[email protected]International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship 3 Mar. 2011 Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference 1 Ken Knapp Michael Kruk Howard Diamond Ethan Gibney Paula Hennon Carl Schreck, III NOAA/NCDC Supporting historical hurricane research with data archived at NCDC
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– Higher temporal resolution • More the just 6 hourly• Landfall, maximum intensity, etc.
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Storm name 11 Date 15 Time 15 latitude 15 longitude 15
max avg wind speed 14 central pressure 13 cyclone type 13 Wind Radii by quadrant 5 source code 4 RMW 4 RMW quality 3 pos_confidence 3 wind units 3 T-number 3 CI-number 2 time interval for ws avg 2 max gust 2 pressure quality 2 units of length 1 gust period 1 wind quality 1
ROCI 3 Eye diameter 3 Pressure _OCI 2
# of Variables provided from WMO 17 10 7 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 2 3 9 5
Parameters in use …W
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Position confidence1 = good (<30nm; <55km)2 = fair (30-60nm; 55-110 km)3 = poor (>60nm; >110km)9 = unknown
Pressure quality1=Aircraft or Dropsonde observation2=Over water observation (e.g. buoy)3=Over land observation4=Dvorak estimate5=Other