Methodological overview demonstrates principles for adjusting historical climate data over time, highlighting the statistical integrity required for tracking climate change trends.
The RSS Climate Change Task Force has produced a series of explainers to help people understand the statistics and data underpinning our understanding of climate change. This explainer by Jason West, David B. Stephenson and Andrew D. Garrett, the latest in an occasional series, looks at when climate data needs to be adjusted, and how it is done.
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