> The cynic in me wonders why they couldn't put it up on the ArXiv while waiting for the peer review process to run its course. The arXiv is not mainstream in

> The cynic in me wonders why they couldn't put it up on the ArXiv while waiting for the peer review process to run its course. The arXiv is not mainstream in may fields, so they may not have thought of putting it there. I am sure they would have figured something out, but glacncing at the subject areas on the main page, it isn't immediately obvious where a study such as their should go. Physics/Nonlinear science, Statistics? Occasionally a meta-climate study appears in the astrophysics listings, but those are generally papers studying any interplay between astrophysical events and (often historical) climate change. It would be great if more fields used arXiv. Some do have their own similar resources, separate from arXiv (the cryptography community comes to mind). But I am not aware if there are any associated with climate research.