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Title: Celebrating the anniversary of three key events in climate change science

Journal Article · · Nature Climate Change
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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
  3. Canadian Center for Climate Modeling and Analysis and Climate Change, Victoria, BC (United States)
  4. Univ. of Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
  5. Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA (United States)
  6. Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD (United States)
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Climate science celebrates three 40th anniversaries in 2019: the release of the Charney report, the publication of a key paper on anthropogenic signal detection, and the start of satellite temperature measurements. This confluence of scientific understanding and data led to the identification of human fingerprints in atmospheric temperature. The 1970s saw growing concern about the potential for anthropogenic climate change. In this paper, we focus on understanding how the scientific advances arising from the three anniversary events aided efforts to identify human influences on the thermal structure of the atmosphere.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); European Research Council (ERC)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344; NNH12CF05C; NA18OAR4310423; EC-320691; WM130060
OSTI ID:
1647443
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-758507; 946666
Journal Information:
Nature Climate Change, Vol. 9, Issue 3; ISSN 1758-678X
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 22 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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