What pause?

Global temperatures since 1970

Global temperatures since 1970

 

One thing I’ve learned in 30 years working with real climate and hydrological data is to always check the maximum available temporal resolution¹. If there’s daily data, don’t just look at monthly averages. If you’ve got monthlies, don’t just rely on annual data. Doing so destroys information, even when the highest resolution data might include excess measurement noise (which is greatly reduced by temporal averaging). Apart from anything else, whatever “clumping” interval you . . . → Read More: What pause?