A framework for detection and attribution of regional precipitation change: Application to the United States historical record

• Published in: Climate dynamics Vol. 60; no. 3-4; pp. 705 - 741
• Main Authors: Risser, Mark D., Collins, William D., Wehner, Michael F., O’Brien, Travis A., Paciorek, Christopher J., O’Brien, John P., Patricola, Christina M., Huang, Huanping, Ullrich, Paul A., Loring, Burlen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.02.2023; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Analysis; Anthropogenic climate changes; Anthropogenic factors; Archives & records; Causality; Climate change; Climate change influences; Climate models; Climatology; Detection; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Environmental aspects; Extreme weather; Frameworks; Geophysics/Geodesy; Global climate; Global climate models; Global temperature changes; Human influences; Hydrologic cycle; Hydrological cycle; Hypotheses; Oceanography; Precipitation; Precipitation variability; Regional development; Seasonal precipitation; Trends; Uncertainty; United States; United States > US; Extreme precipitation; CMIP6; Natural variability; Local impacts; Anthropogenic aerosols; Pearl causality; DAMIP

Despite the emerging influence of anthropogenic climate change on the global water cycle, at regional scales the combination of observational uncertainty, large internal variability, and modeling uncertainty undermine robust statements regarding the human influence on precipitation. Here, we use out...