JoeBlam
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Although NOAA getting caught red-handed at this scheme only admits to doctoring "some of the data".....the still-in-use sensor pictured below is placed over a steam vent next to a tin roof, with weeds all around it and actually shows a higher reading at night than during the heat of the day. ![eusa_eh :eusa_eh: :eusa_eh:](/styles/smilies/eusa_eh.gif)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has closed some 600 out of nearly 9,000 weather stations over the past two years that it has deemed problematic or unnecessary, after a long campaign by one critic highlighting the problem of using unreliable data. The agency says the closures will help improve gathering of weather data, but critics like meterologist and blogger Anthony Watts say it is too little, too late.
"The question remains as to why they continue to use a polluted mix of well-sited and poorly-sited stations," Watts told FoxNews.com.
'They continue to use a polluted mix of well-sited and poorly-sited stations.'- Anthony Watts
Watts has for years searched for weather stations that have flaws. And he points to a still-open station at Yosemite park as an example of one with “heat sinks” – objects that store heat, and then release it at night. Heat sinks can cause stations located in or near them to give off useless data -- generally in the form of inflated temperatures not representative of the broader area.
“The heat sinks are a road, a building, and stacked metal pipe and beams surrounding the station,” he said.
Read more: Distorted data? Feds close 600 weather stations amid criticism they're situated to report warming | Fox News
![eusa_eh :eusa_eh: :eusa_eh:](/styles/smilies/eusa_eh.gif)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has closed some 600 out of nearly 9,000 weather stations over the past two years that it has deemed problematic or unnecessary, after a long campaign by one critic highlighting the problem of using unreliable data. The agency says the closures will help improve gathering of weather data, but critics like meterologist and blogger Anthony Watts say it is too little, too late.
"The question remains as to why they continue to use a polluted mix of well-sited and poorly-sited stations," Watts told FoxNews.com.
'They continue to use a polluted mix of well-sited and poorly-sited stations.'- Anthony Watts
![Hot%20Springs,%20Va.,%20Facing%20East.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fglobal.fncstatic.com%2Fstatic%2Fmanaged%2Fimg%2FScitech%2FHot%2520Springs%2C%2520Va.%2C%2520Facing%2520East.jpg&hash=9b6284561bab85faa5631e417e4cfb05)
Watts has for years searched for weather stations that have flaws. And he points to a still-open station at Yosemite park as an example of one with “heat sinks” – objects that store heat, and then release it at night. Heat sinks can cause stations located in or near them to give off useless data -- generally in the form of inflated temperatures not representative of the broader area.
“The heat sinks are a road, a building, and stacked metal pipe and beams surrounding the station,” he said.
Read more: Distorted data? Feds close 600 weather stations amid criticism they're situated to report warming | Fox News
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