The authors identify human and natural contributions to the observed Indo-Pacific warm pool (IPWP) changes since the 1950s by comparing observations with climate model simulations using an optimal fingerprinting technique. Greenhouse gas forcing is found to be the dominant cause of the observed increases in IPWP intensity and size, whereas natural fluctuations associated with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation have played a smaller yet significant role. For more see: Weller, E. et al., 2016....

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7-11 November 2016 Portland, Oregon, USA Oral and poster presentations are solicited on all topics related to severe local storms, which addresses hazards of tornadoes, large hail, flash floods, and damaging local winds that are associated with deep moist convection. Short abstract submission deadline is 7 July 2016. For more information see the Conference Website.

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