Instead they opt for the UHI effected and massively tampered with,
GISStemp land - based data set.
Not exact matches
I would be surprised if you were willing to bet on
GISStemp GLOBAL
Land - Ocean being in the top 8.
Among all the main
land based records (NOAA,
GISSTEMP, HADCRUT4, C&W) and the two satellite records, over the duration of the pause, UAH shows the largest warming trend and RSS the lowest.