Tag Archives: esper_2002

Briffa vs Esper #2

Feb 24, 2006 – 3:43 PM

People have been wondering why there is such difference between Polar Urals versions. In many cases, the archived Osborn and Briffa [2006] version (smoothed) is consistent with the emailed Esper et al [2002] version – but not always. It’s always worthwhile examining differences and here are a few.

By Stephen McIntyre | Posted in Briffa, Esper et al 2002 | Also tagged , | Comments (6)

Polar Urals: Briffa versus Esper

Feb 24, 2006 – 8:48 AM

It’s interesting that the Hockey Team seems to be able to make spaghetti graphs of world temperature history when they can’t even arrive at a spaghetti graph for the Polar Urals. I posted up the difference between Briffa’s Yamal substitution and the updated Polar Urals ring widths. But before either one, there was Briffa’s Polar […]

By Stephen McIntyre | Posted in Briffa, Esper et al 2002, Jones et al 1998, Multiproxy Studies, Yamal and Urals | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments (11)