http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_a...t/10538198.stm
Quote:
Critics have alleged that the unit's scientists withheld temperature data from weather stations and also kept secret the computer algorithms needed to process the data into a record of global temperature.
The review concludes these allegations are unfounded.
"We find that CRU was not in a position to withhold access to such data or tamper with it," it says.
"We demonstrated that any independent researcher can download station data directly from primary sources and undertake their own temperature trend analysis".
Writing computer code to process the data "took less than two days and produced results similar to other independent analyses. No information from CRU was needed to do this".
Sir Muir commented: "So we conclude that the argument that CRU has something to hide does not stand up".
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The inquiry found no evidence that CRU researchers distorted the peer review process employed by scientific journals, or unduly influenced IPCC reports by ignoring research papers that contradicted their own findings.
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Of course the people who howled about this won't apologize or acknowledge the effect of a mountain of vexatious FOI requests and the harassment against these guys.
And in the time honoured tradition of conspiracy theorists they'll say "of course that's what they found, they're in on it too.