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Articles | Volume 16, issue 5
Articles | Volume 16, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1807-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1807-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 16, issue 5
Research article
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28 Sep 2020
Research article |  | 28 Sep 2020

Does a proxy measure up? A framework to assess and convey proxy reliability

F. Garrett Boudinot and Joseph Wilson

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We propose a framework that can guide the development, application, and interpretation of different forms of measurement. Using temperature measurements as a case study, we demonstrate the need for a distinction between different measurements based on their different uncertainties and provide prescriptive language and measures that can aid a researcher's ability to assess data from different measurements. This framework can apply to a wide range of proxy measurements and fields of science.
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