality agreements.
Can you please summarise what agreements have been signed? A
summary the name of the other party, any expiration dates for the
agreements, and a summary of the data covered.
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Pursuant to the Environmental Information Regulations and FOIA
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regulations, I hereby requestthe following information.
1. Any correspondence including but not limited to letters, emails and
faxes pertaining to UEAs efforts to obtain permissions from third parties
to release data used in the construction of CRU's global temperature
index.
In an news release issued by MET:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/2009/pr20091205.html
I read the following: "As soon as we[MET] have all permissions in place
we will release the remaining station records - around 5000 in total - that
make up the full land temperature record. We are dependant on
international approvals to enable this final step and cannot guarantee
that we will get permission from all data owners.
UEA fully supports the Met Office in making this data publicly available
and is continuing to work with the Met Office to seek the necessary
permission from national data owners to publish, as soon as possible as
much of the data that we can gain permission for."
For many years as you know several people have been requesting this
data. CRU have given various reasons for denying this data. I am glad
that CRU is now working with the MET to get permission for the release
of this data. I request all correspondence related to these requests.
Further, I reference the following guideline published by CRU:
http://www.uea.ac.uk/is/strategies/infregs/FOIA+Code+of+Practice+for+
Responding+to+Requests
In section 4 UEA is required to comply with the following:
d. Consult with third parties before releasing any data that may affect
them
e. Also consult with third parties where it might assist UEA in
determining if and how the information should be released.
As this guideline indicates you had a responsibility to consult with third
parties before releasing the data, and consult with them where it might
assist in determining if and how the information should be released. I
therefore request any and all documentation you have that shows your
office and CRU complied with this requirement relative to earlier FOIA
requests.
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I request, under the Environmental Information Act, a copy of all raw
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weather station data currently held by Phil Jones,
Where data is not able to be disclosed due to agreements restricting
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access to the data I would like to receive a copy of each agreement
detailing which weather stations are restricted.
I would like data for all unrestricted weather stations regardless of the
above.
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request:
1. 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 June 25, 2009
2. A copy of any instructions or stipulations accompanying the
transmission of data to Peter Webster and/or any other person at
Georgia Tech between January 1, 2007 and June 25, 2009 limiting its
further dissemination or disclosure.
I write as an academic with publications in peer-reviewed journals and
an ongoing research program on the subject of surface climate
measurement. With respect to #2, please be aware that restrictions on
data disclosure may disqualify any research arising from this data set
from being published in many peer-reviewed journals, therefore I require
a complete response as to whether any such instructions accompanied
the data.
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I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect to any confidentiality
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agreements which may restrict transmission of CRUTEM data to non-
academics or any other individuals involving the following countries:
China, Japan, India, Pakistan and Russia.
The information would include
--- the date of any applicable confidentiality agreements;
--- the parties to such confidentiality agreement, including the full name
of any organization;
--- a copy of the section of the confidentiality agreement that "prevents
further transmission to non-academics".
--- a copy of the entire confidentiality agreement,
I am interested in pursuing the acquisition of detailed information on
procedures applied to the CRUTEM global temperature data along with
copies of the original data itself, for academic evaluation purposes and I
am requesting the specific information above as part of the evaluation
study.
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http://www.pnas.org/content/suppl/2008/09/02/0805721105.DCSupplem
ental/SD1.xls , a number of "Schweingruber" series are listed, with
nomenclature such as schweingruber_mxdabd_grid11, which I presume
were provided by Keith Briffa or Tim Osborn of the UEA.
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act and/or Environmental
Information REgulations, whichever is aplicable, would you please
provide me with a digital version of these data sets in the form provided
to Dr Mann, together with any relevant meta-data, manuals or literature
describing the grid locations of the series and the method of their
calculation.
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I am interested in the HADCRUT3 global temperature index.
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Specifically, I would like to know the impact of adjustments to the data
over time as these affect the global mean surface temperature.
I imagine that such an assessment must be done as a part of the regular
preparation of the index and presumably would take the form of a chart
of the index calculated with and without the
adjustments, although anything along these lines would meet my needs.
For the avoidance of doubt, I'm trying to compare the two extremes - raw
data from the weather stations at one end, and the final HADCRUT3
GMST at the other.
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Pursuant to the Environmental Information Regulations, I hereby request
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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.
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CRUTEM3 data that you held was the value added data. Pursuant to the
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Environmental Information Regulations Act 2004, please provide me
with this data in the digital form, together with any documents that you
hold describing the procedures under which the data has been quality
controlled and where deemed appropriate, adjusted to account for
apparent non-climatic influences.
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Pursuant to the Environmental Information Regulations, I hereby request
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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 June 25, 2009.
FOI_09-
Pursuant to the Environmental Information Regulations, I hereby request
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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 June 25, 2009, for
academic use.
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Phil Johnson of Univ of East Anglia for the following locations, stations,
countries, protectorates, and/or trust territories:
Kingman Reef
Kiribati
Johnson Atoll
Southern line Islands
Palau - Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
1. all historical temperature data, such as minimum temperature,
maximum temperature, mean temperature. Daily observations would be
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greatly appreciated, but please send the monthly averages is that is all
that is in your possession.
2. Records, commonly called metadata, containing information such as
precise station latitude and longitude, elevation; as well as records of
changes in observation times, instrument type, etc.
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As permitted under the Environmental Information Regulations, I would
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like to request a digital copy of the CRU weather-station data as
prepared at your institution for the Hadley Centre, together with details of
the algorithms used to process it.
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Pursuant to the Environmental Information Regulations, I hereby request
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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.
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I hereby submit an EIR/FOI request for:
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1. All original station temperature data used to produce the CRU
gridded land temperature data set.
2. The code used to convert the original station temperature data series
into the gridded land temperature set, to include all homogenization
adjustments, adjustments to remove non-climatic influences, and any
other adjustment to the original station time series. Text format of the
code in the native language is acceptable.
To comply with the restrictions of use for academic purposes listed in the
UKMO memo, I request this data for a scientific project with the following
scope:
1. Investigation of the effects of changing land use, urban heat island
effects, and other non-climatic influences;
2. Sensitivity analysis of parameters used to grid and adjust data;
3. Sensitivity analysis of methods to calculate monthly means (e.g.,
min/max, max only, min only);
4. Analysis of the source of differences between the CRU land
temperature index and other indices (e.g., GISTEMP and NOAA); and,
5. Analysis of the effect of using satellite-derived covariance information
to interpolate between land stations.
The expected duration of the project, from the time of receipt of the data,
is no less than three (3) years.
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I hereby make a EIR/FOI request in respect of the surviving raw data for
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the CRUTEM project.
Based on the webpage http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/availability/and
in particular the following statement
Since the 1980s, we have merged the data we have received into
existing series or begun new ones, so it is impossible to say if all
stations within a particular country or if all of an individual record should
be freely available. Data storage availability in the 1980s meant that we
were not able to keep the multiple sources for some sites, only the
station series after adjustment for homogeneity issues. We, therefore, do
not hold the original raw data but only the value-added (i.e. quality
controlled and homogenized) data.
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it seems like CRU have discarded some, but not all, raw data and that in
addition some, but not all, of the raw data they have may be covered by
a confidentiality agreement.
I therefore request
1) such raw data as exists and is not subject to a confidentiality
agreement
2) a list of stations (and dates if partial data exists) where such raw data
is known to be lost and
3) a list of stations and data providers (ie. national meterological
organizations) for such data that exists but is under a confidentiality
agreement.
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1. A copy of any digital version of the CRUTEM station data set that has
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been sent from CRU to Peter Webster and/or any other person at
Georgia Tech between January 1, 2007 and June 25, 2009
2. A copy of any instructions or stipulations accompanying the
transmission of data to Peter Webster and/or any other person at
Georgia Tech between January 1, 2007 and June 25, 2009 limiting its
further dissemination or disclosure.
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Please supply a copy of the dataset that was used to create the Climate
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Research Unit's temperature record.
Or failing that, details of where a copy of the dataset may be obtained.
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I have the right, and so I am asking in the name of that right, to have
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your people share with me thru the freedom of information act the data
that has been gathered...complete...on all of the climate conditions that
show global warming, so that I may duplicate, should I wish, the
conditions, and evaluate the validity (to show that there has been no
manipulation of data).
This, of course, is what peer review is all about. I know that the data is
in folders in computers, and it is a simple thing to compile (as it should
already be together) and I am asking that it be sent to me
The following 5 requests relate to FOI processes.
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Under the Freedom of Information Act I request copies of the following
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information, within twenty working days, and I would like these in PDF
format sent by email. Please treat these as three separate FOI requests.
1) A summary of information as to whether anyone in the CRU has been
given training in their obligations under the Freedom of Information Act.
2) A summary of information held on the level of understanding of senior
members of the CRU of the term "science" and "integrity".
3) A copy of all emails and other communication to or from members of
the CRU relating to instructions, suggestions, enticements,
encouragement or other communication around the subversion of the
law of England given in the Freedom of Information Act.
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I wish to make a FOI request, in respect of the following:
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part
1. Information held by the Climatic Research Unit ("CRU") about the
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treatment of Freedom of or approach to Freedom of Information Act
("FOI") requests.
2. Information held by the UEA about the treatment of or approach
adopted by (or to be adopted) to FOI requests by the CRU.
3. The CRU's data retention policies and methods.
4. Information relating to the removal or destruction of data controlled by
the CRU.
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I am making a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I
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would like to know for the period 1 January 2000 to 1 November 2009:
(a) how many Environmental Information Regulations requests the
University (including the CRU) have received regarding climate change
and climate change data, broken down by calendar year;
(b) for each year listed in (a) please provide a breakdown of the
outcome of the requests, i.e. was the request met in full, the request
partially met, the request denied, or the request ignored;
(c) for each year listed in (a) please provide the average time to fully
respond to the requests (i.e. ignoring any acknowledgement, what is the
average number of working days from the receipt to the formal response
for these requests);
(d) For all of the partially satisfied or denied requests in the period 1
January 2000 to 1 November 2009, please provide a breakdown of the
reasons given for the refusal to provide the information requested.
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In an news release issued by
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METhttp://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/2009/pr2009120
5.html
I read the following: "As soon as we[MET] have all permissions in place
we will release the remaining station records - around 5000 in total - that
make up the full land temperature record. We are dependant on
international approvals to enable this final step and cannot guarantee
that we will get permission from all data owners.
UEA fully supports the Met Office in making this data publicly available
and is continuing to work with the Met Office to seek the necessary
permission from national data owners to publish, as soon as possible as
much of the data that we can gain permission for."
Pursuant to the Environmental Information Regulations and FOIA
regulations, I hereby requestthe following information.
Any documentation including but not limited to letters, emails and faxes
pertaining to UEAs efforts to comply with its obligations spelled out in
section 27 of the following document
http://www.uea.ac.uk/is/strategies/infregs/FOIA+Code+of+Practice+for+
Responding+to+Requests
27. Contracts and 3rd Party Confidence. The UEA should only accept
information from third parties in confidence if it is necessary to obtain
that information in connection with the exercise of any of its functions
and it would not otherwise be provided. In addition, the UEA should not
agree to hold information received from third parties "in confidence"
which is not confidential in nature. Again, acceptance of any
confidentiality provisions must be for good reasons, capable of being
justified to the Commissioner. Further details are given in Annex D and
in Annex G.
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Specifically, In the press release cited above CRU appear to maintain
that the new temperature record constructed from public data will show
that the world is warming. If this conclusion can be supported using
public data, then have CRU shown that it is NECESSARY to obtain
confidential data. Please provide any analysis that CRU have performed
to show that it is necessary to obtain this data. Further annex D and
Annex G detail other considerations that must be taken into account.
Please provide any documentation to show that CRU has complied with
the requirements set forth in Annex D and G.
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Under the Freedom of Information Act I request copies of the following
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information, within twenty working days, and I would like these in PDF
sought
format sent by email. Please treat these as three separate FOI requests.
3) A copy of all emails and other communication to or from members of
the CRU relating to instructions, suggestions, enticements,
encouragement or other communication around the subversion of the
law of England given in the Freedom of Information Act.
The following 13 requests were of a similar nature and relate to the release of
correspondence between CRU members of staff and others. All were refused (and
for one a decision is still pending).
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Drs Keith Briffa and Timothy Osborn of your Climatic Research Unit
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served as lead authors on the IPCC Fourth Assessment, which by
international agreement was required to be undertaken on an
comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis.1 On 31 March
2008, I asked Dr Briffa for important specific information, not so far
released, on his work as a lead author to which I have had no reply or
acknowledgement, but have, through other FoI enquiries, been given a
copy of his email dated 1 April 2008, to several other IPCC participants
including Dr Philip Jones, and to which my letter was attached. He told
his colleagues his response to me would be brief when he got round to
it. Also included in the documents released to me is an email dated 14
March 2008 to Dr Briffa, among others, from Susan Solomon, Co-Chair
of WGI, advising the addressees not to disclose information beyond that
(which I consider inadequate) already in the public domain.
Accordingly, I hereby request the following information under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information
Regulations 2004:
All letters, facsimile and email correspondence to or from Drs Briffa and
Osborn in connection with their work as an IPCC Lead Authors,
including, but not limited to correspondence between them and the
following individuals involved in the assessment:
Drs Susan Solomon, John Mitchell, Jean Jouzel, Philip Jones, Eystein
Jansen, Jonathan Overpeck, Jean-Claude Duplessy, Fortunat Joos,
Valérie Masson-Delmotte, Daniel Olago, Bette Otto-Bliesner, W. Richard
Peltier, Stefan Rahmstorf, Rengaswamy Ramesh, Dominique Raynaud,
David Rind, Olga Solomina, Ricardo Villalba, and De‟er Zhang, and/or
the following institutions: IPCC, IPCC Working Group I Technical
Support Unit, IPCC Working Group II Technical Support Unit, DEFRA
and/or the Met office.
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I am also asking for copies of any internal CRU correspondence in
connection with the IPCC WGI assessment process and discussion of
IPCC Principles, rules, or procedures.
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Please supply copies of all internal and external correspondence
between Phil Jones, Director of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU), and
any other person regarding the recent leak of information.
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Phil Jones, Director of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU), and Michael
Mann from 1st January 2008 to the present date.
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emails transmitted over the University of East Anglia's (UEA) servers
(
header information and select excerpts were supplied):
[Information exempted pursuant to s.40(2), Freedom of
Information Act]
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UEA's servers that contain any content related to FOI requests
submitted to UEA during calendar year 2009.
(As amended on 14/12/09)
1. Were transmitted via UAE's mail system in calendar year 2009,
excluding emails transmitted after November 19, 2009;
2. Contain any discussion about the disposition of the request and/or
availability of the items being requested; and,
3. Relate to historical or current climatological data, code, and ancillary
information to include:
Requests concerning temperature/precipitation data received from
public sources,
Requests concerning temperature/precipitation data received from non-
public sources,
Requests concerning code for the CRU temperature index,
Requests concerning temperature/precipitation proxy data,
Requests concerning metadata for the above mentioned items, and,
Requests concerning retransmittal and use restrictions on the above
mentioned data
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Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request a copy of
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(1) any emails sent by, sent to, or copied to Phil Jones, David Palmer,
Jonathan Colam-French, or any other member of the CRU or any other
member of the UEA Information Services Directorate during the last ten
years concerning FOI requests involving the CRU or any of its
memebers, and
(2) any documents prepared by or held by Phil Jones, David Palmer,
Jonathan Colam-French, or any other member of the CRU or any other
member of the UEA Information Services Directorate during the last ten
years concerning FOI requests involving the CRU or any of its members.
My request includes, but is not limited to, any emails or documents
containing any of the following phrases:
[Information exempted pursuant to s.40(2), Freedom of
Information Act]
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i) Email server logs (for email sent both internally and received from
external sources).
ii) Logs for email archiving or permanent email storage (for email sent
both internally and received from external sources). This is to be
understood as any server or centralised storage or retention
mechanisms and not the end-users "account".
iii) Telephone call logs.
iv) Telephone recording archives.
for Phil Jones, Director of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) from the
period 1st January 2008 to present.
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Please supply copies of all correspondence (including emails) between
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the UEA Information Policy and Compliance team and Phil Jones,
Director of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU), from 1st January 2008 to
the present date.
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Please supply copies of all correspondence (including emails) between
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the UEA Chief Librarian and Phil Jones, Director of the Climatic
Research Unit (CRU), from 1st January 2008 to the present date.
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22050.txt
refers to:
[Information exempted pursuant to s.40(2), Freedom of
Information Act] Please supply:
1. a copy of the entire email complete with headers
2. a copy of the email referred to in this section - "I did get an email from
the FOI person here early yesterday to tell me I shouldn't be deleting
emails"
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Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, please provide by return e-
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mail or via http://www.transferbigfiles.com/Default.aspx the full contents
of the folder designated "FOIA" that was purloined from the UEA/Hadley
CRU server(s) last week, said folder containing some 4,568 files in
some 104 subfolders of some 157 megabytes, said folder having been
posted to the Web for some days at
http://www.eastangliaemails.com/index.php and other sites.
The purpose of this request is solely to determine the authenticity of the
leaked files and to establish a validated database that has not been
altered. If the files in the FOIA folder cited above are, to the best of your
knowledge, known to be authentic (excepting the striking of e-mail
addresses), please send a statement to this effect and the Freedom of
Information Act request herein is withdrawn.
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I am writing to you in accordance with the Environmental Information
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Regulations 2004 and the Information Commissioners Decision Notice
FER0085500, which stated:
“The Commissioner considers that the phrase “any information… on…”
should be interpreted widely and that this is in line with the purpose
expressed in the first recital of the Council Directive 2003/4/EC.
Therefore „any information on‟ wil usually include information
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concerning, about or relating to a particular measure, activity, or factor in
question. In other words information that would inform the public about
the matter under consideration and would therefore facilitate effective
participation by the public in environmental decision making is likely to
be environmental information. This approach was informed by the
Information Tribunal case Ofcom v Information Commissioner and T-
Mobile UK Limited (EA/2006/0078).”
The matter, which I seek to be informed about, is a very specific aspect
of the Working Group One contribution to the IPCC, 2007 Fourth
Assessment Report for which Professor Keith Briffa was a Lead Author.
The Chapter 6 in question dealt with the estimation of historic
temperatures, which I hope we can agree are states of the environment,
which are covered by Regulation 2(1)(a). I also believe my request
covered by Regulation 2(1)(c) and (e)
Appendix A to the „Principles Governing IPCC Work‟ require that:
“Al written expert, and government review comments will be made
available to reviewers on request during the review process and will be
retained in an open archive in a location determined by the IPCC
Secretariat on completion of the Report for a period of at least five
years.”
Accordingly I believe this information should have been proactively
disseminated under Regulation 4.
On 28 July 2006 at 6:32 PM UEA/CRU received an email from Jonathan
Overpeck, to which a spreadsheet was attached “listing: the submitter,
file name of the paper, its acceptance date, and the chapter and section
which the submitter feels is relevant.” These were expert comments
received pursuant to an email sent to Reviewers on 5 July 2006,
soliciting additional reviewers comments.
Please send me an electronic copy of the spreadsheet.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2009/12/01/AR2009120102737_pf.html
please supply copies of all correspondence relating to this decision
between Mr Jones and any other person.
The following 3 requests are of a similar nature and relate to the independent review
to be conducted by Sir Muir Russell. All were released in part.
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Under the FOIA I would like to know the method in which Sir Muir
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Russell was selected to head an independent panel to investigate the
part
leaked e-mails in your Climate Science Unit.
How did the university come to select Sir Muir Russell over other
candidates? Who else was considered? What makes you think he is
independent? Does he have any preconcieved views on global warming
supporters or deniers? If you were picking a jury in a murder trial you
would ask the jurist if they had a pre-trial opinion as to the guilt or
innocence of the accused. Was Sir Muir Russell asked this question?
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What was the process leading to Muir Russells appointment to head the
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Independent Review into the allegations against the Climatic Research
part
Unit ?
What other options were considered ?
Who was envolved in the decision ? Have any of decision makers had
any professional or working relationship past or present with Muir
Russell ?
Does any of the University Court or senior management have any
professional relationship past or present with Muir Russell ?
What is the remuneration package and allowable expense criteria for
this exercise ?
What is the project and quality management methodology for this
exercise ? "devise his own method of working" what does this mean ?
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Please provide all internal material (including but not limited to Emails,
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minutes of meetings) covering discussions about the frame of reference
part
for, and selection of the chairperson of, the UEA inquiry into what has
come to be known as 'ClimateGate'.
Of particular interest is:
1. a list of persons considered, and those short-listed, for this position
and the reasons why they were rejected or why they declined if an offer
to Chair the inquiry was made.
2. what efforts were made to select a chairperson who is not a member
of an organisation which is already on record as being a supporter
and/or a promoter of anthropogenic global warming theory?
The following 12 requests relate to other matters associated with the CRU.
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The office is interested in obtaining a report detailing funding amounts
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received from U.S. grantors (or any other U.S. sources) by the Climatic
Research Unit, or any of the staff affiliated with the unit. The period of
time in which they are interested is somewhat flexible, but let me throw
out from 1990 to the present as a starting point.
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Please supply copies of the accounts for the Climatic Research Unit for
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each of the last five years.
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In Table 3.2 of IPCC AR4, you refer to Durbin-Watson statistics for
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various trend calculations, but do not show them. Could you please
provide me with these statistics.
I am unfamiliar with any prior use of the Durbin-Watson statistic “after
allowing for first-order serial correlation”. Could you please provide me
your statistical reference showing how one calculates a Durbin-Watson
statistic “after al owing for first-order serial correlation” and giving
significance levels for the statistic “after al owing for first-order serial
correlation”.
Could you please identify the statistical packages used in your
calculation of REML trends and Durbin-Watson statistics?
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Would it be correct to say that (1) fitted a trend to the various series; (2)
fitted an AR1 arima model to the residuals from (1)? (3) carried out a
Durbin-Watson test on the residuals from (2)?
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Given that the alleged scientific and financial fraud at the CRU has
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dragged the reputation of the UEA into the gutter and down the drain,
please supply copies of policy documents about how the vice-chancellor
intends to try to restore the reputation of the university.
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In one of the leaked emails there is reference to a report written by
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"Harry" (presumably Ian Harris) on the subject of HADCRUT data.
See
http://www.eastangliaemails.com/emails.php?eid=506&filename=11126
22624.txt
I'd like to receive a copy of this report, in electronic format if possible,
but on paper if not.
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I hereby make a EIR/FOI request regarding the provision of the
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CRUTEM data sent to persons or organizations outside of your
organization.
1. Please supply a list of persons and/or organizations to whom the
CRUTEM data set has been provided to in the last 5 years. If personal
privacy concerns prevent you from identifying which specific persons
have been provided such data, then it would be sufficient to simply
supply the organizational affilliation of those persons. For example, it
has come to my attention that most likely this data set has been
provided to Peter Webster of the Georgia Institute of Technology in the
USA. If you are unable to confirm that such data has been sent to
Peter Webster, then it
would meet my needs if you were to simply list Georgia Institute of
Technology as the recipient.
2. Please supply a copy of any agreements between your organization
and the recipients or the institutional recipients of such data that impose
any conditions of confidentiality, or which prohibit further transmission of
such CRUTEM data sets, or which prohibit the public posting of such
data sets on the internet.
3. Please supply a copy of any internal regulations or personnel
regulations or rules regarding the supplying so such "raw" temperature
data products to persons outside your organization; and any internal
regulations, rules, personnel guidelines regarding the confidentiality of
CRUTEM data records.
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I write with reference to the global temperature dataset maintained by
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the Climate Research Unit based at the UEA (The dataset known a the
part
CRU or HAD/CRUT record). This dataset is itself based upon raw
temperature data which is currently or was held by the CRU. I would be
grateful if you could provide a list of institutions and other persons with
whom this raw (unprocessed) data has been shared since January 1st
2005
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I request, under FOI/EIR, a list of the individual scientists, governments,
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NMSs, and any other organization that has been solicited to provide
temperature data for inclusion in the CRU land temperature index by
any person acting in an official capacity at CRU or the University of East
Anglia. I additionally request, as a separate entity, a list of the individual
scientists, governments, NMSs, and any other organization that is
known to have provided temperature data for the aforementioned
purpose.
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The reason for my request is to determine what parties have or may
have contributed information in order to lobby these parties to provide
the University of East Anglia written statements of unconditional or
conditional release (on satisfactory terms for academic and scientific
research) of this information; or, alternatively, written statements that the
information is already considered public domain.
It is in the public interest for the temperature information to be freely
available in order for the scientific processes of replication and
sensitivity analysis of the CRU land temperature index to be conducted.
As your organization has offered the position that it lacks the resources
to complete this arduous undertaking itself, it is therefore greatly in the
public interest that the individuals and organizations that are apparently
preventing release of the information be provided such that they can be
lobbied through the appropriate channels.
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I would like to obtain a list of the meteorological stations used in the
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preparation of the HadCRUT3 global temperature average, and the raw
data for those stations. I cannot find it anywhere on the web. The lead
author for the temperature average is Dr. Phil Jones of the Climate
Research Unit.
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A couple of years ago, I requested the identities and data for the
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Russian, Chinese and Australian networks studied in Jones et al Nature
1990 on urbanization. At the time, you said that it would be unduly
burdensome to locate the information among your diskettes as the study
was then somewhat stale. However, I notice that Jones et al 1990 has
been cited in IPCC AR4 (in the section where you were a Coordinating
Lead Author) and continues to be cited in the literature (e.g. Peterson
2003).
Accordingly, I re-iterate my request for the identification of the stations
and the data used for the following three Jones et al 1990 networks:
1. the west Russian network
2. the Chinese network
3. the Australian network
For each network, if a subset of the data of the data was used, e.g. 80
stations selected from a larger dataset, I would appreciate all the data in
the network, including the data that was not selected.
In each case, please also provide the identification and data for the
stations used in the gridded network which was used as a
comparandum in this study.
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I write regarding the following paper.
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Jones P.D., Groisman P.Y., Coughlan M., Plummer N., Wang W-C., Karl
T.R. (1990), "Assessment of urbanization effects in time series of
surface air temperature over land", Nature, 347: 169-172 [13 September
1990]. doi:10.1038/347169a0.
The lead author is of course Prof. Phil Jones at your university.
The paper discusses a Chinese network of meteorological stations. I
am seeking the identities/locations of those stations. Please note that I
am not seeking any other information; in particular, I am not seeking any
environmental information.
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Under the Freedom of Information Act I request copies of the following
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information, within twenty working days, and I would like these in PDF
format sent by email. Please treat these as three separate FOI requests.
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2) A summary of information held on the level of understanding of senior
members of the CRU of the term "science" and "integrity".
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