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Although surface data is the backbone of temperature history, detailed analyses of station data are rare and detailed analyses of non-US non-European data are even rarer. The absence of such analyses is an indictment of the authors of the major temperature indices (CRU, GISS, NOAA). They are funded to publish temperature indices and this sort of technical study should be part and parcel of their obligations

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Steve McIntyre
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