8 January 2008
An article coauthored by CSD Senior Scientist Susan Solomon has been selected by the manuscript editors of the journal Nature as their pick for the favorite paper published on the topic of climate during 2007. The paper Detection of human influence on twentieth-century precipitation trends" was authored by Xuebin Zhang (Environment Canada), Francis W. Zwiers (Environment Canada), Gabriele C. Hegerl (Duke University), F. Hugo Lambert (UC Berkeley), Nathan P. Gillett (University of East Anglia, United Kingdom), Susan Solomon (NOAA ESRL Chemical Sciences Division), Peter A. Stott (University of Reading, United Kingdom) & Toru Nozawa (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan).
Background: Nature publishes their end-year-year picks for the favorite paper in each of 18 categories (for example, climate, biofuels, the solar system, molecular biology...). Their favorites list for 2007 was published in their December 19 issue. This paper was highlighted in a previous Hot Item near its publication in July of this year.
Significance: Nature's selection of this paper reflects the high quality and relevance of this research on climate. The paper contributes to NOAA's Climate Goal mission.