README.md

In timtrice/rrricanesdata: Data for Atlantic and east Pacific tropical cyclones since 1998

rrricanesdata

rrricanesdata is the complementary dataset for rrricanes. Currently it contains all product datasets for every cyclone that has developed in the north Atlantic and northeast Pacific basins since 1998.

rrricanesdata will be updated on the first of every month.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites.

Installing

rrricanesdata can be installed with the following command:

install.packages("rrricanesdata", 
                 repos = "https://timtrice.github.io/drat/", 
                 type = "source")

This package is not nor will be made available in CRAN.

Updating

As rrricanesdata will be updated monthly (provided any advisory was issued the previous month), you will want to ensure you have the latest datasets prior to running any analysis. You need to add the package repository to your repos options, such as:

options(repos = c(getOption("repos"), "https://timtrice.github.io/drat/")

You can then run update.packages to check for and install any new updates.

Datasets

adv

• Key: Unique identifier of cyclone
• Adv: Advisory number
• Date: Date and time of advisory
• Status: Classification of cyclone
• Name: Name of cyclone
• Lat: Latitude of cyclone center
• Lon: Longitude of cyclone center
• Wind: Maximum sustained one-minute winds in knots
• Gust: Maximum sustained one-minute gusts in knots
• Pressure: Minimum central pressure in millibars
• PosAcc: Position accuracy of cyclone in nautical miles
• FwdDir: Compass angle of forward motion
• FwdSpeed: Forward speed in miles per hour
• Eye: Size of eye in nautical miles
• SeasNE: Radius of 12ft seas in northeast quadrant
• SeasSE: Radius of 12ft seas in southeast quadrant
• SeasSW: Radius of 12ft seas in southwest quadrant
• SeasNW: Radius of 12ft seas in northwest quadrant

discus

• Status: Classification of storm, e.g., Tropical Storm, Hurricane, etc.
• Name: Name of storm
• Adv: Advisory Number
• Date: Date of advisory issuance
• Key: ID of cyclone
• Contents: Text content of product

fcst

• Key: Unique identifier of cyclone
• Adv: Advisory number
• Date: Date and time of advisory
• FcstDate: Forecast date and time in UTC
• Lat: Forecast latitude
• Lon: Forecast Longitude
• Wind: Forecast wind in knots
• Gust: Forecast gust in knots

fcst_wr

• Key: Unique identifier of cyclone
• Adv: Advisory number
• Date: Date and time of advisory
• FcstDate: Forecast date and time in UTC
• WindField: Minimum sustained wind field for quadrants
• NE: Radius in nautical miles for northeast quadrant
• SE: Radius in nautical miles for southeast quadrant
• SW: Radius in nautical miles for southwest quadrant
• NW: Radius in nautical miles for northwest quadrant

fstadv

• Status: Classification of cyclone
• Name: Name of cyclone
• Adv: Advisory number
• Date: Date and time of advisory
• Key: Unique identifier of cyclone
• Lat: Latitude of cyclone center
• Lon: Longitude of cyclone center
• Wind: Maximum sustained one-minute winds in knots
• Gust: Maximum sustained one-minute gusts in knots
• Pressure: Minimum central pressure in millibars
• PosAcc: Position accuracy of cyclone in nautical miles
• FwdDir: Compass angle of forward motion
• FwdSpeed: Forward speed in miles per hour
• Eye: Size of eye in nautical miles
• NE64: Radius of >=64kt winds in northeast quadrant
• SE64: Radius of >=64kt winds in southeast quadrant
• SW64: Radius of >=64kt winds in southwest quadrant
• NW64: Radius of >=64kt winds in northwest quadrant
• NE50: Radius of >=50kt winds in northeast quadrant
• SE50: Radius of >=50kt winds in southeast quadrant
• SW50: Radius of >=50kt winds in southwest quadrant
• NW50: Radius of >=50kt winds in northwest quadrant
• NE34: Radius of >=34kt winds in northwest quadrant
• SE34: Radius of >=34kt winds in southeast quadrant
• SW34: Radius of >=34kt winds in southwest quadrant
• NW34: Radius of >=34kt winds in northwest quadrant
• Hr{n}FcstDate: Forecast valid date
• Hr{n}Lat: Forecast latitude in n hours
• Hr{n}Lon: Forecast longitude in n hours
• Hr{n}Wind: Forecast maximum wind in n hours
• Hr{n}Gust: Forecast maximum gust in n hours
• Hr{n}NE64: Forecast wind radius in n hours
• Hr{n}SE64: Forecast wind radius in n hours
• Hr{n}SW64: Forecast wind radius in n hours
• Hr{n}NW64: Forecast wind radius in n hours
• Hr{n}NE50: Forecast wind radius in n hours
• Hr{n}SE50: Forecast wind radius in n hours
• Hr{n}SW50: Forecast wind radius in n hours
• Hr{n}NW50: Forecast wind radius in n hours
• Hr{n}NE34: Forecast wind radius in n hours
• Hr{n}SE34: Forecast wind radius in n hours
• Hr{n}SW34: Forecast wind radius in n hours
• Hr{n}NW34: Forecast wind radius in n hours
• SeasNE: Radius of 12ft seas in northeast quadrant
• SeasSE: Radius of 12ft seas in southeast quadrant
• SeasSW: Radius of 12ft seas in southwest quadrant
• SeasNW: Radius of 12ft seas in northwest quadrant

posest

• Status: Classification of storm, e.g., Tropical Storm, Hurricane, etc.
• Name: Name of storm
• Date: Date of advisory issuance
• Contents: Text content of product

prblty

• Status: Classification of storm, e.g., Tropical Storm, Hurricane, etc.
• Name: Name of storm
• Adv: Advisory Number
• Date: Date of advisory issuance
• Location: Location for which the probability statistics rely
• A: Probability of a strike within the next 12 hours
• B: Probability of a strike between 12 and 24 hours
• C: Probability of a strike between 24 and 36 hours
• D: Probability of a strike between 36 and 48 hours
• E: Probability of a strike between 48 and 72 hours

public

• Status: Classification of storm, e.g., Tropical Storm, Hurricane, etc.
• Name: Name of storm
• Adv: Advisory Number
• Date: Date of advisory issuance
• Key: Unique ID of the cyclone
• Contents: Text content of product

storms

• Key: Storm ID
• Name: Storm name
• Wind: Peak wind speed in knots
• StartDate: Date/time of first advisory
• EndDate: Date/time of last advisory

update

• Status: Classification of storm, e.g., Tropical Storm, Hurricane, etc.
• Name: Name of storm
• Date: Date of advisory issuance
• Key: Unique ID of cyclone
• Contents: Text content of product

wndprb

• Status: Classification of storm, e.g., Tropical Storm, Hurricane, etc.
• Name: Name of storm
• Adv: Advisory Number
• Date: Date of advisory issuance
• Wind: Minimum wind speed for which probabilities reference
• Wind12: Probability of sustained Wind within 12 hours
• Wind24: Probability of sustained Wind within 24 hours
• Wind24Cum: Cumulative probability through 24 hours
• Wind36: Probability of sustained Wind within 36 hours
• Wind36Cum: Cumulative probability through 36 hours
• Wind48: Probability of sustained Wind within 48 hours
• Wind48Cum: Cumulative probability through 48 hours
• Wind72: Probability of sustained Wind within 72 hours
• Wind72Cum: Cumulative probability through 72 hours
• Wind96: Probability of sustained Wind within 96 hours
• Wind96Cum: Cumulative probability through 96 hours
• Wind120: Probability of sustained Wind within 120 hours
• Wind120Cum: Cumulative probability through 120 hours

wr

• Key: Unique identifier of cyclone
• Adv: Advisory number
• Date: Date and time of advisory
• Windfield: Minimum wind speed expected
• NE: Radius of Windfield in the northeast quadrant
• SE: Radius of Windfield in the southeast quadrant
• SW: Radius of Windfield in the southwest quadrant
• NW: Radius of Windfield in the northwest quadrant

Built With

• R 3.3.3 - The R Project for Statistical Computing

Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for details on our code of conduct, and the process for submitting pull requests to us.

Versioning

We use SemVer for versioning. For the versions available, see the tags on this repository.

Authors

• Tim Trice - Initial work - timtrice

See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details

Acknowledgments

• Salmon, Maëlle
• Stachelek, Joseph
• Robinson, Emily

Known Data Quality Issues

1. Hurricane Juan (AL152003), Adv 15; no status leads to improper Status and Name values in some datasets. (#82)

timtrice/rrricanesdata documentation built on Dec. 10, 2019, 10:11 p.m.