When a reader asked him why he didn't just get the data from the original sources, McIntyre dropped a bombshell: "In response to your point that I wasn't "diligent enough" in pursuing the matter with the Russians, in fact, I already had a version of the data from the Russians, one that I'd had since 2004."
This is amazing -- and I have yet to see McIntyre comment on it. Such "slips" make it increasingly difficult to take him seriously as a "professional," as he seems to wish....
To set the record straight...
ReplyDeleteHe had A dataset from the Russians for Yamal. He didn't KNOW that it was the dataset that Briffa used. He was under the impression that the Yamal dataset was bigger because it had replace the Polar Urals dataset.
This year, Briffa was required by the Royal Society to provide his dataset. And he has admitted his mistake at http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=7328#more-7328
Kieran
Kieran's point is valid.
ReplyDeleteTo asses what Briffa had done, he needed the data Briffa said he'd used.
Making an argument based on 'I think you used this data, and therefore I criticize your results' is not a very strong case.
And if Briffa hade come forward with slightly different data, the stroy would have been even more juicy ..
There is one person to blame for this commotion and obfuscation, but apparently you so easily lose sight of what's the real target here ...
So let's see, going back to when Briffa told McI that he'd have to get the data from the Russians, where is McI's email requesting it from the Russians? Or is it just that McI, being more interested in pretend auditing than science, decided he'd rather spend his time attacking Briffa than, you know, acquiring and doing some work on the data?
ReplyDeleteSorry, Kieran, but there doesn't appear to be any such admission by Briffa at that link. This from McI was interesting, though:
"But I didn't follow up at the time. Soon after this correspondence, the NAS and Wegman reports came out, then there were the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearings, so I didn't follow up further."
What I concluded above.