Scientific Integrity versus Appeal from Authority.

This is a very short post to prove the above point. There are principles in science that have to be adhered to. Simply saying “we are important so you must believe us” is not science it is an Appeal to Authority and a logical fallacy. The quotes below are all from a newly produced Met Office webpage – their words not mine. {note my bolds below}.

“Despite online speculation, much of which demonstrates a clear misunderstanding or misrepresentation of the facts, Met Office weather stations are subject to stringent national and international guidelines.“

“We’re a world-leading organisation when it comes to observing our weather and the UK’s changing climate. The Met Office team carries out hundreds of site inspections every year, ensuring adherence to the highest standards, both nationally and internationally.”

“The efforts of a small number of people to undermine the integrity of Met Office observations by obscuring or misrepresenting the facts is an attempt to undermine decades of robust science around the world’s changing climate.“

“For absolute clarity, the proximity and scale of any artificial heat sources, areas of water and reflective surfaces is carefully considered by our team of experts and is included in Met Office classifications of sites. The integrity of data collected is of paramount importance to the Met Office, as well as the dedicated experts who inspect and maintain our weather station network.“

“”We understand that the data from thousands of independent global weather stations (over the last seven decades) which show a warming trend may be an uncomfortable reality for some. What’s important is that numerous datasets from around the world consistently show that our climate is warming and over 90% of scientists agree that it is human activity that is driving this change.”

All comments from the Met Office – https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/learn-about/how-forecasts-are-made/observations/in-depth-classifying-land-based-observations

This all begs the question “Why are the Met Office afraid of Ray Sanders?

N.B. Normal service will now resume with more detailed scientific research into Met Office weather station quality and data integrity, principally using Met Office supplied sources but defined by the Met Office (solely) as “Disinformation”. The next review will be of a resurrected CLASS 5 site manual site, with an atrocious observations record, in the shade, by a road, alongside seawater cooling water pipelines situated in the centre of a “wholly natural” environment containing 4 nuclear reactors – welcome to the height of Met Office Mendacity – Hunterston 3