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International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS)
activities at NOAA’s NCDC
Kenneth R. Knapp a , Howard Diamond a , Ethan J Gibney c , Paula A. Hennon c , Michael C. Kruk c
(Ken.Knapp@noaa.gov)
a
NOAA/NCDC, b I.M. Systems Group, Inc., Asheville, NC, c STG, Inc.
The International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) is a project at
NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center under the auspices of the World Data Center for
Meteorology – Asheville to collect and disseminate the historical tropical cyclone best track data
from all available agencies, merging the disparate data sets into one comprehensive product for
the user community. One of the goals of the project is to maintain open data processing methods,
so that desired user feedback on data quality is more easily collected. In addition, data
provenance is completely recorded so all observations and corrections, either through rigorous
quality control or user feedback, may be attributed to their source. Data are available in various
formats to accommodate the diverse needs of the tropical cyclone data user community. The
presentation will summarize the purpose of the project, recent accomplishments and the future
direction of IBTrACS. More information on IBTrACS is available at
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ibtracs/
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