Comments on: 7 (or more) reasons to be (scientifically) skeptical of Anthropogenic Global Warming http://striderweb.com/blog/2009/12/7-or-more-reasons-to-be-scientifically-skeptical-of-anthropogenic-global-warming/ It's all about where you draw the line Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:30:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Stephen R http://striderweb.com/blog/2009/12/7-or-more-reasons-to-be-scientifically-skeptical-of-anthropogenic-global-warming/comment-page-1/#comment-53301 Stephen R Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:53:56 +0000 http://striderweb.com/blog/2009/12/7-or-more-reasons-to-be-scientifically-skeptical-of-anthropogenic-global-warming/#comment-53301 The other thing I've pointed out to people is that all the (scant) reporting they've been hearing focuses on the emails, when the <em>code</em> itself is far more damning. The notes from the poor programmer who was called in to try to make the existing software work is almost hysterical -- or would be if the fraud wasn't so serious. He basically spent three years trying any way he could to get the software to reproduce the desired results from the data given... and he couldn't do it, short of (as you point out) hard-coding in "adjustments" to the numbers. At one point in the code there is an array of numbers which is pretty much an overlay of the 20th century data. And when you realize what it is, it's crystal clear that what's happening is that the software is literally subtracting from the 1940s temperatures and adding to the temperatures from the end of the century. Hmmmm.... Now I'm not a fancy climate scientist and all, but I suspect that that might not be proper scientific methodology. [edit: Ah, there it is: <a href="http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=1447">http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=1447</a> ] The other thing I’ve pointed out to people is that all the (scant) reporting they’ve been hearing focuses on the emails, when the code itself is far more damning.

The notes from the poor programmer who was called in to try to make the existing software work is almost hysterical — or would be if the fraud wasn’t so serious. He basically spent three years trying any way he could to get the software to reproduce the desired results from the data given… and he couldn’t do it, short of (as you point out) hard-coding in “adjustments” to the numbers.

At one point in the code there is an array of numbers which is pretty much an overlay of the 20th century data. And when you realize what it is, it’s crystal clear that what’s happening is that the software is literally subtracting from the 1940s temperatures and adding to the temperatures from the end of the century. Hmmmm…. Now I’m not a fancy climate scientist and all, but I suspect that that might not be proper scientific methodology.

[edit: Ah, there it is: http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=1447 ]

]]> By: Borepatch http://striderweb.com/blog/2009/12/7-or-more-reasons-to-be-scientifically-skeptical-of-anthropogenic-global-warming/comment-page-1/#comment-53300 Borepatch Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:21:34 +0000 http://striderweb.com/blog/2009/12/7-or-more-reasons-to-be-scientifically-skeptical-of-anthropogenic-global-warming/#comment-53300 Thanks for the link. I've been posting on this topic for over a year - as you point out, this has been well known for a while. The most important issue to get out to your friends and relatives who believe in warming is the "adjustments" to the raw temperature data. It looks like most - and maybe all - of the warming is not being seen in the thermometers, but is added once the data is back in the database. [Borepatch's post on adjustments -- a good read: <a href="http://borepatch.blogspot.com/2009/11/man-made-global-warming-confirmed.html">http://borepatch.blogspot.com/2009/11/man-made-global-warming-confirmed.html</a> -- ed.] Thanks for the link. I’ve been posting on this topic for over a year – as you point out, this has been well known for a while.

The most important issue to get out to your friends and relatives who believe in warming is the “adjustments” to the raw temperature data. It looks like most – and maybe all – of the warming is not being seen in the thermometers, but is added once the data is back in the database.

[Borepatch's post on adjustments -- a good read: http://borepatch.blogspot.com/2009/11/man-made-global-warming-confirmed.html -- ed.]

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