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'''Keith R. Briffa''' (* 1952) is a climatologist employed by the [[Climatic Research Unit]] at the [[University of East Anglia]]. In his professional work, he focuses on the [[climate change]] in late [[Holocene]], with a special focus on northern portions of [[Europe]] and [[Asia]]. Briffa's preferred method is [[dendroclimatology]], a set of procedures to decode the information about the past climate from the width of the tree rings. |
'''Keith R. Briffa''' (* 1952) is a climatologist employed by the [[Climatic Research Unit]] at the [[University of East Anglia]]. In his professional work, he focuses on the [[climate change]] in late [[Holocene]], with a special focus on northern portions of [[Europe]] and [[Asia]]. Briffa's preferred method is [[dendroclimatology]], a set of procedures to decode the information about the past climate from the width of the tree rings. |
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=="Climategate" controversy== |
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Keith Briffa is one of the most important climate scientists associated with the "[[Climategate]]" CRU emails. |
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His colleague [[Tom Wigley]] summarized the relevant questions and offered the following warning: |
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{{quote|"But Keith does seem to have got himself into a mess. ... But, more generally, (even if it *is* irrelevant) how does Keith explain the McIntyre plot that compares Yamal-12 with Yamal-all? And how does he explain the apparent "selection" of the less well-replicated chronology rather that the later (better replicated) chronology? ... And the issue of with-holding data is still a hot potato, one that affects both you and Keith (and Mann)."<ref name='Sheppard'>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= |authorlink= | title=The evidence of climate fraud | date=2010-03-21 | publisher=American Thinker | url =http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/the_evidence_of_climate_fraud.html | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2010-03-21 | language = }}</ref>}} |
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However, some independent observers have described Briffa as one of the most ethically responsible members of the CRU unit which is also a reason why he has been speculated to have been the whistleblower who leaked the CRU documents and e-mails. See e.g. Australia's The Herald Sun |
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<ref name='Bolt'>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= |authorlink= | title=The Climategate: which one blew the whistle? | date=2010-03-21 | publisher=The Herald Sun | url =http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/climategate_which_one_blew_the_whistle/ | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2010-03-21 | language = }}</ref>. |
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==Selected publications== |
==Selected publications== |
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Keith R. Briffa (* 1952) is a climatologist employed by the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia. In his professional work, he focuses on the climate change in late Holocene, with a special focus on northern portions of Europe and Asia. Briffa's preferred method is dendroclimatology, a set of procedures to decode the information about the past climate from the width of the tree rings.
Selected publications
- Osborn T.J. and K.R. Briffa (2006). "The spatial extent of 20th-century warmth in the context of the past 1200 years". Science. 311 (5762): 841. doi:10.1126/science.1120514.
- Briffa K.R.; et al. (2008). "Trends in recent temperature and radial tree growth spanning 2000 years across northwest Eurasia". Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 363 (1501): 2269–82. doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2199.
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(help) - Briffa K.R.; et al. (2002). "Unusual twentieth-century summer warmth in a 1,000-year temperature record from Siberia". Nature. 376: 156–9. doi:10.1038/376156a0.
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(help) - Briffa, K.R. (2000). "Annual climate variability in the Holocene: interpreting the message of ancient trees". Quaternary Science Reviews (1–5): 87–105. doi:10.1016/S0277-3791(99)00056-6.
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