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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (999016)	2/6/2017 9:51:26 AM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1586714

Tom Karl RAN the department! Claiming he wasn't "personally" involved in doing all the work is silly, the people who "personally" did various tasks WORKED FOR him and were under his control. Dr. Tom Karl was not personally involved* at any stage of ERSSTv4 development,* Not personally involved, he just supervised and directed them. He was just THE BOSS/ And this confirms what I point out all the time - climate agencies constantly adjust their historical data: While a new version of ERSST is forthcoming the reasoning is incorrect here. The new version arises because NOAA and all other centres looking at SST records are continuously looking to develop and refine their datasets. Another admission of this point: There is a degree of flutter in daily updates. But this does not arise from software issues (running the software multiple times on a static data source on the same computer yields bit repeatability). Rather it reflects the impacts of data additions as the algorithm homogenises all stations to look like the most recent segment. Historical data adjusted DAILY by algorithm. Tom Karl was my boss and I'm staying loyal to him: Having worked with the NOAA NCEI team involved in land and SST data analysis I can only say that the accusations in the piece do not square one iota with the robust integrity I see in the work and discussions that I have been involved in with them for over a decade.