Wind and Waves in Tropical Cyclones (1985-2022)

Dataset contains information on wind speed and wave height in Tropical Cyclones (TCs) obtained from the Best Track Data during the period from 1985 to 2022 and along-track altimeter measurements from 17 satellites in 1985-2018 (IMOS archive, Ribal and Young, 2019) and in 2020-2022 (CMEMS archive).

For each TC, in which the maximum wind speed exceeded 30 m/s (1905 cases), files are created to combine altimetry data on the significant wave height and wind speed in the cyclone area (+-7 degrees from TC center) and information on each cyclone trajectory and its main characteristics (maximum wind speed, radius of maximum winds, heading velocity vector).

To describe the radial distribution of wind speed, standard data on distances from the cyclone center to points with wind speeds of 34, 50, and 64 knots are approximated with the analytical function suggested by Holland (1980).

For each cyclone, graphical files are provided to illustrate the evolution of every TC parameters, the quality of the wind prifile approximation, the location of altimeter tracks, and the along-track values of significant wave height and wind speed. 

Files given in NetCDF and MAT formats contain

-  TC coordinates, heading velocity and direction, maximum wind speed and radius of maximum wind speed every 3 hours

-  parameters of wind radial distributions for TC central and far zone every 3 hours

-  altimetry data: time and along-track significant wave height and wind speed in TC region (+-7 degrees from TC center) from satellites GEOSAT, ERS-1, TOPEX, ERS-2, GFO, ENVISAT, JASON-1, JASON-2, JASON-3, SARAL/AltiKa, CryoSat-2, HY-2A, HY-2B, CFOSAT, Sentinel-3A, Sentinel-3B, Sentinel-6А

To form the dataset, the NOAA archive with data on tropical cyclones (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/international-best-track-archive-for-climate-stewardship-ibtracs/v04r00/access/netcdf/, DOI :10.48670/moi-00178) and archives CMEMS (https://resources.marine.copernicus.eu/products, DOI:10.48670/moi-00178) and IMOS (https://catalogue-imos. aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/rus/catalog.search#/metadata/c6d5c7b4-323e-4979-9364-cdfa59684163, DOI:10.26198/5c184f4a5cd2e) with altimetry data were used .