Though the results from
attribution studies such as this one tend to be released before they've been through the traditional process of peer -
review, the methods underpinning them are peer -
reviewed and well established, van Oldenborgh tells Carbon Brief.
The paper considers the necessary components of a prospective event
attribution system,
reviews some specific case
studies made to date (Autumn 2000 UK floods, summer 2003 European heatwave, annual 2008 cool US temperatures, July 2010 Western Russia heatwave) and discusses the challenges involved in developing systems to provide regularly updated and reliable
attribution assessments of unusual or extreme weather and climate - related events.