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Thus, relations between the solar magnetic activity and the AO became more realistic than before. [Kiminori Itoh] 2-1826 A 52:13 52:24 Lines 13-15 are inconsistent with 16&17 and the rest of this paragraph - how about Accepted. Text rewritten to clarify.

Expert Review Comments on First-Order Draft (16 November 2005) IPCC Working Group I Fourth Assessment Report Page:line No. Batch From To Comment Notes grid makes it minor. [Kiminori Itoh] 6-799 A 16:23 :38 The answer is "No we cannot predict the transitions out of interglacials and into ice ages" Noted, headline will be changed to say Yes model results are more promising but we do not have a fully coupled dynamical earth Do we understand..., text of paragraph system model that successfully simulates either of the transitions.

They show a large temperature fluctuation in Canada, and claim that latewood density is better than tree-ring width to reproduce the past climate. [Kiminori Itoh] 6-1351 A 29:20 29:22 The non-independence should be discussed. This includes non-independence of authors Rejected - the data series are discussed and more detailed discussion of non-independence on proxy series. and point on authors not valid.

Thus, the sentence, "However, very rapid and apparently unprecedented melting of tropical ice caps has been observed in recent decades, possibly linked to sharply rising SST observed in the tropics after 1976 as well as enhanced warming at high elevations." is not correct for Kilimanjaro. [Kiminori Itoh] 6-1396 A 31:11 31:13 Oxygen isotope series from high-elevation ice cores provide the longest records, but most Rejected - not considered of sufficient represent changes in the source region of precipitation, as well as local temperature. : this import to justify should be carried forward to proxy uncertainty summary.

Discussion of the solar sensitivity patterns similar to their estimation. influence on observed climate change [Kiminori Itoh] in this paper belongs (if at all) in Chapter 9. The Forster and Gregory (2005) discussion on strength of water vapour feedback is relevant to the current chapter, but was not included as error bars were so large that significant conclusions could not be drawn (along with a caveat that cloud feedback would need to have been close to neutral, which did not have strong evidence). 8-753 A 52:12 Sect.8.6.

The contribution of natural fluctuation in NAM will be important. [Kiminori Itoh] 9-1222 A 58:52 58:53 Maunder Minimum is a term to describe a period of low numbers of sunspots or low solar Terminology revised.

Since broad readers know his statement, there should be a comment on his idea here in this section. [Kiminori Itoh] 9-909 A 42:49 42:49 Recently, the data assimilation community starts focusing on long-term changes in 3-D Noted water mass properties/pathways (e.g., Stammer et al. 2002; Masuda et al. 2003).

This paper maybe deals with a special case where the glacier retreats because of moisture deficiency, but it can suggest how you can work out a countermeasure for the reservation of the important glacier. [Kiminori Itoh] 4-611 A 23:16 23:16 relative" should be "relatively Accepted . Text changed [Thomas James] 4-612 A 23:19 I suggest adding the word "regional" in front of changes to avoid some readers being Accepted.

In particular, large grid sizes need large contribution of CO2 while small grid makes it minor. [Kiminori Itoh] 6-1666 A 63:39 63:39 Question 6.1: Would it be feasible to add one or two sentences here outlining the Noted - but this is a complex problem, processes thought to lead to increasing CO2 as a result of increasing temperature ?

Batch From To Comment Notes mechanisms seem plausible, and should be discussed here. [Kiminori Itoh] 9-1075 A 51:35 51:40 To simulate southern ocean sea ice would require proper simulation of changes in SAM: This discussion would require see Chapter 3 for this and Fig 3.6.7.