Things to look for when attributing NSW fires to climate change
The kind of things to look for when attributing the record NSW fires to climate change:
Changes in precipitation due to climate change.
Changes in temperature due to climate change.
Changes in Southern Annular Mode(SAM) due to climate change.
Changes in Southern Hemisphere Sudden Stratospheric Warming(SSW) events due to climate change.
Changes in Indian Ocean Dipole due to climate change.
Changes in ENSO due to climate change.
Changes in Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation(IPO) due to climate change.
Changes in winds due to climate change.
Changes in humidity due to climate change.
Changes in Forest Fire Danger Index(FFDI).
Changes in Haines Index.
Changes in evaporation due to climate change.
Change in soil and fuel moisture due to climate change
Change in fuel load due to climate change
Changes in hazard reduction window due to climate change.
Changes in dry lightning activity due to climate change.
Also the question "What would the fires have been like in the absence of climate change?"
Changes in precipitation due to climate change.
Changes in temperature due to climate change.
Changes in Southern Annular Mode(SAM) due to climate change.
Changes in Southern Hemisphere Sudden Stratospheric Warming(SSW) events due to climate change.
Changes in Indian Ocean Dipole due to climate change.
Changes in ENSO due to climate change.
Changes in Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation(IPO) due to climate change.
Changes in winds due to climate change.
Changes in humidity due to climate change.
Changes in Forest Fire Danger Index(FFDI).
Changes in Haines Index.
Changes in evaporation due to climate change.
Change in soil and fuel moisture due to climate change
Change in fuel load due to climate change
Changes in hazard reduction window due to climate change.
Changes in dry lightning activity due to climate change.
Also the question "What would the fires have been like in the absence of climate change?"