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Hurricane Satellite (HURSAT) from International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) B1, Version 6

The Hurricane Satellite (HURSAT) from derived International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) B1 observations of tropical cyclones worldwide. The B1 data are subsampled observations from the global constellation of geostationary satellites (GOES, Meteosat, GMS, and FY2 series) spanning 1978 through to present year. The data include infrared window, visible and other channels available from the satellite instruments. IBTrACS (International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship) best track locations of all global tropical cyclones were temporally interpolated to match the satellite data resolution. The satellite data were then gridded to 8km, with grid centers fixed on the tropical cyclone center of circulation at 3-hour intervals. Data are provided in a convenient NetCDF format which is self-documenting and follows standard storage and metadata conventions. HURSAT version 6 also contains information about the image derived from storm centering algorithms including ARCHER [Wimmer's SSEC algorithm] and the axisymmetric technique. Azimuthal statistics derived from these positions are also provided. Version 6 supersedes all other HURSAT B1 versions.

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Keywords Earth Science > Atmosphere > Weather Events > Tropical Cyclones , Earth Science > Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Tropical Cyclones > Hurricanes , Earth Science > Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Tropical Cyclones > Hurricanes , Earth Science > Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Tropical Cyclones > Typhoons , Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Anticyclones/Cyclones , Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Sea Level Pressure , Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Sea Level Pressure , Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Radiance , Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Albedo , Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Net Radiation , Earth Science > Atmosphere > Aerosols > Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness , Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Solar Irradiance , Earth Science > Spectral/Engineering > Infrared Wavelengths , Earth Science > Spectral/Engineering > Visible Wavelengths , Earth Science > Atmosphere > Clouds , Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor , Oceanic - Surface - Sea Level , Geographic Region > Global , Geographic Region > Equatorial , Geographic Region > Global Ocean , Vertical Location > Sea Surface , Vertical Location > Mesosphere , VAS > VISSR Atmospheric Sounder , JAMI > Japanese Advanced Meteorological Imager , SEVIRI > Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager , GOES I-M IMAGER , VISSR-METEOSAT > Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer (METEOSAT Series) , GOES-1 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 1 , GOES-2 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 2 , GOES-3 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 3 , GOES-4 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 4 , GOES-5 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 5 , GOES-6 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 6 , GOES-7 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 7 , GOES-8 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 8 , GOES-9 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 9 , GOES-10 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 10 , GOES-11 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 11 , GOES-12 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 12 , SMS-2 > Synchronous Meteorological Satellite 2 , METEOSAT-4 > Meteosat Operational Programme 1 (MOP-1) , METEOSAT-5 > Meteosat Operational Programme 2 (MOP-2) , METEOSAT-6 > Meteosat Operational Programme 3 (MOP-3) , METEOSAT-7 , GMS-1 > Geostationary Meteorological Satellite-1 , GMS-2 > Geostationary Meteorological Satellite-2 , GMS-3 > Geostationary Meteorological Satellite-3 , GMS-4 > Geostationary Meteorological Satellite-4 , GMS-5 > Geostationary Meteorological Satellite-5 , MTSAT-1R > Multi-functional Transport Satellite 1 Replacement , METEOSAT-8 , 1 km - HTML Markup Was Removed , Hourly - HTML Markup Was Removed , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
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