Weather stations give flawed temperature data, meteorologist claims

Washington Examiner ^ | Aug. 6, 2009 | Kevin Mooney

[kidd]

Exactly.

And what they are really measuring is urban expansion, not climate change.

The common counter-argument by the alarmists is that the United States is only 3% of the land area on Earth. The counter-counter-point is that the United States is supposed to have the best temperature measurement record and is thus used as a correction factor for the rest of the world’s lousy record of measurements. But if the correction factor is wrong, then so is the global trend.

[Roccus]

Don't apologize to the posting police for this one.

This is an on-going study and they still need some help (NOT MONEY!!) in certain states. Information can be found at the link in Post #17

Thanks for posting.

[xcamel]

Well, the people (including decimon) who have been on top of the GW scam for several years now really have no use for your snarky “posting police” comments. Go back to the hole you crawled out of.

[xcamel]

Most of us seem to have been born at an early age, too.

[Real Cynic No More]

It is not a claim, it is a fact. You put a thermometer close to a heat source and it will give a higher reading.

One place I used to work, the landlord (who paid the heating / a/c bill), would come into the office two or 3 times per week to check the thermostat setting to see if anyone had messed with it. Nobody had... but, the chief draftsman had a small fan that he directed toward it in the winter time, and a drafting lamp that he focused on it in the summer time, thus making the system kick on to make it much more comfortable.

When I was a youngster and wanted to stay home from school, my mom used the old thermometer test. If I had a fever, I could stay home. If I didn't, I had to go to school. It sure was easy taking the thermometer out of my mouth and holding it near the lamp on the end table. That worked until one time my mom came back into the room before I had a chance to shake the thermometer down from its 109 degree reading!

There seem to be more and more instances today of people in positions of authority ignoring facts and basing their decisions and actions on invalid data. It's really a shame that it's come to this.

[Old Professer]

One of the growing problems is the recent adoption of the max/min recording automated sensors that must be hardwired within fifty feet of a power supply to work; in most cases that means a panel on a building wall.

These robots are supposed to be self-calibrating as well as maintenance-free.

NOAA says that the network cancels spurious readings when averaged and corrected for effects due to location through an algorithm known exactly by only NOAA itself and their scientists.

What’s not to have faith in?

[Old Professer]

My cousin once accused me of being 35 when I was born...

[allmost]

NOAA says that the network cancels spurious readings when averaged and corrected for effects due to location through an algorithm known exactly by only NOAA itself and their scientists. What’s not to have faith in?

The secret algorithm, known only to them, that dictates large scale government policy and affects their funding. Yeah, everything's as it should be. :)

[SunkenCiv]

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