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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

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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

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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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