A brief history of
D&A research: Some important milestones
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Publication
of IPCC SAR;
Fingerprinting with
atmospheric temperature
and SAT
Publication
of first paper on
the theory of
optimal detection
Publication
of IPCC First
Assessment Report
Publication
of IPCC TAR;
Fingerprinting with
ocean heat content
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Publication
of IPCC FAR; Fingerprinting
with zonal-mean
rainfall, water vapor, and
surface specific humidity
Fingerprinting
with tropopause
height, sea-level
pressure, MSU T4
and T2 temperatures
Fingerprinting
with continental
runoff; CCSP
Report 1.1 resolves
MSU problem
First use
of Bayesian
methods in
D&A studies
Application
of pattern correlations
and multi-variable
methods to D&A
problem
Introduction
of space-frequency
D&A
approach; Detection
of GS fingerprint
in SAT
First
work on S/N ratios in
climate model
data
First
application of optimal
detection method to
problem of detecting
human influences
on climate
Recognition
that ÒOptimal
detection is
regressionÓ; First use of
space-time D&A
methods
First
assessment of Òfractional
attributable
riskÓ for an
extreme event
Introduction
of Òmulti-patternÓ
fingerprinting
All sins of omission or
commission are unambiguously attributable to Ben Santer