Monthly Archives: December 2007

How not to measure temperature, part 42

Continuing our tour of some of the worst climate monitoring stations in California, we come to San Jose. In previous posts we’ve seen stations put next to parking lots. In this case we have not only that, but also a station … Continue reading

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How not to measure temperature, part 41

Lately we’ve been touring COOP weather stations in California to illustrate how they are prone to biases in their siting. This problem is documented in the recent paper LaDochy, S., R. Medina, and W. Patzert. Recent California climate variability: spatial and temporal patterns … Continue reading

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