The new estimates combine multiple temperature databases into a single integrated whole. (theguardian.com)
There's a whole herd of climate models and there's several temperature databases. (wattsupwiththat.com)
The HadCRUT4 global surface temperature database is flat between 2002 and 2014, a trend bound to be increased by the presence of high temperatures due to weather at the end of the database. (thegwpf.com)