Climatologist Dr. Pielke Sr. On Muller’s study: ‘Unless, Muller pulls from a significantly different set of raw data, it is no surprise that his [temp] trends are the same’
Pielke Sr. on NCDC, GISS & CRU: 'The raw surface temperature data from which those 3 analyses of the different global surface temperature trend analyses are derived are essentially the same...The new Muller et al study has a very major unanswered question -- as to the degree of independence of their raw data from NCDC,CRU & GISS. I have asked it on [Curry's] weblog since she is a co-author of these studies [& Muller never replied to my request to answer this question]'