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)
Signal detectability in extreme precipitation changes assessed from twentieth century climate simulations Climate Dynamics Seung-Ki Min, Xuebin Zhang, Francis W. Zwiers, Petra Friederichs, Andreas Hense
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
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
Detection of external influence on trends of atmospheric storminess and northern oceans wave heights Climate Dynamics Xiaolan L. Wang, Val R. Swail, Francis W. Zwiers, Xuebin Zhang, Yang Feng
Increased record-breaking precipitation events under global warming Climatic Change Jascha Lehmann, Dim Coumou, Katja Frieler
Identification of external influences on temperatures in California Climatic Change Céline Bonfils, Philip B. Duffy, Benjamin D. Santer, Tom M. L. Wigley, David B. Lobell, Thomas J. Phillips, Charles Doutriaux
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
Simulations of Hurricane Katrina (2005) under sea level and climate conditions for 1900 Climatic Change Jennifer L. Irish, Alison Sleath, Mary A. Cialone, Thomas R. Knutson, Robert E. Jensen
The economic costs of Hurricane Harvey attributable to climate change Climatic Change David J. Frame, Michael F. Wehner, Ilan Noy, Suzanne M. Rosier
Increased record-breaking precipitation events under global warming Climatic Change Jascha Lehmann, Dim Coumou, Katja Frieler
Detection of anthropogenic influence on a summertime heat stress index Climatic Change Thomas R. Knutson, Jeffrey J. Ploshay
Recent Advances and Remaining Uncertainties in Resolving Past and Future Climate Effects on Global Fire Activity Current Climate Change Reports A. Park Williams, John T. Abatzoglou
Observed impacts of anthropogenic climate change on wildfire in California Earth's Future A. Park Williams, John T. Abatzoglou, Alexander Gershunov, Janin Guzman‐Morales, Daniel A. Bishop, Jennifer K. Balch, Dennis P. Lettenmaier
Concurrent 2018 Hot Extremes Across Northern Hemisphere Due to Human‐Induced Climate Change Earth's Future M. M. Vogel, J. Zscheischler, R. Wartenburger, D. Dee, S. I. Seneviratne
Hurricane Harvey links to Ocean Heat Content and Climate Change Adaptation Earth's Future Kevin E. Trenberth, Lijing Cheng, Peter Jacobs, Yongxin Zhang, John Fasullo
Attributing changing rates of temperature record‐breaking to anthropogenic influences Earth's Future King, Andrew D.
A geological perspective on sea-level rise and its impacts along the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast Earth's Future AGU Publication Kenneth G. Miller, Robert E. Kopp, Benjamin P. Horton, James V. Browning, Andrew C. Kemp
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