McIntyre later commented : My original interest in GISS adjustment procedures was not an abstract interest , but a specific interest in whether GISS adjustment procedures were equal to the challenge of " fixing " bad data . If one views the above assessment as a type of limited software audit ( limited by lack of access to source code and operating manuals ) , one can say firmly that the GISS software had not only failed to pick up and correct fictitious steps of up to 1 deg C , but that GISS actually introduced this error in the course of their programming . According to any reasonable audit standards , one would conclude that the GISS software had failed this particular test . While GISS can ( and has ) patched the particular error that I reported to them , their patching hardly proves the merit of the GISS ( and USHCN ) adjustment procedures . These need to be carefully examined . Colby Cosh , writing for Maclean 's magazine , believes McIntyre 's criticisms of climate science are at the heart of the Climatic Research Unit email controversy in November – December 2009 . McIntyre is mentioned over 100 times in the hacked emails . In the emails , one climate researcher dismisses him as a " bozo " . Others speculate over his funding , and argue about whether to ignore or counterattack him — although , according to Cosh , some unnamed scientists acknowledge that his criticisms have merit
Climatic Research Unit email controversy
Climatic Research Unit email controversy
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