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lStrategy: Search for a computer model-predicted pattern of climate change (the ÒfingerprintÓ) in observed climate records
lAssumption:Each factor that influences climate has a different characteristic signature in climate records
lMethod:Standard signal processing techniques
lAdvantage:Fingerprinting allows researchers to make rigorous tests of competing hypotheses regarding the causes of recent climate change
What is Òclimate fingerprintingÓ?