Development of an enhanced tropical cyclone tracks database for the southwest Pacific from 1840 to 2010

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2240-2250

  Diamond, H J ^a   Lorrey, A M ^b   Knapp, K R ^c   Levinson, D H ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c NOAA NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Best tracks; Data rescue; GoogleEarth ; IBTrACS; Southwest Pacific; Tropical cyclone; Visualisation tools

Indexed keywords

BEST TRACKS; DATA RESCUE; IBTRACS; SOUTHWEST PACIFIC; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HURRICANES; SEA LEVEL;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATABASE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEVERE WEATHER; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VISUALIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 84869080301     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2412     Document Type: Article

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