Hourly temperature data do not support the views of the Climate
Deniers: Evidence from Barrow Alaska
Kevin F. Forbes, Ph.D1
1 Energy and Environmental Data Science, Malahide,
Ireland
Corresponding author: Kevin F. Forbes
(Kevin.F.Forbes@EEDS.Solutions)
Key Points:
1) At NOAA’s Barrow Observatory in Alaska, the annual temperature during
2015-2020 was about 3.37 oC higher than in 1985-1990.
2) Virtually all the upward trend in annual temperature through 2015 can
be attributed to higher CO2 concentrations.
3) The model’s out-of-sample predictions are more accurate if the
estimated associations between CO2 and temperature are
not ignored.