Tropical Storm Wind Speed, Current Intensity Number, and other tropical storm related variables from the Advanced Dvorak Technique Hurricane Satellite (ADT-HURSAT) globally from May 30 1978 to December 31 2024 (NCEI Accession 0307249)

Description

The ADT-HURSAT dataset is a climatology of tropical cyclone intensity estimates. This dataset applies the Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT) to Hurricane Satellite (HURSAT) data, producing a record of climate quality storm intensity estimates from 1979 through 2024. The HURSAT dataset used in ADT-HURSAT is derived from the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) B1 data, with storms initially identified and given storm ids by the International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), and is homogeneous over the period of record. The ADT is a computer based algorithm for determining tropical cyclone intensity from satellite imagery, developed at University of Wisconsin-Madison/Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (UW/CIMSS). The algorithm uses objective techniques to determine the initial storm center and derives the intensity from a regression-based scheme based on the Dvorak technique, throughout the tropical cyclone (TC) lifecycle. The HURSAT history files were created using HURSAT Version 07b netCDF files and IBTrACS v04r01. The ADT-Version 9.0 was employed to derive the intensity estimates in this data set.

Resources

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0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/307249
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.25921/n6va-0b18
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/307249
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0239/0307249/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page https://ncics.org/
0 Institution web page https://ncics.org/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 related journal article https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1920849117
0 related journal article https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-13-00262.1
0 related journal article https://doi.org/10.1175/waf-d-19-0007.1
0 related journal article https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2712816
0 ADT-HURSAT Project Webpage https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/advanced-dvorak-technique-hurricane-satellite
0 Institution web page https://www.ncei.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.ncei.noaa.gov
0 User Guide https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/advanced-dvorak-technique-hurricane-satellite
0 Institution web page https://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu
0 Institution web page https://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu

Tags

  • mslpadj (mslp adjustment)
  • ringcbnum (curved band best dvorak number)
  • scene (scene type)
  • rule9 (dvorak rule 9)
  • rapweak (rapid weakening flag)
  • finalt (final t number)
  • date
  • hursat
  • ci (current intensity number)
  • eyesize (eye diameter)
  • lon (storm center longitude postion)
  • adjt (adjusted raw t number)
  • cloudt (cloud temperature)
  • cloudsym (cloud symmetry)
  • cloudcwdist (cwt ring distance)
  • cwt (coldest-warmest temperature)
  • meteorology
  • satid (mcidas sensor number)
  • rawt (raw t number)
  • fullday
  • satelliteobservation
  • mslp (dvorak mslp estimate from ci number )
  • vza (viewing angle)
  • calendar
  • eyefft
  • windspeed (dvorak wind speed estimate from ci number)
  • lat (storm center latitude position)
  • adt-hursat
  • position (storm center determination method)
  • ibtracs
  • rule8 (dvorak rule 8)
  • cloudfft
  • ringcbval (curved band best dvorak curvature)
  • latbias (latitude bias flag)
  • lf66ee
  • eyet (eye temperature)
  • cloudscene (cloud scene value)
  • land (land/ocean flag)
  • time
  • mcidas
  • eyescene
  • sheardist (shear distance)
  • rmw (radius of maximum wind)
  • satidchar (satellite name)
  • eyestdv (eye region standard deviation)
  • cdosize (central dense overcast diameter)

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