![Keith's [Briffa] series...differs in large part in exactly the opposite direction that Phil's [Jones] does from ours. This is the problem we all picked up on (everyone in the room at IPCC was in agreement that this was a problem and a potential distraction/detraction from the reasonably consensus viewpoint we'd like to show w/ the Jones et al and Mann et al series).](/assets/img/quote-photos/keiths-briffa-seriesdiffers-in-large-part-in-exactly-the-opposite-direction.jpg)
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