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Message started by lee on Mar 3rd, 2018 at 2:40pm

Title: Proposal for a New Climate Reference Network
Post by lee on Mar 3rd, 2018 at 2:40pm

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There is overwhelming evidence that the climate system has warmed since the instigation of instrumental meteorological observations. The Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that the evidence for warming was unequivocal. However, owing to imperfect measurements and ubiquitous changes in measurement networks and techniques, there remain uncertainties in many of the details of these historical changes. These uncertainties do not call into question the trend or overall magnitude of the changes in the global climate system. Rather, they act to make the picture less clear than it could be, particularly at the local scale where many decisions regarding adaptation choices will be required, both now and in the future. A set of high-quality long-term fiducial reference measurements of essential climate variables will enable future generations to make rigorous assessments of future climate change and variability, providing society with the best possible information to support future decisions.


http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.5458/full

Now apart from the assertive opening two lines - there appears to be at least one issue.

With the imperfect measurements etc raised; why do the uncertainties "not call into question the trend or overall magnitude of the changes in the global climate system."

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