Roy Spencer has a new blog post (regurgitated by Daily Caller's climate churnalist) that uses the U.S. Corn Belt temperature data as the basis for the umpteenth attempt at manufacturing a temperature adjustment controversy.
Spencer gives himself a special call-out in his post when talking about how his dataset (based on UAH satellite temperature readings) needs both warming and cooling adjustments to account for previous errors in data measurement, while "the thermometer data apparently need to be adjusted in such a way that almost always leads to greater and greater warming trends. How odd."
No, Dr. Spencer, what's odd is that you feel comfortable calling out others about temperature adjustments. After all, the UAH dataset has been a bit of an embarrassment for Spencer, as it has required repeated adjustments—mostly to make up for cooling biases (for the quick version, see this image).While Spencer spent the 90s arguing that global warming wasn't happening—saying thermometer measurements of surface temperatures must be wrong because his satellite data didn't show any warming—repeated corrections proved that it was his satellites that were wrong. And once they were corrected, they too showed the warming.
Now, when it comes to the thermometer record, Spencer's conclusion that the data always needs to be adjusted up is plainly and clearly contradicted by a peer-reviewed study that shows, without a doubt, that adjustments go both ways.
So Spencer's satellite dataset, which he praised, has needed repeated corrections, mostly to show more warming, and the thermometer dataset he accuses of being tampered with to show more warming has a solid mix of warm and cool adjustments.
Hypocritical for sure, but at least he's not calling people Nazisthis time!
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