Surprisingly, given the level of integrity you typically manifest... your definition is almost ok... just not quite right in this context...
peer review
noun
: a process by which a scholarly work (such as a paper or a research proposal) is checked by a group of experts in the same field to make sure it meets the necessary standards before it is published or accepted
peer review
noun
: a process by which a scholarly work (such as a paper or a research proposal) is checked by a group of experts in the same field to make sure it meets the necessary standards before it is published or accepted
Peer reviewed means SOME peers working for the publication looked at it before publication and found it met the minimum standards to be published, then after it's published the climate science as a whole starts looking at it. Only after some time since publication can it be said to have been reviewed by the bulk of the science community.
Determining the ice mass flux on Antarctica is very difficult. Future satellite missions may contradict this one.
