Joe D’Aleo sent this over. A web site endorsed by the Nebraska state climatologist is being used to influence Congress about US temperature trends. In the case of Colorado, it shows a strong warming trend.
The raw data shows that Colorado has been cooling over the same interval.
From their “About” page…
“The temperature data are from thermometers located at meteorological stations around the world. For US stations we show the NOAA/NCDC (USHCN v2.5) bias-adjusted annual average values. They are taken from the file ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/ushcn/v2.5/ushcn.v2.5.0.20130423”
Confirmation bias-adjusted.
Showing a trend by using part of a cyclical function is fraudulent. Here is an old post of mine on Colorado:
http://naturalclimate.wordpress.com/2012/06/30/colorado-annual-temps/
The trend is nowhere near their claim, even if you use adjusted data.
Real scientists (yes, like me) need to tell them the data is noisy junk. Period.
Kind of weird how temperature stations on asphalt near runways and such require upward adjustments.
Send the info to CNN, you never know what they do with it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXJ_wg307CM