Science Sources: Detection and Attribution
Climate Signals tracks detection and attribution studies in real time. Below is an updating database of studies that find the fingerprint of human-caused climate change on observed trends and events. The database is limited to studies of local significance in the United States and studies of global significance. For a broader database of peer-reviewed studies and organizational reports on climate change trends, please see all Science Sources.
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Title | Source | Date | Author(s) |
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Towards the detection and attribution of an anthropogenic effect on climate | Climate Dynamics | Benjamin D. Santer, Karl E. Taylor, Tom M. L. Wigley, Joyce E. Penner, Philip D. Jones, Ulrich Cubasch | |
A search for human influences on the thermal structure of the atmosphere | Nature | B. D. Santer, K. E. Taylor, T. M. L. Wigley, T. C. Johns, P. D. Jones, D. J. Karoly, J. F. B. Mitchell, A. H. Oort, J. E. Penner, V. Ramaswamy, M. D. Schwarzkopf, R. J. Stouffer, S. Tett | |
Detecting Greenhouse-Gas-Induced Climate Change with an Optimal Fingerprint Method | AMS Journal of Climate | Hegerl, G.C., H.v. Storch, K. Hasselmann, B.D. Santer, U. Cubasch, and P.D. Jones | |
Multi-fingerprint detection and attribution analysis of greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas-plus-aerosol and solar forced climate change | Climate Dynamics | G. C. Hegerl, K. Hasselmann, U. Cubasch, J. F. B. Mitchell, E. Roeckner, R. Voss, J. Waszkewitz | |
Detecting climate signals in the surface temperature record | AMS Journal of Climate | Gerald R. North and Mark J. Stevens | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Anthropogenic Warming of Earth's Climate System | Science | Sydney Levitus, John I. Antonov, Julian Wang, Thomas L. Delworth, Keith W. Dixon, Anthony J. Broccoli | |
Detection of Anthropogenic Climate Change in the World's Oceans | Science | Tim P. Barnett, David W. Pierce, Reiner Schnur | |
Increasing risk of great floods in a changing climate | Nature | P. C. D. Milly, R. T. Wetherald, K. A. Dunne & T. L. Delworth | |
Global ocean warming tied to anthropogenic forcing | Geophysical Research Letters | Reichert, Bernhard K.; Schnur, Reiner; Bengtsson, Lennart | |
Estimation of natural and anthropogenic contributions to twentieth century temperature change | Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres | Simon F. B. Tett, Gareth S. Jones, Peter A. Stott, David C. Hill, John F. B. Mitchell, Myles R. Allen, William J. Ingram, Tim C. Johns, Colin E. Johnson, Andy Jones, David L. Roberts, David M. H. Sexton, Margaret J. Woodage | |
Toward Regional-Scale Climate Change Detection | AMS Journal of Climate | Francis W. Zwiers and Xuebin Zhang | |
Causes of atmospheric temperature change 1960–2000: A combined attribution analysis | Geophysical Research Letters | Gareth S. Jones, Simon F. B. Tett, Peter A. Stott | |
Detection of human influence on sea-level pressure | Nature | Nathan P. Gillett, Francis W. Zwiers, Andrew J. Weaver, Peter A. Stott | |
Attribution of regional‐scale temperature changes to anthropogenic and natural causes | Geophysical Research Letters | Peter A. Stott | |
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 | |
Detection of a Human Influence on North American Climate | Science | David J. Karoly, Karl Braganza, Peter A. Stott, Julie M. Arblaster, Gerald A. Meehl, Anthony J. Broccoli, Keith W. Dixon | |
Detection of changes in temperature extremes during the second half of the 20th century | Geophysical Research Letters | Christidis, Nikolaos, Stott, Peter A., Brown, Simon, Hegerl, Gabriele C., Caesar, John |