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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (998421)	2/3/2017 11:23:30 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	2 Recommendations Recommended By Mick Mørmøny TideGlider Respond to of 1573849

ding dong, ding dong. a graph with some explanation is not data in science. It is data when the data, the crap it is built on and the process or equations are also accessable. in your posts not even the links to the supposed infor you presented are accessable. And the Mann crap has been totally discredited. You are simply too dishonest or stupid to admit or figure that out for yourself. Are you too stupid to explain what you believe is conveyed by not your data. You presented it. If you provide no further explanations then you also own it. Or you are just spaming the thread. gee published in a peer reviewed place.... oh my. and the links work. heavens..... M&M 2003: THE PAPER THAT STARTED IT ALL *McIntyre, Steven and Ross McKitrick, (2003). Corrections to the Mann et al. (1998) Proxy Data Base and Northern Hemisphere Average Temperature Series Environment and Energy* 14(6) pp. 751-771. CORRECTIONS T O THE MANN et. al. (1998) PROXY DA T A BASE AND NOR THERN HEMISPHERIC A VERAGE TEMPERA TURE SERIES Stephen McIntyr e 512-120 Adelaide St. W est, T or onto, Ontario Canada M5H 1T1; Ross McKitrick Depar tment of Economics, University of Guelph, Guelph Ontario Canada N1G2W1. ABSTRACT The data set of proxies of past climate used in Mann, Bradley and Hughes (1998, “MBH98” hereafter) for the estimation of temperatures from 1400 to 1980 contains collation errors, unjustifiable truncation or extrapolation of source data, obsolete data, geographical location errors, incorrect calculation of principal components and other quality control defects. W e detail these errors and defects. W e then apply MBH98 methodology to the construction of a Northern Hemisphere average temperature index for the 1400-1980 period, using corrected and updated source data. The major finding is that the values in the early 15th century exceed any values in the 20th century . The particular “hockey stick” shape derived in the MBH98 proxy construction – a temperature index that decreases slightly between the early 15th century and early 20th century and then increases dramatically up to 1980 — is primarily an artefact of poor data handling, obsolete data and incorrect calculation of principal components. OTHER MARCOTT PAPER OP-ED: I published an op-ed in the Financial Post on April 13 2013 reviewing the unraveling of the Marcott "Hockey Stick" graph. WHAT IS THE HOCKEY STICK DEBATE ABOUT? This essay carries the story up to early 2005 when our papers in GRL and E&E had just come out. That was the end of the technical issues, but the process carried on in the form of the expert panel of the US National Academy of Sciences, and the Wegman Committee reports. McKitrick, Ross R. (2005) What is the Hockey Stick Debate About? Presentation to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Centre Meeting on "Managing Climate Change - Practicalities and Realities in a post-Kyoto Future", Parliament House, Canberra Australia, April 4, 2005 (by videolink). NAS / WEGMAN Op-Eds: In 2006 Steve and I were asked to meet the National Academy of Science panel and make a presentation, whereas the Wegman Committee conducted its work without our input. We also sent a follow-up letter to the NAS Panel after the meetings to deal with some of the unresolved issues during the hearings. I summarized the final outcomes in these op-eds: NAS Panel Op-ed (National Post July 12, 2006) Wegman Op-ed: Statisticians Blast Hockey Stick (National Post August 23, 2006) A well-received essay explaining the early history of the episode, and its implications, is McKitrick, Ross R. (2006) The Mann et al. Northern Hemisphere “Hockey Stick” Climate Index: A Tale of Due Diligence in Michaels, Patrick, ed. Shattered Consensus: The* TrueState of Global Warming. Rowman and Littlefield, 2006. In winter 2005 we went to DC and spoke at the National Press Club about our work. McIntyre, Stephen and Ross. R. McKitrick (2005) The Hockey Stick Debate: Lessons in Disclosure and Due Diligence. Invited Briefing, Washington Roundtable on Science and public Policy, National Press Club, WashingtonDC. Hosted by the Marshall Institute. YAMAL DATA and the other hockey sticks: I published a column in the National Post on Friday October 2 2009, discussing Steve McIntyre's unraveling of the Yamal paleoclimate data and why it is important. This is of particular historical importance because it was part of the lead-up to Climategate. CLIMATEGATE TV Special: In August 2010 Fox News did a special on Climategate, which can be viewed here. I appear in the segment beginning at the 20:57 mark.