A continued mode of corrections using approaches
where statistical uncertainties are not quantified is not a scientifically sound methodology and should be avoided, considering the importance of such surface station data to a broad variety of climate applications as well as climate variability and change studies.
The disagreement was always about the scope and depth of natural variability, on the point
where data adjustments become
statistical manipulations, on gaps and
uncertainties in data, on the proper use and limitations of climate models and on chaos in climate and models.