Top 10 GISS U.S. Temperature deviation (deg C) in New Order 8/7/2007
Year Old New
1934 1.23 1.25
1998 1.24 1.23
1921 1.12 1.15
2006 1.23 1.13
1931 1.08 1.08
1999 0.94 0.93
1953 0.91 0.90
1990 0.88 0.87
1938 0.85 0.86
1939 0.84 0.85
Here’s the old order of top 10 yearly temperatures.
Year Old New
1998 1.24 1.23
1934 1.23 1.25
2006 1.23 1.13
1921 1.12 1.15
1931 1.08 1.08
1999 0.94 0.93
1953 0.91 0.90
2001 0.90 0.76
1990 0.88 0.87
1938 0.85 0.86
Note the years with the biggest error adjustment in the top 10 - 2006 and 2001 are the two most recent years in the top ten. 2006 goes from tied for second to fourth, but instead of being bunched near the top, it is middle of the pack. 2001 falls out of the top ten altogether, and is now altogether unremarkable in terms of temperature.
This is hugh!
I also find it ... remarkable... that the biggest errors have occured as the global warming hysteria have been ramping up. It is almost as if somebody were intentionally fudging the data in order to support a political position. But we all know that could never, ever happen.
neat data
And what does that satellite do? Well, it determines, based on observation of windspeed and precipitation, that a weather system actually becomes a hurricane.
Absent this satellite NOAA would use computer analysis to examine images from other satellites to guess what could have been a hurricane.
In short without QuikScat it'd be up to Proenza's former subordinates to artfully judge what was really a hurricane.
I'd start looking to them to find out who was ramping up the Global Warming hysteria by, among other things, misrepresenting data.
We could probably get some answers pretty quick with a little waterboarding (which seems soooooo relevant for weather guys).
Looking at the reason for the errors...it looks more like hubris, and no real peer-review.