Subject: Shock Report: Real Climate touted Steig et al 'Antarctica is warming' study 'falsified' -- 'the paper's premise has been falsified' |
From: "Marc Morano-ClimateDepot.com" |
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 15:19:41 -0400 |
To: "'Marc Morano-ClimateDepot.com'" |
[Note:
The Antarctic is ‘warming’ paper was handily slapped down back on January
21, 2009 in this U.S. Senate Report. See: Scientists,
Data Challenge New Antarctic ‘Warming’ Study - ‘It is hard
to make data where none exist’ -Comprehensive Data Round Up Debunks New
Antarctic ‘Estimate of Temperature Trends’ ]
Shock
Report: Real Climate touted Steig et al 'Antarctica is warming' study
'falsified' -- 'the paper's premise has been falsified' – WattsUpWithThat.com
- May 28, 2009
Excerpt:
Ryan
O’s latest work on statistical evaluation of the Steig et al
“Antarctica is warming” paper ( Nature, Jan 22, 2009) I thought long and
hard about the title, especially after reviewing the previous work from Ryan O
we posted on WUWT where the paper was dealt a serious blow to
“robustness”. After reading this latest statistical analysis, I
think it is fair to conclude that the paper’s premise has been falsified.
Ryan O, in his conclusion, is a bit more gracious: “I am perfectly comfortable
saying that Steig’s reconstruction is not a faithful representation of
Antarctic temperatures over the past 50 years and that ours is closer to the
mark.” […]
It is my view that all Steig and
Michael Mann have done with their application of RegEm to the station data is
to smear the temperature around much like an artist would smear red and white
paint on a pallete board to get a new color “pink” and then paint
the entire continent with it. It is a lot like “spin art” you see
at the county fair. For example, look (at left) at the different tiles of
colored temperature results for Antarctica you can get using Steig’s and
Mann’s methodology.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/05/29/steig-et-al-falsified/