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lWe
have identified human ÒfingerprintsÓ in a number of different aspects of the
climate system:
ÆTemperature (land and ocean surface; stratosphere and
troposphere; zonal-mean profiles through the atmosphere; upper 700 meters of
the ocean; ocean heat content; height of thermal tropopause)
ÆAtmospheric circulation (mean sea-level pressure)
ÆMoisture-related variables (zonal-mean rainfall; surface
specific humidity; total water vapor over oceans; continental runoff)
lThe climate system is telling us a
physically- and internally-consistent story
lFrom
my own biased personal perspective, the collaboration between statisticians and
climate scientists in the area of D&A research has been very successful.
These interactions have been facilitated by:
ÆIDAG (International Detection and Attribution Group)
ÆIMSC (International Meetings on Statistical Climatology)