bagyo: Philippine Tropical Cyclones Data
In bagyo: Philippine Tropical Cyclones Data

bagyo

R Documentation

Philippine Tropical Cyclones Data

Description

The Philippines frequently experiences tropical cyclones (called 'bagyo' in the Filipino language) because of its geographical position. These cyclones typically bring heavy rainfall, leading to widespread flooding, as well as strong winds that cause significant damage to human life, crops, and property. Data on cyclones are collected and curated by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) and made available through its website. This package contains Philippine tropical cyclones data in a machine-readable format. It is hoped that this data package provides an interesting and unique dataset for data exploration and visualisation as an adjunct to the traditional iris dataset and to the current palmerpenguins dataset.

Usage

bagyo

Format

A data frame with 9 columns and 86 rows:

Variable	Description
year	Year
category_code	Tropical cyclone category code
category_name	Tropical cyclone category name
name	Name given to the tropical cyclone by Philippine authorities
rsmc_name	Name given to the tropical cyclone by RSMC
start	Date and time at which cyclone enters Philippine waters
end	Date and time at which cyclone leaves Philippine waters
pressure	Maximum central pressure in hPa
speed	Maximum sustained wind speed in km/h

Author(s)

Maintainer: Ernest Guevarra ernest@guevarra.io (ORCID) [copyright holder]

Source

Data are drawn from PAGASA's Annual Report on Philippine Tropical Cyclones found at https://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/tropical-cyclone/publications/annual-report