Status of IBTracs data access

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Michael Morrone

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Jun 11, 2024, 10:00:33 AMJun 11
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Hello,

 

I’ve noticed the the IBTracs netcdf files in https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/international-best-track-archive-for-climate-stewardship-ibtracs/v04r00/access/netcdf/ have not been updated since 5/28.  When do you expect the dataflow to resume?

 

Thanks,

Mike

 

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Jennifer Gahtan - NOAA Federal

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Jun 11, 2024, 10:13:28 AMJun 11
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Hi Mike,

We're in the process of transitioning to IBTrACS v04r01, so sorry for this gap. We've now got the v04r01 data accessible and updating here https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/international-best-track-archive-for-climate-stewardship-ibtracs/v04r01/access/netcdf/ but are still in the process of updating the website and sending out announcements.

Thanks,
Jennifer

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Michael Morrone

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Jun 11, 2024, 10:33:33 AMJun 11
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Thanks, Jennifer!  I will switch my processing script to download the v04r01 data.

 

Best Regards,

Mike

Michael Morrone

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Jun 11, 2024, 1:24:09 PMJun 11
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Hi Jennifer,

 

I noticed that the precision on the positions of the tropical cyclones has changed to one decimal place in version v04r01 vs v04r00, which has up to four decimal places of precision.  Was that your intention for the new dataset? 

 

Version v04r00:

SID

SEASON

NUMBER

BASIN

SUBBASIN

NAME

ISO_TIME

NATURE

LAT

LON

Year

 

 

 

 

 

degrees_north

degrees_east

2021001S14136

2021

1

SP

EA

IMOGEN

1/1/2021 0:00

NR

-13.81

136.4

2021001S14136

2021

1

SP

EA

IMOGEN

1/1/2021 3:00

NR

-13.9405

136.524

2021001S14136

2021

1

SP

EA

IMOGEN

1/1/2021 6:00

NR

-14.14

136.65



Version v04r01:

SID

SEASON

NUMBER

BASIN

SUBBASIN

NAME

ISO_TIME

NATURE

LAT

LON

Year

 

 

 

 

 

degrees_north

degrees_east

2021001S14136

2021

1

SP

EA

IMOGEN

########

TS

-13.8

136.4

2021001S14136

2021

1

SP

EA

IMOGEN

########

TS

-13.9

136.5

2021001S14136

2021

1

SP

EA

IMOGEN

########

TS

-14.1

136.7

 

Thanks,

Mike

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hi Mike,

Jennifer Gahtan - NOAA Federal

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Jun 11, 2024, 1:33:07 PMJun 11
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Hi Michael,
Yes, this update to precision is an intentional change and better reflects the actual precision given by the source tracks.

Thanks,
Jennifer

Michael Morrone

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Jun 11, 2024, 1:34:42 PMJun 11
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Hi Jennifer,

 

Noted!  Thanks for the quick reply.

 

Best,

Mike

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