International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship Project

Dataset Availability: 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

BOM_R34_SW

DOUBLE

BOM_R34_NW

DOUBLE

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

BOM_R50_SW

DOUBLE

BOM_R50_NW

DOUBLE

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

BOM_R64_SW

DOUBLE

BOM_R64_NW

DOUBLE

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

NOAA/IBTrACS/v4, hurricane,noaa,table,weather

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

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