Monsoon low-pressure-system tracks over South Asia (1979-2019)
Description
Monsoon LPS tracks over South Asia, computed using ERA-Interim reanalysis data.
Tracking algorithm described in Hunt and Fletcher (2018) [doi:10.1007/s00382-019-04744-x] and Hunt et al. (2016) [doi:10.1175/MWR-D-15-0138.1].
Description of fields:
point_id: unique integer identifier for each point
time: string with format DD/MM/YY HH:MM, denoting time of detected track point
lon: longitude of detected track point
lat: latitude of detected track point
track_id: unique integer identifier for each track (constituting a group of points)
vort: relative vorticity at 850 hPa for the given point (units: s-1)
circulation: vorticity integrated over the blob of positive vorticity containing the track point (units: arb)
eccentricity: eccentricity of the vorticity blob containing the track point
category: integer from 0-6 denoting the category of the LPS at the given point, approximately matching IMD criteria. 0: low-pressure area, 1: deep low-pressure area, 2: depression, 3: deep depression, 4: cyclonic storm, 5: severe cyclonic storm, 6: very severe cyclonic storm (and above).
Files
lps-tracks_v2.1.2_1979-2019.csv
Additional details
Related works
- Is published in
- Journal article: 10.1007/s00382-019-04744-x (DOI)
- Journal article: 10.1175/MWR-D-15-0138.1 (DOI)
References
- The relationship between Indian monsoon rainfall and low-pressure systems. KMR Hunt, JK Fletcher - Climate Dynamics, 2019
- On the structure and dynamics of Indian monsoon depressions KMR Hunt, AG Turner, PM Inness, DE Parker, RC Levine - Monthly Weather Review, 2016