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    Assessing the robustness of zonal mean climate change detection


    Thorne, Peter and Jones, Phil D. and Osborn, T.J. and Davies, T.D. and Tett, Simon F.B. and Parker, David E. and Stott, Peter A. and Jones, Gareth S. and Allen, Myles R. (2002) Assessing the robustness of zonal mean climate change detection. Geophysical Research Letters, 29 (19). pp. 261-264. ISSN 0094-8276

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    Abstract

    We assess the robustness of previous optimal detection and attribution studies considering zonal-mean temperatures. Principal results, which have consistently pointed towards a demonstrable anthropogenic influence on recently observed upper air temperatures, are confirmed. Importantly our detection results are not critically dependent on the inclusion of stratospheric as well as tropospheric temperatures. We find that detection is dependent on input field pre-processing choices, and on the choice of detection algorithm. There are a number of cases where either no signals are detected, or results fail a consistency test.

    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: robustness; zonal mean; climate change; detection;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography
    Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units, ICARUS
    Item ID: 6577
    Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1029/2002GL015717
    Depositing User: Peter Thorne
    Date Deposited: 12 Nov 2015 10:39
    Journal or Publication Title: Geophysical Research Letters
    Publisher: American Geophysical Union
    Refereed: Yes
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    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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