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The general quality of raw SST measurements recorded in digital archives is mixed. Consequently, all SST analyses perform a stage of pre-screening, or quality control (QC) in order to remove observations of low quality and minimize the number of egregious errors. The size of the uncertainties of individual measurements will depend to a certain extent on the QC that is applied but the effects of differences in QC have not been assessed systematically.
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