Science Sources

Search the database below for peer-reviewed studies and organizational reports documenting climate change trends. (Note: The database does not include studies on projected, or future change.) For studies that specifically identify the fingerprint of climate change on observed trends and events, visit Science Sources: Detection and Attribution.

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Title Source Date Author(s)
Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Assessment: Part I Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Thomas Knutson, Suzana J. Camargo, Johnny C. L. Chan, Kerry Emanuel, Chang-Hoi Ho, James Kossin, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Masaki Satoh, Masato Sugi, Kevin Walsh, and Liguang Wu
IPCC AR5 WGI: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis Cambridge University Press Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S.K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex and P.M. Midgley (eds.)
Attribution of climate extreme events Nature Climate Change Kevin E. Trenberth, John T. Fasullo & Theodore G. Shepherd
Climate change now detectable from any single day of weather at global scale Nature Climate Change Sebastian Sippel, Nicolai Meinshausen, Erich M. Fischer, Enikő Székely, Reto Knutti
NCA 4: Climate Change Impacts in the United States (Volume I) U.S. Global Change Research Program Donald Wuebbles, David Fahey, and Kathleen Hibbard
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Trends in twentieth-century U.S. extreme snowfall seasons American Meteorological Society Kenneth E. Kunkel, Michael A. Palecki, Leslie Ensor, David Easterling, Kenneth G. Hubbard, David Robinson, Kelly Redmond
Effects of Rainfall on Vehicle Crashes in Six U.S. States American Meteorological Society Alan Black, Gabriele Villarini, and Thomas Mote
Contributions from California Coastal-Zone Surface Fluxes to Heavy Coastal Precipitation: A CALJET Case Study during the Strong El Niño of 1998 American Meteorological Society P. Ola G. Persson, P. J. Neiman, B. Walter, J-W. Bao and F. M. Ralph
A Climatology of Arabian Sea Cyclonic Storms American Meteorological Society Amato T. Evan & Suzana J. Camargo
On the Measurement of Heat Waves American Meteorological Society S. E. Perkins and L. V. Alexander
Interdecadal Changes in Summertime Tropical Cyclone Precipitation over Southeast China during 1960–2009 American Meteorological Society Richard C. Y. Li and Wen Zhou
Temperature and Precipitation Trends in California: Global Warming and Pacific Ocean Influences American Meteorological Society Steve Ladochy, Pedro Ramirez, Dan Killam, Ann Bui, William Patzert, Josh Willis
21st Century Changes in U.S. Regional Heavy Precipitation Frequency Based on Resolved Atmospheric Patterns American Meteorological Society Xiang Gao, C. Adam Schlosser, Paul O’Gorman, Erwan Monier, and Dara Entekhabi
Northern Hemisphere Modes of Variability and the Timing of Spring in Western North America American Meteorological Society Toby R. Ault, Alison K. Macalady, Gregory T. Pederson, Julio L. Betancourt, Mark D. Schwartz
Increasing Daily Precipitation Intensity Associated with Warmer Air Temperatures over Northern Eurasia American Meteorological Society Hengchun Ye, Eric J. Fetzer, Ali Behrangi, Sun Wong, Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, Crysti Y. Wang, Judah Cohen, and Brandi L. Gamelin
Quantifying the Effects of Long-Term Climate Change on Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Using a Cloud-Resolving Model: Examples of Two Landfall Typhoons in Taiwan American Meteorological Society Chung-Chieh Wang, Bo-Xun Lin, Cheng-Ta Chen, and Shih-How Lo
Climate-Driven Variability and Trends in Mountain Snowpack in Western North America American Meteorological Society Philip Mote
Changes toward Earlier Streamflow Timing across Western North America American Meteorological Society Iris T. Stewart, Daniel R. Cayan, and Michael D. Dettinger
Thermodynamic and Dynamic Mechanisms for Large-Scale Changes in the Hydrological Cycle in Response to Global Warming American Meteorological Society Richard Seager, Naomi Naik, Gabriel A. Vecchi
Vulnerability due to Nocturnal Tornadoes American Meteorological Society Walker S. Ashley, Andrew J. Krmenec, and Rick Schwantes
Environmental Factors Affecting Tropical Cyclone Power Dissipation American Meteorological Society Kerry Emanuel
Increasing Great Lake–Effect Snowfall during the Twentieth Century: A Regional Response to Global Warming? American Meteorological Society Adam W. Burnett, Matthew E. Kirby, Henry T. Mullins, William P. Patterson
Monitoring and Understanding Trends in Extreme Storms American Meteorological Society Kenneth E. Kunkel, Thomas R. Karl, Harold Brooks, James Kossin, Jay H. Lawrimore, Derek Arndt, Lance Bosart, David Changnon, Susan L. Cutter, Nolan Doesken, Kerry Emanuel et al
North Atlantic Storm-Track Sensitivity to Warming Increases with Model Resolution American Meteorological Society Jeff Willison, Walter A. Robinson, and Gary M. Lackmann
Eddy Heat Flux in the Southern Ocean: Response to Variable Wind Forcing American Meteorological Society Andrew Hogg, Michael Meredith, Jeffrey Blundell, and Chis Wison