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TC-OBS: The Tropical Cyclone Observations-Based Structure Database

datasetreference / derived productIndustry: Aerospace
Category
Data & Digital Tools
Affiliations
NCAR

Description

Historical tropical-cyclone database built from satellite and aircraft observations with objective state estimation, giving hourly track, intensity, size, radius of maximum winds and extended wind radii with time-dependent uncertainty; covers North Atlantic TCs 1999–2013 (v0.42, 253 of 416 storms refined).

Official page

https://data.ucar.edu/dataset/tc-obs-the-tropical-cyclone-observations-based-structure-database1

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Contact

Contact
Jonathan Vigh jvigh@ucar.edu
General contact
Jonathan Vigh

Details

Keywords
radius of maximum winds, objective state estimation, hurdat2 comparison, wind radii, aircraft reconnaissance, wind risk applications, north atlantic basin, time-dependent uncertainty bounds
Location
Boulder, Colorado
Temporal cadence
hourly
Associated entity
NSF NCAR Research Applications Laboratory
License
Use of these data is subject to a data user agreement and license. Copyright 2018 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Joint Numerical…