NCDC International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) Project, Version 3

Description

The International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) dataset was developed by the NOAA National Climatic Data Center, which took the initial step of synthesizing and merging best track data from all official Tropical Cyclone Warning Centers (TCWCs) and the WMO Regional Specialized Meteorological Centers (RSMCs) who are responsible for developing and archiving best track data worldwide. In recognizing the deficiency in global tropical cyclone data, and the lack of a publically available dataset, the IBTrACS dataset was produced, which, for the first time, combines existing best track data from over 10 international forecast centers. The dataset contains the position, maximum sustained winds, minimum central pressure, and storm nature for every tropical cyclone globally at 6-hr intervals in UTC. Statistics from the merge are also provided (such as number of centers tracking the storm, range in pressure, median wind speed, etc.). The dataset period is from 1848 to the present with dataset updates performed annually in August. The dataset is archived as netCDF files but can be accessed via a variety of user-friendly formats to facilitate data analysis, including netCDF, Shapefile, and CSV formatted files. The update to version 3 data includes new data sources, bug fixes, shapefile-support, discontinued support of ASCII and new variables.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Download data and documentation for dataset via FTP. ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/ibtracs/
0 Interactive WMS Map Tool for IBTrACS Storm Tracks. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ibtracs/index.php?name=gisSLD
0 Summary of changes for v03r06. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ibtracs/index.php?name=status
0 Landing page for the dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/V5NK3BZP
0 Web site providing brief overview and links to the International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) Project https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ibtracs
0 Search and download IBTrACS data in specified formats. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ibtracs/index.php?name=ibtracs-data
33 PDF document describing the IBTrACS storm serial number format (12KB). The serial identification number contains detailed storm information specific to its genesis: calendar year, day of the year, hemisphere (N or S), and latitude and longitude. ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/ibtracs/documents/Tropical_Storm_Serial_Number.pdf
0 AMS publication (PDF). http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/2009BAMS2755.1
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 Dynamic GIS mapping application to locate tropical storms. http://www.csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes/#app=3d30&3e3d-selectedIndex=0
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 Version 2 of the dataset has been superseded by a newer version. Users should not use version 2 except in rare cases (e.g., when reproducing previous studies that used version 2). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C00800/html

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