A vast machinePaul N. Edwards
A vast machine
computer models, climate data, and the politics of global warming
by Paul N. Edwards · first published 2010
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…record data set. It's not feasible to recapitulate that in every discussion of global temperature changes. To get an idea of how the temperature record was constructed, you could start with Paul Edwards, A Vast Machine. (edit: here's a fairly succinct summary of how the raw data is adjusted - https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-how-data-adjustments-a...)
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