caa a22 4500 605471304 CHVBK 20210128100332.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00382-014-2423-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00382-014-2423-y Attributing northern high-latitude precipitation change over the period 1966-2005 to human influence [Elektronische Daten] [Hui Wan, Xuebin Zhang, Francis Zwiers, Seung-Ki Min] Using an optimal fingerprinting method and improved observations, we compare observed and CMIP5 model simulated annual, cold season and warm season (semi-annual) precipitation over northern high-latitude (north of 50°N) land over 1966-2005. We find that the multi-model simulated responses to the effect of anthropogenic forcing or the effect of anthropogenic and natural forcing combined are consistent with observed changes. We also find that the influence of anthropogenic forcing may be separately detected from that of natural forcings, though the effect of natural forcing cannot be robustly detected. This study confirms our early finding that anthropogenic influence in high-latitude precipitation is detectable. However, in contrast with the previous study, the evidence now indicates that the models do not underestimated observed changes. The difference in the latter aspect is most likely due to improvement in the spatial-temporal coverage of the data used in this study, as well as the details of data processing procedures. The Author(s), 2014 Climate change nationallicence Detection and attribution nationallicence High-latitude precipitation nationallicence Wan Hui Climate Research Division, Environment Canada, M3H 5T4, Toronto, ON, Canada aut Zhang Xuebin Climate Research Division, Environment Canada, M3H 5T4, Toronto, ON, Canada aut Zwiers Francis Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, University of Victoria, V8W2Y2, Victoria, BC, Canada aut Min Seung-Ki School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 790-784, Pohang, Gyungbuk, Korea aut Climate Dynamics Springer Berlin Heidelberg 45/7-8(2015-10-01), 1713-1726 0930-7575 45:7-8<1713 2015 45 382 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2423-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2423-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wan Hui Climate Research Division, Environment Canada, M3H 5T4, Toronto, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhang Xuebin Climate Research Division, Environment Canada, M3H 5T4, Toronto, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zwiers Francis Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, University of Victoria, V8W2Y2, Victoria, BC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Min Seung-Ki School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 790-784, Pohang, Gyungbuk, Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Climate Dynamics Springer Berlin Heidelberg 45/7-8(2015-10-01), 1713-1726 0930-7575 45:7-8<1713 2015 45 382