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)
Attribution of observed sea level pressure trends to greenhouse gas, aerosol, and ozone changes Geophysical Research Letters Nathan P. Gillett, John C. Fyfe, David E. Parker
Attribution of observed surface humidity changes to human influence Nature Katharine M. Willett, Nathan P. Gillett, Philip D. Jones, Peter W. Thorne
Attribution of regional‐scale temperature changes to anthropogenic and natural causes Geophysical Research Letters Peter A. Stott
Attribution of the June-July 2013 Heat Wave in the Southwestern United States Meteorological Society of Japan Hideo Shiogama, Masahiro Watanabe, Yukiko Imada, Masato Mori, Youichi Kamae, Masayoshi Ishii, Masahide Kimoto
Attribution of the local Hadley cell widening in the Southern Hemisphere Geophysical Research Letters Yeon‐Hee Kim, Seung‐Ki Min, Seok‐Woo Son, Jung Choi
Attribution of the spring snow cover extent decline in the Northern Hemisphere, Eurasia and North America to anthropogenic influence Climatic Change Mohammad Reza Najafi, Francis W. Zwiers, Nathan P. Gillett
Attribution of twentieth century temperature change to natural and anthropogenic causes Climate Dynamics P. A. Stott, S. F. B. Tett, G. S. Jones, M. R. Allen, W. J. Ingram, J. F. B. Mitchell
California from drought to deluge Nature Climate Change S.-Y. Simon Wang, Jin-Ho Yoon, Emily Becker and Robert Gillies
Catastrophe Modelling and Climate Change Lloyds Ralf Toumi and Lauren Restell
Causes of atmospheric temperature change 1960–2000: A combined attribution analysis Geophysical Research Letters Gareth S. Jones, Simon F. B. Tett, Peter A. Stott
Causes of Robust Seasonal Land Precipitation Changes AMS Journal of Climate Debbie Polson and Gabriele C. Hegerl
Causes of the 2011–14 California Drought AMS Journal of Climate Richard Seager, Martin Hoerling, Siegfried Schubert, Hailan Wang, Bradfield Lyon, Arun Kumar, Jennifer Nakamura, and Naomi Henderson
Causes of twentieth-century temperature change near the Earth's surface Nature Simon F. B. Tett, Peter A. Stott, Myles R. Allen, William J. Ingram, John F. B. Mitchell
Change in the Odds of Warm Years and Seasons Due to Anthropogenic Influence on the Climate AMS Journal of Climate Nikolaos Christidis and Peter A. Stott
Changes in the geopotential height at 500 hPa under the influence of external climatic forcings Geophysical Research Letters Nikolaos Christidis, Peter A. Stott
Climate change and California drought in the 21st century Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Michael E. Mann, Peter H. Gleick
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
Contribution of anthropogenic warming to California drought during 2012–2014 Geophysical Research Letters Williams, A. Park, Seager, Richard, Abatzoglou, John T., Cook, Benjamin I., Smerdon, Jason E., Cook, Edward R.
Contribution of relative sea-level rise to historical hurricane flooding in New York City Journal of Quaternary Science Kemp, Andrew C., Horton, Benjamin P.
Contributions of Anthropogenic and Natural Forcing to Recent Tropopause Height Changes Science B. D. Santer, M. F. Wehner, T. M. L. Wigley, R. Sausen, G. A. Meehl, K. E. Taylor, C. Ammann, J. Arblaster, W. M. Washington, J. S. Boyle, W. Brüggemann