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Identification of human-induced changes in atmospheric moisture content

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Abstract	Data from the satellite-based Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) show that the total atmospheric moisture content over oceans has increased by 0.41 kg/m2 per decade since 1988. Results from current climate models indicate that water vapor increases of this magnitude cannot be explained by climate noise alone. In a formal detection and attribution analysis using the pooled results from 22 different climate models, the simulated “fingerprint” pattern of anthropogenically caused changes in water vapor is identifiable with high statistical confidence in the SSM/I data. Experiments in which forcing factors are varied individually suggest that this fingerprint “match” is primarily due to human-caused increases in greenhouse gases and not to solar forcing or recovery from the eruption of Mount Pinatubo. Our findings provide preliminary evidence of an emerging anthropogenic signal in the moisture content of earth's atmosphere.
Author	Santer, B.D. Mears, C. Wentz, F.J. Taylor, K.E. Gleckler, P.J. Wigley, T.M.L Barnett, T.P. Boyle, J.S. Brüggemann, W. Gillett, N.P. S. A. Klein G. A. Meehl T. Nozawa D. W. Pierce P. A. Stott W. M. Washington M. F. Wehner
DOI	10.1073/pnas.0702872104
ISSN	0027-8424
Issue	39
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Keywords	climate change; climate modeling; detection and attribution; water vapor
Pages	15248-15253
Title	Identification of human-induced changes in atmospheric moisture content
URL	http://sa.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/PNAS-2007-Santer-15248-53.pdf
Volume	104
Year	2007

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