Daily Archives: 2 June 2012

GHCN v1 vs v3 Europe, Region 6

Posted on 2 June 2012 by E.M.Smith

The Europe v3 data show an increase in historical temperatures. Just how Europe can go up, North America down, and Oceana stay flat is an interesting question. Especially while Africa cools. All the changes are greater than the 1/2 C of “signal” being sought. Data change dominates and swamps the signal. Continue reading →

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GHCN v1 vs v3 North America, Region 4

Posted on 2 June 2012 by E.M.Smith

The North American v1 vs v3 comparison finds increased warming of the data (the actual temperature? Who knows… the two data sets are supposed to be the same place at the same time.) Continue reading →

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GHCN v1 vs v3 Asia Region 2

Posted on 2 June 2012 by E.M.Smith

Asia data don’t change much from v1 to v3, but the story they tell is of an “offset” change in about 1987-1990, and NOT a CO2 driven gradual change. Continue reading →

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GHCN v1 vs v3 Oceana Region 5

Posted on 2 June 2012 by E.M.Smith

This is a bit of a ‘mixed bag’ in that it is largely a bunch of islands, but then includes Australia as well. It’s a bit of a PITA to do a v1 vs v2 of “Oceana minus Australia” as … Continue reading →

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