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In an about face brought about as a result of more than a thousand leaked emails last week, Britain’s Climate Research Unit (CRU) announced it would make its data publically available, something which it had refused to do previously. The unit however has admitted that it did not have access to much of the raw data required to reconstruct climate records because it had been deleted.
In a statement on its website, the University of East Anglia said it would make the data available once it obtains releases from non-publication agreements it had signed with other entities. Professor Trevor Davies, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the university said, “CRU’s full data will be published in the interests of research transparency when we have the necessary agreements.”
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Professor Phil Jones, the man in charge of the Climate Research Unit, released his own statement addressing climate change and the Climategate scandal. Jones said, “My colleagues and I accept that some of the published emails do not read well. I regret any upset or confusion caused as a result. Some were clearly written in the heat of the moment, others use colloquialisms frequently used between close colleagues.” For more on what Jones said in some of the emails, click here.
For those wanting to analyze the CRU data though, they are faced with the realization that much of the original, raw data was destroyed months ago. Following on Freedom of Information requests for the raw data from other scientists, the CRU was forced to make the stunning admission back in August.
At the time, CRU released a statement that said:
Data storage availability in the 1980s meant that we were not able to keep the multiple sources for some sites, only the station series after adjustment for homogeneity issues. We, therefore, do not hold the original raw data but only the value-added (i.e. quality controlled and homogenized) data.
~ Climate Research Unit, University of East Anglia
In deleting the raw data, it is now impossible to replicate the temperature indexes upon which much climate science is based. The data that is available, has been modified and is therefore of very limited usefulness.
Roger Pielke Sr, a climatologist and researcher with the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado, was incredulous at the admission. In a posting on his blog yesterday, Pielke said, “This startling disclosure means that climate scientists will be unable to assess the mathematical methodology that CRU has used to convert the raw temperature data to the adjusted temperature data that were reported (at least up to the 1980s) in the 2007 IPCC assessment.”
Pielke has studied surface temperature data and documented problems with the data, particularly when it has been 'value added.' He said, "This is an absurd claim that the new data is “value-added”. Indeed, we document a number of unresolved issues with the surface temperature data.”
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What data? the garbage data where all the working data is lost? Oh boy I can hardly wait to be impressed with their pretty picture.. of how honest they all are.. Simply because all the brainwashed environmentalists need to look at the cooked data again means nothing.. less than nothing.. Public inquiry..
No Raw Data is the same as no paint on a painting.
The deleted data that was collected atop a volcano?
Most people I talk to have not even heard about this scandal, I'm sure they are still going to screw us all over in Copenhagen and claim plausible deniability.
They refused to release data that they knew was destroyed?
No wonder they stonewalled so long.
Everyone needs to mobilize and get the word out on this!!!! I've been to a town hall with my congressman and I've been to my local idiot-rag newspaper. They say they're "aware" of it but I haven't seen squat. Tell everyone you know!! Keep verifying the data and don't let this one die! The lies/deceit from this is right out of Saul Alinsky's book "Rules for Radicals." They will lie, cheat and steal their way into power unless we stop them.
I went to CNN and MSNBC and commented on every non-story saying nothing more than "google climategate!" 5 times. Yes, Tiger Wood's auto accident should result in hours of endless news coverage, but I think the largest scientific con job/scandal in the modern era might at least be a close second. CNN put out a tiny bit of spin so far. MSNBC has said not one damn word, further demonstrating that they are not a viable news organization.
Love the shredder in the ClimateGate graphic, but the real issue is…
Delete files Y/N ? Yes
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“Professor, the FBI is on the phone”
“Tell them I’m busy right now”
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“Professor, what do you want me to do with this hard drives” ?
“Take them out to a dump outside of town and burn them”
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Tony, make sure you report on all the blockbuster "discoveries" that amateurs make in the wake of this release. Let us know what new code is written to analyze. Let us know the amateur Galileos out there can Google for 5 minutes and be instant experts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Report the "findings", Tony.
Best,
D
Tony, I don't see you ...er..."reporting" on the press release that stated the data were already available.
I'm sure you are "busy" and just "forgot" to let the truth-seeking patriots here know. But you may want to mention it soon.
Best,
D
Dano - Not all of the data has been released yet, per the university's own press release which is linked to at the start of the second paragraph - The same one that you allude to. You might want to check it.
"The University will make all the data accessible as soon as they are released from a range of non-publication agreements."
www.uea.ac.uk/mac/comm/media/press/2009/nov/homepagenews/CRUupdate
Again, if you are concerned about a lack of reporting, you really should consider applying to be Examiner yourself, then you can have your own say:
www.examiner.com/about_examiner/?cid=article_apply
Thank you Tony for ..reporting...rather, clarifying that 95% of the data are already available and have been for several years.
"“It is well known within the scientific community and particularly those who are sceptical of climate change that over 95% of the raw station data has been accessible through the Global Historical Climatology Network for several years. " uea.ac.uk/mac/comm/media/press/2009/nov/homepagenews/CRUupdate
I guess all that fuss we heard from the amateurs...er..."auditing" the record was the source of the consternation over the missing data, eh?
Yup, I'm sure that's it.
Best,
D
Tony, you should know better than to extend an offer to Dano to apply to become an Examiner. Folks like him are big talk in comment sections but too chicken to take on a subject themselves. They would much rather hide behind anonymous comments than put themselves out there and truly stand for what they believe in.
So, there are no hard copies? While storage of electronic data was limited in the 1980's, I wasn't aware that there was a severe paper shortage... hmm...
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