Detection and Attribution of Observed Changes in the Hydrological Cycle under Global Warming

The progress and advances of the detection and attribution of changes in the hydrological cycle in the IPCC Assessment Reports of WGI and WGII from 1990 to 2007 are reviewed. Accomplishment and endorsed by the joint Expert Meeting on Detection and Attribution in 2009, the Good Practice Guidance Paper (GPGP) for IPCC Lead Authors with its main content and characteristics are briefly introduced. Based on the review and the purpose of the GPGP, some characteristics on the detection and attribution of global warming and of changes in the hydrological cycle are presented.CitationLiu, C., and J. Xia, 2011: Detection and attribution of observed changes in the hydrological cycle under global warming. Adv. Clim. Change Res., 2(1), doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1248.2011.00031.