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111-13 April 20112nd IBTrACS Workshop
International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship
NOAA’s *Global* Historical Hurricane
Tracks Tool
Ethan J. Gibney
I.M. Systems Group/
NOAA Coastal Services Center
@NOAA National Climatic Data Center
csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes
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History Users Tool Features Demonstration Future
Outlinecsc.noaa.gov/hurricanes
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Originally designed and built in 2002 Partnership between NOAA CSC and NHC,
part of Hurricane Awareness Week Help make NHC HURDAT accessible and
searchable by general public Limited to Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific Recently expanded globally through
partnership between CSC and NCDC’s IBTrACS Team
Historycsc.noaa.gov/hurricanes
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Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) Internet Map Server (ArcIMS)
Technical Evolution
‣ ArcGIS API for Flex
csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes
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Userscsc.noaa.gov/hurricanes
.net| 43%
.com| 25%
.edu| 8%
.org| 5%
.us| 4%
.gov| 4%
.mil| 1%
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Date Range: 03/21/2010 - 03/21/2011(includes data prior to when the app “went global”)
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Search by:◦ Location (place name, postal code, lat/lon, etc.; or
Set Location button) Application will help you find what you’re looking for
◦ Storm Name/Year (all storms w/ same name, all storms in a particular year)
◦ Ocean Basin (all storms in a particular basin/s) All searches can be filtered,
either before or after you initiate your search!
Searchescsc.noaa.gov/hurricanes
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Refine search by:◦ SSHWS Category◦ Timeframe (months, years)
Climate (ENSO)◦ Barometric Pressure
Search Filterscsc.noaa.gov/hurricanes
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Set location button Refine Search capabilities Results pane (storm information, chart
pressure v. wind) Sorting abilities Interrogate storm track(s) Storm Details MyStorms tab Share storms
Additional Featurescsc.noaa.gov/hurricanes
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Demonstrationcsc.noaa.gov/hurricanes
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Selected storm download (in “GIS-friendly” format, with metadata)
Expanded climatology search options (e.g., more teleconnection indices-PDO, IOD, AMO,
NAO, QBO, etc.) Pan across the dateline Semi-annual data updates (streamline
process)◦ IBTrACS NCDC GIS Team CSC Application
Complete NCDC mirror
Futurecsc.noaa.gov/hurricanes
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Thank You!Questions?
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