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Comparing to the average temperature between 1961 and 1990 seems spurious. If this window of time were changed you would probably get substantially different a
by motters 17y ago
Comparing to the average temperature between 1961 and 1990 seems spurious. If this window of time were changed you would probably get substantially different anomaly results.
- shawndumas 17y agoCan someone run the numbers using a different time frame as the baseline? Can someone who is not an uneducated ignoramus like myself explain why it matters?
- pixcavator 17y agoThe shape of the graph should be exactly the same only shifted up or down. That's the good news. The bad news is that this is only true for a single station. The shape of the curve for the global average could be seriously affected by the fact that hundreds of new stations were being open around the world.
- shawndumas 17y agoexcellent. thank you.