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Kent et al. [2017] gives a detailed review of literature on pervasive systematic errors (often termed "biases") in in situ SST measurements. They lay out many of the difficulties associated with quantifying biases in historical SST measurements. They make nine recommendations for how understanding can be advanced. Many studies have looked at the differences (Kent et al. 2010 provides an earlier review) in pervasive systematic errors between measurement methods, but fewer have attempted to adjust SST records to minimize the effects of changes in instrumentation.
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