Science Sources: Fingerprints Everywhere

The study database presented here includes the 214 detection and attribution studies identified in the following report: Fingerprints Everywhere: Review and Analysis of Detection and Attribution Studies Finding the Fingerprint of Climate Change in US and Global Trends and Events. The report, available here, was published in September 2018.

To search or browse an updating database of detection and attribution studies, including studies published since September 2018, visit Science Sources: Detection and Attribution, or learn more about detection and attribution studies.

Title Source Date Author(s)
Multi-method attribution analysis of extreme precipitation in Boulder, Colorado Environmental Research Letters Jonathan M Eden, Klaus Wolter, Friederike E L Otto, Geert Jan van Oldenborgh
Atlantic hurricane trends linked to climate change Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union Michael E. Mann and Kerry A. Emanuel
Sea-level rise and other influences on decadal-scale salinity variability in a coastal plain estuary Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science Andrew C. Ross, Raymond G. Najjar, Ming Li, Michael E. Mann, Susan E. Ford, Brandon Katz
Attribution of regional‐scale temperature changes to anthropogenic and natural causes Geophysical Research Letters Peter A. Stott
Causes of atmospheric temperature change 1960–2000: A combined attribution analysis Geophysical Research Letters Gareth S. Jones, Simon F. B. Tett, Peter A. Stott
Synoptic and quantitative attributions of the extreme precipitation leading to the August 2016 Louisiana flood Geophysical Research Letters S.‐Y. Simon Wang, Lin Zhao, Robert R. Gillies
Detectable regional changes in the number of warm nights Geophysical Research Letters Morak, S., Hegerl, G. C., Kenyon, J.
Human influence on Arctic sea ice detectable from early 1990s onwards Geophysical Research Letters Seung‐Ki Min, Xuebin Zhang, Francis W. Zwiers, Tom Agnew
Isolating the anthropogenic component of Arctic warming Geophysical Research Letters Petr Chylek, Nicholas Hengartner, Glen Lesins, James D. Klett, Ole Humlum, Marcia Wyatt, Manvendra K. Dubey
Changes in the geopotential height at 500 hPa under the influence of external climatic forcings Geophysical Research Letters Nikolaos Christidis, Peter A. Stott
Anthropogenic forcing dominates sea level rise since 1850 Geophysical Research Letters S. Jevrejeva, A. Grinsted, J. C. Moore
Are observed decadal changes in intermediate water masses a signature of anthropogenic climate change? Geophysical Research Letters Helene T. Banks, Richard A. Wood, Jonathan M. Gregory, Timothy C. Johns, Gareth S. Jones
Quantifying anthropogenic and natural contributions to thermosteric sea level rise Geophysical Research Letters Marta Marcos, Angel Amores
Temperature impacts on the water year 2014 drought in California Geophysical Research Letters Shraddhanand Shukla, Mohammad Safeeq, Amir AghaKouchak, Kaiyu Guan, Chris Funk
Compounding effects of warm sea surface temperature and reduced sea ice on the extreme circulation over the extratropical North Pacific and North America during the 2013–2014 boreal winter Geophysical Research Letters Ming‐Ying Lee, Chi‐Cherng Hong, Huang‐Hsiung Hsu
Detection of spatially aggregated changes in temperature and precipitation extremes Geophysical Research Letters E. M. Fischer, R. Knutti
Role of the strengthened El Niño teleconnection in the May 2015 floods over the southern Great Plains Geophysical Research Letters Simon Wang, S.‐Y., Huang, Wan‐Ru, Hsu, Huang‐Hsiung, Gillies, Robert R.
Anthropogenic warming impacts on California snowpack during drought Geophysical Research Letters Berg, Neil and Hall, Alex
Global warming and changes in risk of concurrent climate extremes: Insights from the 2014 California drought Geophysical Research Letters AghaKouchak, Amir, Cheng, Linyin, Mazdiyasni, Omid, Farahmand, Alireza
Fingerprints of changes in annual and seasonal precipitation from CMIP5 models over land and ocean Geophysical Research Letters Beena Balan Sarojini, Peter A. Stott, Emily Black, Debbie Polson