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)
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
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
NCA 4: Climate Change Impacts in the United States (Volume I) U.S. Global Change Research Program Donald Wuebbles, David Fahey, and Kathleen Hibbard
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
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Climatic regulation of the neurotoxin domoic acid Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences S. Morgaine McKibben, William Peterson, A. Michelle Wood, Vera L. Trainer, Matthew Hunter, Angelicque E. White
Regional and global sea-surface temperatures during the last interglaciation Science Jeremy S. Hoffman, Peter U. Clark, Andrew C. Parnell, Feng He
2016 Annual Global Climate and Catastrophe Report Aon Benfield Analytics
Externally Forced and Internally Generated Decadal Climate Variability Associated with the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation Journal of Climate Gerald Meehl, Aixue Hu, Julie M. Arblaster, John Fasullo and Kevin E. Trenberth
Regional climate change and national responsibilities Environmental Research Letters James Hansen, Makiko Sato
Changes in Ecologically Critical Terrestrial Climate Conditions Science Noah S. Diffenbaugh, Christopher B. Field
California Getting Wetter to the North, Drier to the South: Natural Variability or Climate Change? Climate Dan Killam, Ann Bui, Steve LaDochy, Pedro Ramirez, Joshua Willis and William Patzert
Promoting Atmospheric-River and Snowmelt-Fueled Biogeomorphic Processes by Restoring River-Floodplain Connectivity in California’s Central Valley Geomorphic Approaches to Integrated Floodplain Management of Lowland Fluvial Systems in North America and Europe Joan L. Florsheim, Michael D. Dettinger
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
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
Simulating the Pineapple Express in the half degree Community Climate System Model, CCSM4 Geophysical Research Letters Shields, Christine A., Kiehl, Jeffrey T.
Historical and Future Relations Between Large Storms and Droughts in California San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science Dettinger, Michael
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
Increased Interannual Precipitation Extremes over California under Climate Change American Meteorological Society Neil Berg and Alex Hall
Climate change intensification of horizontal water vapor transport in CMIP5 Geophysical Research Letters Lavers, David A., Ralph, F. Martin, Waliser, Duane E., Gershunov, Alexander, Dettinger, Michael D.
Changes in Winter Atmospheric Rivers along the North American West Coast in CMIP5 Climate Models Journal of Hydrometeorology Michael D. Warner, Clifford F. Mass, and Eric P. Salathé
Atmospheric Rivers, Floods and the Water Resources of California Water Michael D. Dettinger, Fred Martin Ralph, Tapash Das, Paul J. Neiman and Daniel R. Cayan
Meteorological Characteristics and Overland Precipitation Impacts of Atmospheric Rivers Affecting the West Coast of North America Based on Eight Years of SSM/I Satellite Observations American Meteorological Society Paul J. Neiman, F. Martin Ralph, Gary A. Wick, Jessica D. Lundquist, Michael D. Dettinger
Flooding on California's Russian River: Role of atmospheric rivers Geophysical Research Letters Ralph, F. Martin, Neiman, Paul J., Wick, Gary A., Gutman, Seth I., Dettinger, Michael D., Cayan, Daniel R., White, Allen B.
Observed Impacts of Duration and Seasonality of Atmospheric-River Landfalls on Soil Moisture and Runoff in Coastal Northern California Journal of Hydrometeorology F. M. Ralph, T. Coleman, P. J. Neiman, R. J. Zamora, and M. D. Dettinger