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Satellite and surface temperature data at odds?

Reply to John R. Christy and Roy W. Spencer

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Hansen, J., Wilson, H., Sato, M. et al. Satellite and surface temperature data at odds?. Climatic Change 30, 103–117 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01093228

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