The probable cause of the Finland «unprecidented warming» will almost certainly be
homogenisation similar to Darwin Zero.
Not exact matches
Critique 1) I have no idea about any cleansing,
homogenisation or aggregation performed on this data prior to its presentation by Rutgers 2) Snow extent is only 1 part of the issue, thickness and mass would need to be considered for a full picture 3) I haven't taken care to provide exactly
similar sample sizes, however the F and t methods do not require it 4) I haven't taken care to ensure that the same number of winter periods are present in each sample batch; this would increase the risk of a false positive and would have required further investigation if a weak indication of significance had been detected.
Furthermore, they had nothing to hide: both adjusted and unadjusted data yielded very
similar results to CRUTEM, and CRU's
homogenisation adjustments make no significant difference to the global average.
The point I am making has nothing to do with resiting stations, I am addressing the idea that one can expect stations sited within a few miles to produce
similar readings, and that
homogenisation between such stations could be a valid technique for improving data quality.