{"id":2537,"date":"2009-12-18T14:54:39","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T19:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/?p=2537"},"modified":"2010-01-17T11:36:34","modified_gmt":"2010-01-17T16:36:34","slug":"jim-hansens-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/index.php\/archives\/2009\/12\/jim-hansens-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Hansen&#8217;s opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kcite-section\" kcite-section-id=\"2537\">\n<p>Several people have written saying that it would be useful to have an expert opinion on the state of the surface temperature data from someone other than RealClimate members.<\/p>\n<p>Here you go:<br \/>\n<a href = \"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/%7Ejeh1\/mailings\/2009\/20091216_TemperatureOfScience.pdf\">TemperatureOfScience.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t get more expert than Jim Hansen.<\/p>\n<p><lang_sp>Una traducci\u00f3n est\u00e1 disponible <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalizate.org\/Hansen2010.pdf\">aqu\u00ed<\/a><\/lang_sp><\/p>\n<!-- kcite active, but no citations found -->\n<\/div> <!-- kcite-section 2537 -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several people have written saying that it would be useful to have an expert opinion on the state of the surface temperature data from someone other than RealClimate members. 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