jufeng

piloting a hurricane

1st To-do list:

• Gather samples and associated variables

  • satellite data (include sporadic measurements or continuous only?)

    ISCCP 3hourly; CLAUS Brightness Temperature; NOAA IR temp

  • reanalysis

    http://apps.ecmwf.int/datasets/data/interim-full-daily/levtype=sfc/

  • SST

    https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadsst3/data/download.html

• get and clean up best track data (both post-genesis and pre-genesis)

  • track vorticity/low pressure/AEW

    see. Thorncroft et al., 2001

    https://data.noaa.gov/dataset/african-easterly-wave-climatology-version-1

  • Best track data

    • read and plot:

      http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/#hurdat

      https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ibtracs/