re: #48 Charles

No, that’s your take on it and I don’t agree at all. Using an accepted technique to correct data is NOT the same as “cleaning it up” to remove stuff they don’t like.

The data are the data. It should be reported as collected. Then you can prove the collection of the data was incorrect or the data has been corrupted in some way.Or you can explain why the data seems contrary to your hypothesis (ie El Nino, La Nina). You should not “correct” or “clean up” or “trick” the data.