standard British tabloid/Booker bullshyte! But hey now, this was exactly the impetus behind the
Koch Brothers funded Best Project... you know, the denier/skeptic fueled undertaking that ultimately confirmed the integrity of the existing major surface temperature dataset records. WotHappened there, hey deniers!
how about another British rag article like this one:
Leading group of climate change deniers accused of creating 'fake controversy' over claims global temperature data may be inaccurate
of course, there are no shortage of reviews done that have shown the insignificant difference homogenization makes to the global results... in fact, adding a slight cooling influence overall.
the 5 declared GWPF "top scientists" have a long-standing record of questioning climate science... why the pack-leader, Pielke, is the "technical support" behind the ill-fated surfacestations nonsense from Tony Willard Watts of WTFIUWT infamy! :mrgreen: So ya, a completely denier manufactured 'fake controversy' to supposedly investigate adjustments... adjustments that have all been published and stood the test of peer-response! If there was any supposed legitimacy behind the GWPF undertaking, they wouldn't have purposely so skewed the selection of the declared "top scientists"!
of course, a real legitimate review is actually underway, undertaken by 9 legitimate scientists actively involved in homogenization efforts/pursuits... one intended to improve on existing homogenization, has been underway for some time now... per the World Meteorological Organization:
Task Team on Homogenization (TT-HOM) Terms of Reference
- Explore ways, building on the existing work, to identify the best performing, skilled and efficient homogenization methods and quality control procedures for the different climate essential variables and time scales (from monthly to sub-daily);
- Identify and evaluate currently available procedures and software for climate time-series quality control (e.g., identifying non-systematic biases in climatic records);
- Identify and assess skills and efficiencies of modern and innovative homogenization methods, to identify more robust and efficient methods including the associated software;
- Provide guidance to Members on methodologies, standards and software required for quality control of climate time-series, with a special focus on temperature and precipitation variables at the daily scale, but also explore existing quality controls for other variables and time-scales.