2 . 3 DETECTABILITY OF ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION EXTREMES
2 . 3 DETECTABILITY OF ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION EXTREMES
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W. Zwiers
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G. Hegerl;W. Zwiers
The goal of the detection of anthropogenic climate change is to establish if model simulated changes due to anthropogenic changes in the composition of the atmosphere can be found in observations, and if these changes in forcing provide a consistent explanation for the observed change. While changes in large scale and annual mean temperature are particularly suitable to detect and quantify anthropogenic climate change (Mitchell et al., 2001), changes in climate variability and extreme climatic events will have a stronger impact on society. Nevertheless, the detection of anthropogenic changes in climate extremes has not yet been accomplished. This paper aims at setting the stage for a detection of anthropogenic climate changes in extremes by studying the detectability of simulated changes within data from climate models. We use indices for climate extremes that are particularly suitable for a direct comparison of results with indices for annual and seasonal changes. This can address several problems that are hampering the detection of climate change in extremes: One problem is the limited availability of daily global-scale observations. This problem is improving recently (NCDC, pers. com.) and some in-