From TERRY MARSH
It was gratifying to read the short discussion of the paper by Dick
Monkhouse and myself regarding Britain’s recent volatile climatic conditions
(Science, 1 September). Unfortunately, the article contained a significant
error. The ratio of winter to summer rainfall during the 1980s quoted in
the ‘weather’ paper, 2 was 1:3 (not 3:1). If the winter half-years over
the last decade had really been three times as wet as the summer half-years,
the debate about the impact of climate change would be largely concluded!
Terry Marsh Institute of Hydrology Wallingford Oxfordshire
