Brian H wrote: because the raw data is completely incompatible with their assertions.
Not a rhetorical question but if the raw data has been withheld how do you know this? Were can I get a copy?
Readers might find this site enlightening http://www.surfacestations.org/
It shows that at least 80% of surface stations, used to construct the word temperature, have an officially recognised error margin greater than the much reported 100 year change in temperatures.
