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I'm reading a new paper claiming attribution of all increased burned area in CA to climate change
Turco et al in PNAS today
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…
They start their data in 1971 even though reliable data exists much earlier, so I'm curious
OK, a thread titled "why do this?"
I'm reading a new paper claiming attribution of all increased burned area in CA to climate change
Turco et al in PNAS today
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…
They start their data in 1971 even though reliable data exists much earlier, so I'm curious
In the data description they use a dataset called FRAP - CalFire Fire Resource and Assessment Program
They make a point that they compared the FRAP data to data used in references 1 and 48
OK I go have a look at the SI Appendix to explore these different data wondering why 1971
They make a point that they compared the FRAP data to data used in references 1 and 48
OK I go have a look at the SI Appendix to explore these different data wondering why 1971
In ref. 48 the SI says of the data used in that paper that is also FRAP data -- it's the same data!
Back to the paper released today
They include a table purporting to show "correlations among different fire datasets"
The correlation is a remarkable 0.99
Why is that?
They are the same dataset!
So I'm baffled
Why do this?
Why misrepresent the data?
They include a table purporting to show "correlations among different fire datasets"
The correlation is a remarkable 0.99
Why is that?
They are the same dataset!
So I'm baffled
Why do this?
Why misrepresent the data?
They even graph the same data as if it were additional information
Anyway, the new paper says that the only controls on area burned over 50+ years is climate change
Not fuels, land management, ignitions, suppression
Um,yeah
Anyway play games with data & you lose me as a reader
Anyway, the new paper says that the only controls on area burned over 50+ years is climate change
Not fuels, land management, ignitions, suppression
Um,yeah
Anyway play games with data & you lose me as a reader
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