The dataset consists of the following data groups: annual probabilities of occurence of tropical storms and hurricanes for coastal areas of the U.S., Canada, and Bermuda by 1 X 1 degree cells; annual probabilities of occurence of tropical storms, hurricanes, super typhoons (winds 67 meters/second or greater), and mean forward velocities of tropical cyclones (without regard to tropical cyclone intensity) for the world by 5 X 5 degree cells; number of hurricanes strikes for the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts by state and Saffir-Simpson hurricane category; mean monthly and annual number of extratropical cyclogeneses and cyclone occurences for the Northern Hemisphere by 5 X 5 degree cells; mean and/or relative number of cyclones (without regard to cyclone type) for January, July, and the year for the world by 5 X 5 degree cells; mean number of hours of cyclone occurence (without regard to cyclone type) for January, July, and the year for the Southern Hemisphere by 5 X 5 degree cells; mean number of polar lows (polar air cloud vortices) per winter month for the North Pacific Ocean and Southern Hemisphere by 5 X 5 degree cells; derived index of the influence of winds on coastlines in the African, Asian, and Australian monsoon regions by 1 X 1 degree cells; and mean annual sea-ice concentrations for Alaskan and U.S. coastal areas by 1 X 1 degree cells.
Each data group is provided with its own ARC/INFO export file, flat ASCII file, and dedicated input/output software. Each data group with 1 degree data has been placed into a 180 by 360 cell rectangular grid before generating the flat ASCII data file in order to facilitate its use with a raster GIS. The flat file for each data group has been designed to allow the entry of this data into both grid-based GIS's and non-GIS database management systems. Data groups with 5 degree data have been gridded in a similar manner. The data files range in size from 0.1 kB to 5.31 MB. For floppy requests, CDIAC will provide all files except ARC/INFO on IBM-format, high-density 5.25 or 3.25 diskettes.
This data set also resides on the CDIAC CD-ROM which contains many other CDIAC data sets.
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Entry_ID: CDIAC_NDP35 (MD Identifier: 1378)
Temporal Coverage:
From: 1877-01-01 TO: 1990-12-31
Geographic Coverage:
Southwest Extent: 90S,180W Northeast Extent: 90N,180E
Storage Media:
CD-ROM
diskettes
hardcopy summary information
magnetic tape
Discipline, Subdiscipline:
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEAN
Location Keyword:
GLOBAL
SEA SURFACE
Parameter Group, Parameter:
ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS > STORMS
ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS > WINDS
OCEAN COMPOSITION > SEA ICE
OCEAN DYNAMICS > SEA ICE
General Keywords:
CD-ROM
CLIMATOLOGY
COASTAL ZONES
CYCLONES
EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES
GRID DATA
HURRICANES
IDN_NODE GSFC/CDIAC
NDP-035
POLAR LOWS
STATISTICS
TROPICAL STORMS
TYPHOONS
Revision Date: 1992-08-31
Quality Statement:
CDIAC has insured that the data used in this NDP was of the highest quality
available. Because of the global extent of this database, the period of record,
and the sampling frequency, the accuracy of measurement may vary within a given
data variable by geographic location and data groups. Thus, the figures
indicating the period of record for each geographic location within a data group
should be consulted, along with the primary data sources listed for each group.
However, the use of long-term averages and standardized values should minimize
the problems associated with the aggregation of multiple data sources (that may
have been gathered over different time periods) into a single data variable or
data group.
Archive:
CDIAC>Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, DOE
Data Set ID: NDP-035
Contact: BODEN, TOM
Environmental Sciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Building 1000, MS-6335
Oak Ridge, TN 37830-9984
USA
Electronic Mail: BITNET> CDP@ORNLSTC
INTERNET> TAB@STC10.CTD.ORNL.GOV
Phone: (615) 574-0390
FTS 624-0390
Investigator: DANIELS, RICHARD C.
CDIAC
Environmental Sciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Building 1000, MS-6335
Oak Ridge, TN 37831
Electronic Mail: BITNET> R3D@ORNLSTC
Phone: (615) 574-0390
Tech Contact: BIRDWELL, KEVIN R.
NOAA/Atmospheric Gaseous Diffusion Lab
P.O. Box 2456
Oak Ridge, TN 37831
USA
Phone: (615) 576-2341
Entry Author: SCIALDONE, JOHN N.
Hughes STX
7701 Greenbelt Road, Suite 400
Greenbelt, MD 20770
USA
Electronic Mail: INTERNET> SCIALDONE@NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV
NSI/DECnet> NCF::SCIALDONE
Phone: (301) 441-4214
Information in this entry provided by CDIAC
Daniels, R.C., and K.R. Birdwell, 1991: 'A Storm Climatology Database with
Applications in Regional and Global Change Studies', Bulletin of the American
Meteorological Society, Vol. 72, No. 7.
1. Data Center: CDIAC>Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, DOE