Guest essay by John Mauer
One aspect of the science of global warming is the measurement of temperature on a local basis. This is followed by placing the data on a worldwide grid and extrapolating to areas that don’t have data. The local measurement site in the northwest corner of Connecticut is in Falls Village, near the old hydroelectric powerhouse:
Falls Village weather station, Stevenson Screen at right
Aerial view of Falls Village GHCN weather station. Note power plant to the north Image: Google Earth
The data from that site appears to start in 1916 according to NASA records; it shows intermittent warming of about 0.5 degrees C over the last 100 years. However, NASA recently decided to modify that data in a direct display of political convenience to exaggerate the rate of warming, that is, making the current period appear to show increased warming. What follows is a look at…
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