International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship Project

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1842-10-25T00:00:00Z–2024-05-19T00:00:00Z

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Description

The International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) provides location and intensity for global tropical cyclones. The data span from the 1840s to present, generally providing data at 3-hour intervals. While the best track data is focused on position and intensity (maximum sustained wind speed or minimum central pressure), other parameters are provided by some agencies (e.g., radius of maximum winds, environmental pressure, radius of hurricane force winds, etc.) and are likewise provided in IBTrACS. Files are available subset by Basin or time period, where basins include: East Pacific, North Atlantic, North Indian, South Atlantic, South Indian, South Pacific, and the West Pacific.

Table Schema

Table Schema

Name	Type	Description
SID	STRING	Storm Identifier
SEASON	DOUBLE	Year in which the storm occurred
NUMBER	DOUBLE	The cardinal number of the system for that season. The count includes all basins, so this will not be continuous for basin files.
BASIN	STRING	Basins include: NA: North Atlantic EP: Eastern North Pacific WP: Western North Pacific NI: North Indian SI: South Indian SP: Southern Pacific SA: South Atlantic MM: Missing - should not appear in final IBTrACS product
SUBBASIN	STRING	Subbasins include: MM: missing - no sub basin for this basin (no subbasins provided for WP, SI) CS: Caribbean Sea GM: Gulf of Mexico CP: Central Pacific BB: Bay of Bengal AS: Arabian Sea WA: Western Australia EA: Eastern Australia
NAME	STRING	Name provided by the agency
ISO_TIME	STRING	ISO Time provided in Universal Time Coordinates (UTC). Format is YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss Most points are provided at 6 hour intervals. Some agencies provided 3 hour points (e.g., New Delhi) or times at important observations (e.g.,landfall times in the North Atlantic,etc)
NATURE	STRING	Combined storm type. This is assigned based on all available storm types. Values: DS: Disturbance TS: Tropical ET: Extratropical SS: Subtropical NR: Not reported MX: Mixture (contradicting nature reports from different agencies)
WMO_WIND	DOUBLE	Maximum sustained wind speed from the WMO agency for the current location. NO adjustment is made for differences in wind speed averaging periods. hurdat/atcf = North Atlantic - U.S. Miami (NOAA NHC) - 1-minute winds tokyo = RSMC Tokyo (JMA) - 10-minute newdelhi = RSMC New Delhi (IMD) - 3-minute reunion = RSMC La Reunion (MFLR) - 10 minute bom = Australian TCWCs (TCWC Perth, Darwin, Brisbane) - 10-minute nadi = RSMC Nadi (FMS) - 10 minute wellington = TCWC Wellington (NZMS) - 10-minute
WMO_PRES	DOUBLE	Minimum central pressure assigned by the responsible WMO agnecy
WMO_AGENCY	STRING	This is the reporting agency responsible for the basin as currently listed.It should be noted that many of the agencies did not accept official WMO responsibility until relatively recently, e.g., La Reunion in 1993 or IMD in 1990. Therefore the WMO agency is used loosely to describe the currently responsible agency.
TRACK_TYPE	STRING	Track type Tropical storms can interact. Values: PROVISIONAL: Real time data used to populate the position and other parameters of this system.This is a provisional track that will be replaced when reanalysis of the storm is performed. (Usually within 2 years of the storm's occurence) PROVISIONAL_spur: Real time data (see provisional description above) but due to differences in positions between various inputs, algorithm can not identify accurate position. When counting storms, these should not likely be counted. These should be rare for PROVISIONAL data. MAIN: primary track associated with a storm system. This is a track that has had some reanalysis and is higher quality than provisional data. spur: usually short lived tracks associated with a main track and often represents alternate positions at the beginning of a system. Can also represent actual system interactions (e.g., Fujiwhara interactions).
DIST2LAND	DOUBLE	Distance to land from the current position. The land dataset includes all continents and any islands larger than 1400 km^2. The distance is the nearest at the present time in any direction.
LANDFALL	DOUBLE	Nearest location to land within next 6 hours. This can be thought of a landfall flag: =0 -- Landfall within 6 hours. 0 -- No landfall within next 6 hours. Calculations are based on storm center (columns 9,10). Values less than 60 nmile likely are impacted by the system even though the center of the system is not over land. The uses the same land mask as DIST2LAND.
IFLAG	STRING	Interpolation Flag A 14 character flag string which denotes the source of each agency's report. Values: _: missing reports. No information provided. O: original report as provided by the agency. P: position was interpolated (all variables were interpolated/filled, including intensity) I: Position was provided, but Intensity variables (and likely other variables) were interpolated/filled V: Position and intensity variables are original but some variables were interpolated/filled. The order of the 14 characters refers to the following 14 datasets: 1: USA Agency (see column 18) 2: Tokyo 3: CMA 4: HKO 5: NewDelhi 6: Reunion 7: BoM 8: Nadi 9: Wellington 10: ds824 11: TD9636 12: TD9635 13: Neumann Southern Hemisphere data set 14: M.L. Chenoweth N Atlantic Historic dataset
USA_AGENCY	STRING	The agency file providing the information: The representative US agency data is derived from a hierarchical selection: the first dataset in the following list to provide information at the given time is used as the USA_agency. Values: HURDAT_ATL HURSAT_EPA ATCF (for NA and EP basins only) JTWC_WP JTWC_IO JTWC_EP JTWC_CP JTWC_SH CPHC [separate file provided by CPHC for years 1966-2003, 2008] tcvitals - THIS INDICATES THAT THE DATA ARE PRELIMINARY While these agencies are generally orthogonal, there are cases where a system is provided in more than one source. In this case, the report from the highest source is used. ATCF format info from: https://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/atcf_web/docs/database/new/abdeck.txt HURDAT2 info from: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/hurdat/hurdat2-format-atlantic.pdf
USA_ATCF_ID	STRING	The ATCF ID is assigned by US agencies and can be used to comparethe storm with other US cyclone-related datasets. If two (or more) ATCF tracks make up one storm, then the IDs are separated by a colon. The format of the ATCF ID is B where bb is the basin ID, nn is the number of the storm in that basin and yyyy is the year. Possible basin values are: AL: North Atlantic SL: South Atlantic EP: East Pacific WP: West Pacific SH: Southern Hemisphere IO: North Indian For the provisional data, other basin identifiers were provided that include: CP: Central Pacific SP: South Pacific SI: South Indian AS: Arabian Sea (North Indian) BB: Bay of Bengal (North Indian)
USA_LAT	DOUBLE	USA Latitude
USA_LON	DOUBLE	USA Longitude
USA_RECORD	STRING	Record identifier. Values: C: Closest approach to a coast, not followed by a landfall G: Genesis I: An intensity peak in terms of both pressure and wind L: Landfall (center of system crossing a coastline) P: Minimum in central pressure R: Provides additional detail on the intensity of the cyclone when rapid changes are underway S: Change of status of the system T: Provides additional detail on the track (position) of the cyclone W: Maximum sustained wind speed
USA_STATUS	STRING	Status of system. Values: DB: disturbance TD: tropical depression TS: tropical storm TY: typhoon ST: super typhoon TC: tropical cyclone HU,HR: hurricane SD: subtropical depression SS: subtropical storm EX: extratropical systems PT: post tropical IN: inland DS: dissipating LO: low WV: tropical wave ET: extrapolated MD: monsoon depression XX: unknown
USA_WIND	DOUBLE	Maximum sustained wind speed in knots: 0 - 300 kts
USA_PRES	DOUBLE	Minimum sea level pressure, 850 - 1050 mb.
USA_SSHS	STRING	Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale information based on the wind speed provided by the US agency wind speed (US agencies provide 1-minute wind speeds) Values: -5: Unknown [XX] -4: Post-tropical [EX, ET, PT] -3: Miscellaneous disturbances [WV, LO, DB, DS, IN, MD] -2: Subtropical [SS, SD] Tropical systems classified based on wind speeds [TD, TS, HU, TY,, TC, ST, HR] Values: -1: Tropical depression (W<34) 0: Tropical storm [34<W<64] 1: Category 1 [64<=W<83] 2: Category 2 [83<=W<96] 3: Category 3 [96<=W<113] 4: Category 4 [113<=W<137] 5: Category 5 [W >= 137]
USA_R34_NE	DOUBLE	34 kt wind radii maximum extent in northeastern quadrant
USA_R34_SE	DOUBLE	34 kt wind radii maximum extent in southeastern quadrant
USA_R34_SW	DOUBLE	34 kt wind radii maximum extent in southwestern quadrant
USA_R34_NW	DOUBLE	34 kt wind radii maximum extent in northwestern quadrant
USA_R50_NE	DOUBLE	50 kt wind radii maximum extent in northeastern quadrant
USA_R50_SE	DOUBLE	50 kt wind radii maximum extent in southeastern quadrant
USA_R50_SW	DOUBLE	50 kt wind radii maximum extent in southwestern quadrant
USA_R50_NW	DOUBLE	50 kt wind radii maximum extent in northwestern quadrant
USA_R64_NE	DOUBLE	64 kt wind radii maximum extent in northeastern quadrant
USA_R64_SE	DOUBLE	64 kt wind radii maximum extent in southeastern quadrant
USA_R64_SW	DOUBLE	64 kt wind radii maximum extent in southwestern quadrant
USA_R64_NW	DOUBLE	64 kt wind radii maximum extent in northwestern quadrant
USA_POCI	DOUBLE	pressure in millibars of the last closed isobar, 900 - 1050 mb NOT BEST-TRACKED (not reanalyzed)
USA_ROCI	DOUBLE	radius of the last closed isobar, 0 - 999 n mi. NOT BEST TRACKED (not reanalyzed)
USA_RMW	DOUBLE	radius of max winds, 0 - 999 n mi. NOT BEST TRACKED (not reanalyzed)
USA_EYE	DOUBLE	eye diameter, 0 - 120 n mi. NOT BEST TRACKED (not reanalyzed)
TOKYO_LAT	DOUBLE	Tokyo Latitude
TOKYO_LON	DOUBLE	Tokyo Longitude
TOKYO_GRADE	STRING	Grade Values: 1: Not used 2: Tropical Depression (TD) 3: Tropical Storm (TS) 4: Severe Tropical Storm (STS) 5: Typhoon (TY) 6: Extratropical Cyclone (L) 7: Just entering into the responsible area of Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) 8: Not used 9 : Tropical Cyclone of TS intensity or higher
TOKYO_WIND	DOUBLE	Maximum sustained wind speed [10-min averaging period]
TOKYO_PRES	DOUBLE	Central pressure
TOKYO_R50_DIR	STRING	1: Northeast (NE) 2: East (E) 3: Southeast (SE) 4: South (S) 5: Southwest (SW) 6: West (W) 7: Northwest (NW) 8: North (N) 9: (symmetric circle)
TOKYO_R50_LONG	DOUBLE	The longest radius of 50kt winds or greater
TOKYO_R50_SHORT	DOUBLE	The shortest radius of 50kt winds or greater
TOKYO_R30_DIR	STRING	1: Northeast (NE) 2: East (E) 3: Southeast (SE) 4: South (S) 5: Southwest (SW) 6: West (W) 7: Northwest (NW) 8: North (N) 9: (symmetric circle)
TOKYO_R30_LONG	DOUBLE	The longest radius of 30kt winds or greater
TOKYO_R30_SHORT	DOUBLE	The shortest radius of 30kt winds or greater
TOKYO_LAND	STRING	Landfall or passage over the Japanese islands occurred within one hour after the time of the analysis with this indicator.
CMA_LAT	DOUBLE	CMA Latitude
CMA_LON	DOUBLE	CMA Longitude
CMA_CAT	STRING	Intensity category according to the Chinese National Standard for Grade of Tropical Cyclones (which has been used since 15 June 2006). Values: 0: Weaker than Tropical Depression or unknown intensity 1: Tropical Depression (TD: 10.8-17.1 m/s) 2: Tropical Storm (TS:17.2-24.4 m/s) 3: Severe Tropical Storm (STS: 24.5-32.6 m/s) 4: Typhoon (TY: 32.7-41.4 m/s) 5: Severe Typhoon (STY: 41.5-50.9 m/s) 6: Super Typhoon (SuperTY: ≥51.0 m/s) 9: Extratropical Cyclone (ET) stage
CMA_WIND	DOUBLE	Two-minute mean maximum sustained wind (MSW; m/s) near the TC center. WND = 9 indicates MSW < 10 m/s, WND = 0 indicates unknown intensity.
HKO_LAT	DOUBLE	HKO Latitude
HKO_LON	DOUBLE	USA Longitude
HKO_CAT	DOUBLE	After 2009, we further classified two more storm types above typhoon, so there are in total 7 storm types LW (Low) <22 kt TD (Tropical Depression) 22 - 33 kt TS (Tropical Storm) 34 - 47 kt STS (Severe Tropical Storm) 48 - 63 kt T (Typhoon) 64 - 80 kt ST (Severe Typhoon) 81 - 99 kt SuperT (Super Typhoon) >= 100 kt
HKO_WIND	DOUBLE	Maximum sustained wind speed
HKO_PRES	DOUBLE	Minimum sea level pressure
NEWDELHI_LAT	DOUBLE	NewDelhi Latitude
NEWDELHI_LON	DOUBLE	NewDelhi Longitude
NEWDELHI_GRADE	STRING	Types of disturbances: Low pressure area: W<17 knots D: Depression 17<=W<28 DD: Deep Depression 28<=W<34 CS: Cyclonic Storm 34<=W<48 SCS: Severe Cyclonic Storm 48<=W<64 VSCS: Very Severe Cyclonic Storm 64<=W<120 SCS: Super Cyclonic Storm W>=120 knots
NEWDELHI_WIND	DOUBLE	Maximum sustained wind speed
NEWDELHI_PRES	DOUBLE	Minimum sea level pressure
NEWDELHI_CI	STRING	Dvorak CI-number
NEWDELHI_DP	DOUBLE	New Delhi DP
NEWDELHI_POCI	DOUBLE	Environmental pressure in which the cyclone is embedded
REUNION_LAT	DOUBLE	Reunion Latitude
REUNION_LON	DOUBLE	Reunion Longitude
REUNION_TYPE	STRING	01: tropics; disturbance ( no closed isobars) 02: <34 knot winds, <17m/s winds and at least one closed isobar 03: 34-63 knots, 17-32m/s 04: >63 knots, >32m/s 05: extratropical 06: dissipating 07: subtropical cyclone (nonfrontal, low pressure system that comprises initially baroclinic circulation developing over subtropical water) 08: overland 09: unknown
REUNION_WIND	DOUBLE	Maximum average wind speed
REUNION_PRES	DOUBLE	Central pressure
REUNION_TNUM	STRING	Dvorak T-number
REUINION_CI	STRING	Dvorak CI-number
REUNION_RMW	DOUBLE	Radius of maximum winds
REUNION_R34_NE	DOUBLE	34 kt wind radii maximum extent in northeastern quadrant
REUNION_R34_SE	DOUBLE	34 kt wind radii maximum extent in southeastern quadrant
REUNION_R34_SW	DOUBLE	34 kt wind radii maximum extent in southwestern quadrant
REUNION_R34_NW	DOUBLE	34 kt wind radii maximum extent in northwestern quadrant
REUNION_R50_NE	DOUBLE	50 kt wind radii maximum extent in northeastern quadrant
REUNION_R50_SE	DOUBLE	50 kt wind radii maximum extent in southeastern quadrant
REUNION_R50_SW	DOUBLE	50 kt wind radii maximum extent in southwestern quadrant
REUNION_R50_NW	DOUBLE	50 kt wind radii maximum extent in northwestern quadrant
REUNION_R64_NE	DOUBLE	64 kt wind radii maximum extent in northeastern quadrant
REUNION_R64_SE	DOUBLE	64 kt wind radii maximum extent in southeastern quadrant
REUNION_R64_SW	DOUBLE	64 kt wind radii maximum extent in southwestern quadrant
REUNION_R64_NW	DOUBLE	64 kt wind radii maximum extent in northwestern quadrant
BOM_LAT	DOUBLE	BOM Latitude
BOM_LON	DOUBLE	BOM Longitude
BOM_TYPE	STRING	This indicates the type of system that this cyclone was at the time of the observation. Note that cyclones can evolve during their lifetimes and hence change type mid-stream (e.g. Extratropical transition (ETT)) ADAM Code Type of Cyclone WMO Code NULL Default - unknown 09 10 Tropics; disturbance ( no closed isobars) 01 20 <34 knot (17m/s) winds, and at least one closed isobar 02 21 34-63 knots (17-32m/s) two or less quadrants 02 30 34-63 knots (17-32m/s) more than two quadrants 03 40 >63 knots (>32m/s) 04 50 Extra-tropical (no gales) 05 51 Extra-tropical (with gales) 05 52 Extra-tropical (max wind unknown) 05 60 Dissipating (no gales) 06 70 Subtropical cyclone (non-frontal, low pressure system that comprises initially baroclinic circulation developing over subtropical water) (no gales) 07 71 Subtropical cyclone (non-frontal, low pressure system that comprises initially baroclinic circulation developing over subtropical water) (with gales) 07 72 Subtropical cyclone (non-frontal, low pressure system that comprises initially baroclinic circulation developing over subtropical water) (max wind unknown) 07 80 Overland (no gales) 08 81 Overland (gales) 08 91 Tropical Cold-cored - Monsoon Low (with surrounding gales away from centre) 09
BOM_WIND	DOUBLE	This is the estimated maximum mean wind around the cyclone - that is in the vicinity of the centre
BOM_PRES	DOUBLE	Central pressure of the cyclone
BOM_TNUM	STRING	Dvorak T-number
BOM_CI	STRING	Dvorak CI-number
BOM_RMW	DOUBLE	This is the mean radius (from the system centre) of the maximum mean wind
BOM_R34_NE	DOUBLE	This is the mean radius (from the system centre) of the extent of winds; gale-force (17m/s) or above. The four sectors show the mean extent in the respective quadrant centred on the cardinal point. Northeast quadrant
BOM_R34_SE	DOUBLE	This is the mean radius (from the system centre) of the extent of winds; gale-force (17m/s) or above. The four sectors show the mean extent in the respective quadrant centred on the cardinal point. Southeast quadrant
BOM_R34_SW	DOUBLE	This is the mean radius (from the system centre) of the extent of winds; gale-force (17m/s) or above. The four sectors show the mean extent in the respective quadrant centred on the cardinal point. Southwest quadrant
BOM_R34_NW	DOUBLE	This is the mean radius (from the system centre) of the extent of winds; gale-force (17m/s) or above. The four sectors show the mean extent in the respective quadrant centred on the cardinal point. Northwest quadrant
BOM_R50_NE	DOUBLE	This is the mean radius (from the system centre) of the extent of winds; gale-force (25m/s) or above. The four sectors show the mean extent in the respective quadrant centred on the cardinal point. Northeast quadrant
BOM_R50_SE	DOUBLE	This is the mean radius (from the system centre) of the extent of winds; gale-force (25m/s) or above. The four sectors show the mean extent in the respective quadrant centred on the cardinal point. Southeast quadrant
BOM_R50_SW	DOUBLE	This is the mean radius (from the system centre) of the extent of winds; gale-force (25m/s) or above. The four sectors show the mean extent in the respective quadrant centred on the cardinal point. Southwest quadrant
BOM_R50_NW	DOUBLE	This is the mean radius (from the system centre) of the extent of winds; gale-force (25m/s) or above. The four sectors show the mean extent in the respective quadrant centred on the cardinal point. Northwest quadrant
BOM_R64_NE	DOUBLE	This is the mean radius (from the system centre) of the extent of winds; gale-force (33m/s) or above. The four sectors show the mean extent in the respective quadrant centred on the cardinal point. Northeast quadrant
BOM_R64_SE	DOUBLE	This is the mean radius (from the system centre) of the extent of winds; gale-force (33m/s) or above. The four sectors show the mean extent in the respective quadrant centred on the cardinal point. Southeast quadrant
BOM_R64_SW	DOUBLE	This is the mean radius (from the system centre) of the extent of winds; gale-force (33m/s) or above. The four sectors show the mean extent in the respective quadrant centred on the cardinal point. Southwest quadrant
BOM_R64_NW	DOUBLE	This is the mean radius (from the system centre) of the extent of winds; gale-force (33m/s) or above. The four sectors show the mean extent in the respective quadrant centred on the cardinal point. Northwest quadrant
BOM_ROCI	DOUBLE	The estimated mean radius of the outermost closed isobar (1-hPa spacing).
BOM_POCI	DOUBLE	Environmental pressure in which the cyclone is embedded
BOM_EYE	DOUBLE	Mean radius of the cyclone eye.
BOM_POS_METHOD	STRING	This indicates the tools that were used to derive the centre location of the system. Values: NULL: Default - unknown 1: no sat, no rad, no obs 2: no sat, no rad, obs only 3: Sat IR/Vis; no clear eye 4: Sat IR/Vis; clearly defined eye 5: aircraft radar report 6: land-based radar report 7: Sat IR/Vis & rad & obs 8: report inside eye 10: Sat- Scatterometer 11: Sat- Microwave 12: Manned Aircraft Reconnaissance 13: UAV Aircraft Reconnaissance
BOM_PRES_METHOD	STRING	This code may need to be expanded to handle new systems in the future, and also to differentiate between pressure-wind relationships used to derive the central pressure. ADAM Code Method WMO Code NULL Unknown or N/A 1 Aircraft or Dropsonde observation 1 2 Over water observation (e.g. buoy) 2 3 Over land observation 3 4 Instrument - unknown type 5 5 Derived Directly from DVORAK 4 6 Derived from wind via a P-W equation 5 7 Estimate from surrounding obs 5 8 Extrapolation from radar 5 9 Other 5
NADI_LAT	DOUBLE	Cyclone latitude from RSMC Nadi, Fiji
NADI_LON	DOUBLE	Cyclone longitude from RSMC Nadi, Fiji
NADI_CAT	STRING	Nadi assigned category
WELLINGTON_LAT	DOUBLE	Cyclone latitude from TCWC Wellington
WELLINGTON_LON	DOUBLE	Cyclone longitude from TCWC Wellington
WELLINGTON_WIND	DOUBLE	Wellington assigned wind speed
WELLINGTON_PRES	DOUBLE	Wellington assigned central pressure
DS824_LAT	DOUBLE	Cyclone latitude from dataset 824
DS824_LON	DOUBLE	Cyclone longitude from dataset 824
DS824_STAGE	STRING	TC - Tropical cyclone
DS824_WIND	DOUBLE	Maximum wind speed
DS824_PRES	DOUBLE	Central pressure
TD9636_LAT	DOUBLE	Cyclone latitude from NCEI dataset TD9636
TD9636_LON	DOUBLE	Cyclone longitude from NCEI dataset TD9636
TD9636_STAGE	STRING	This field gives an estimate of the highest winds occurring in the storm at the time and location indicated. The entire storm was coded as to the highest stage reached for some of the earlier years. Values: 0: Tropical disturbance (1969 onward) 1: depression < 34 [some variation in definition for S Indian] 2: Storm 34-63 [with some variation in definition for S Indian] 3: point where wind reached 64 knots [except N Indian where it is wind 43-47 knots] 4: Hurricane > 64 [except in N Indian, Wind > 48] 5: Extratropical 6: Dissipating 7: Unknown Intensity or doubtful track
TD9636_WIND	DOUBLE	Estimated highest wind speed at the time indicated. These estimates are subjective and must be interpreted with caution.
TD9636_PRES	DOUBLE	Minimum sea level pressure
TD9635_ROCI	DOUBLE	Size. (Radius of system)
NEUMANN_LAT	DOUBLE	Cyclone latitude from C. Neumann Souther Hemisphere dataset
NEUMANN_LON	DOUBLE	Cyclone longitude from C. Neumann Souther Hemisphere dataset
NEUMANN_CLASS	STRING	EX: Extratropical TC: Tropical MM: Missing
NEUMANN_WIND	DOUBLE	Maximum wind speed
NEUMANN_PRES	DOUBLE	Central pressure
MLC_LAT	DOUBLE	Cyclone latitude from M. Chenoweth dataset
MLC_LON	DOUBLE	Cyclone longitude from M. Chenoweth dataset
MLC_CLASS	STRING	Storm classification Values: EX: Extratropical HU: Hurricane LO: Low MH: SD: Subtropical depression SS: Subtropical storm TD: Tropical Depression TS: Tropical Storm TW: WV: Open Wave
MLC_WIND	DOUBLE	Maximum wind speed
MLC_PRES	DOUBLE	Central pressure
USA_GUST	DOUBLE	Gust reportd by the USA_AGENCY.
BOM_GUST	DOUBLE	This is the estimated maximum wind gust around the cyclone - that is in the vicinity of the centre based on open terrain estimate
BOM_GUST_PER	DOUBLE	This is the period of the gust used when measuring max wind gusts. This parameter will only be used when receiving data in WMO format that is not based on 3-sec gusts. All Australian based data should be based on 3-sec gusts.
REUNION_GUST	DOUBLE	Maximum Wind Gust
REUNION_GUST_PER	DOUBLE	Gust Period
USA_SEAHGT	DOUBLE	Wave height for radii defined in SEARAD
USA_SEARAD_NE	DOUBLE	Radial extent of seas (as defined in SEAHGT) extending from storm center to the Northeast.
USA_SEARAD_SE	DOUBLE	Radial extent of seas (as defined in SEAHGT) extending from storm center to the Southeast.
USA_SEARAD_SW	DOUBLE	Radial extent of seas (as defined in SEAHGT) extending from storm center to the Southwest.
USA_SEARAD_NW	DOUBLE	Radial extent of seas (as defined in SEAHGT) extending from storm center to the Northwest.
STORM_SPEED	DOUBLE	Translation speed of the system as calculated from the positions in LAT and LON
STORM_DIR	DOUBLE	Translation direction of the system as calculated from the positions in LAT and LON. Direction is moving toward the vector pointing in degrees east of north [range = 0-360 deg]

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International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship Project

The International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) provides location and intensity for global tropical cyclones. The data span from the 1840s to present, generally providing data at 3-hour intervals. While the best track data is focused on position and intensity (maximum sustained wind speed or minimum central pressure), …

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