[Met_help] [rt.rap.ucar.edu #82996] History for Hurricane truth data

[John Halley Gotway via RT]

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Hello,

When running analysis on HWRF output, does NCAR/UCAR have a repository of truth files for hurricanes (something like: track, wind, pressure)?

Can you point me where to find them?

Thanks,
Suzanna
Suzanna C. Diener, Ph.D.
Sr. Scientist/Engineer
The Aerospace Corporation
Space-Based Sensing Division
Boulder, CO 80301

(C) 303-718-0274
(Lab) 720-622-5171
Suzanna.C.Diener at aero.org<mailto:Suzanna.C.Diener at aero.org>
Suzanna.C.Diener.ctr at mail.smil.mil<mailto:Suzanna.C.Diener.ctr at mail.smil.mil>



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Subject: Hurricane truth data
From: John Halley Gotway
Time: Mon Nov 13 10:06:10 2017

Suzanna,

The truth data for hurricane tracks is called 'BEST; track data.  The
'B'
of best is the motivation for the word 'BDECK'... for BEST track data.

NCAR does not maintain this data but it's freely available on an FTP
site
hosted by the National Hurricane Center.

Here's a link to the NHC page with a 5.9MB tar file for past Atlantic
Hurricane tracks:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/#hurdat
<http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/>

<http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/>
Hope that helps.

Thanks,
John



On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 8:58 AM, Suzanna C Diener via RT
<met_help at ucar.edu>
wrote:

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> Mon Nov 13 08:58:21 2017: Request 82996 was acted upon.
> Transaction: Ticket created by suzanna.c.diener at aero.org
>        Queue: met_help
>      Subject: Hurricane truth data
>        Owner: Nobody
>   Requestors: suzanna.c.diener at aero.org
>       Status: new
>  Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=82996 >
>
>
> Hello,
>
> When running analysis on HWRF output, does NCAR/UCAR have a
repository of
> truth files for hurricanes (something like: track, wind, pressure)?
>
> Can you point me where to find them?
>
> Thanks,
> Suzanna
> Suzanna C. Diener, Ph.D.
> Sr. Scientist/Engineer
> The Aerospace Corporation
> Space-Based Sensing Division
> Boulder, CO 80301
>
> (C) 303-718-0274
> (Lab) 720-622-5171
> Suzanna.C.Diener at aero.org<mailto:Suzanna.C.Diener at aero.org>
> Suzanna.C.Diener.ctr at mail.smil.mil<mailto:Suzanna.C.Diener.
> ctr at mail.smil.mil>
>
>
>

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Subject: RE: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #82996] Hurricane truth data
From: Suzanna C Diener
Time: Tue Nov 14 06:31:46 2017

Hi John,

I found them, and got everything working!  Thanks for your help!

Suzanna


-----Original Message-----
From: John Halley Gotway via RT [mailto:met_help at ucar.edu]
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 10:06 AM
To: Suzanna C Diener <suzanna.c.diener at aero.org>
Subject: Re: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #82996] Hurricane truth data

Suzanna,

The truth data for hurricane tracks is called 'BEST; track data.  The
'B'
of best is the motivation for the word 'BDECK'... for BEST track data.

NCAR does not maintain this data but it's freely available on an FTP
site hosted by the National Hurricane Center.

Here's a link to the NHC page with a 5.9MB tar file for past Atlantic
Hurricane tracks:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/#hurdat
<http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/>

<http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/>
Hope that helps.

Thanks,
John



On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 8:58 AM, Suzanna C Diener via RT
<met_help at ucar.edu>
wrote:

>
> Mon Nov 13 08:58:21 2017: Request 82996 was acted upon.
> Transaction: Ticket created by suzanna.c.diener at aero.org
>        Queue: met_help
>      Subject: Hurricane truth data
>        Owner: Nobody
>   Requestors: suzanna.c.diener at aero.org
>       Status: new
>  Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=82996
> >
>
>
> Hello,
>
> When running analysis on HWRF output, does NCAR/UCAR have a
repository
> of truth files for hurricanes (something like: track, wind,
pressure)?
>
> Can you point me where to find them?
>
> Thanks,
> Suzanna
> Suzanna C. Diener, Ph.D.
> Sr. Scientist/Engineer
> The Aerospace Corporation
> Space-Based Sensing Division
> Boulder, CO 80301
>
> (C) 303-718-0274
> (Lab) 720-622-5171
> Suzanna.C.Diener at aero.org<mailto:Suzanna.C.Diener at aero.org>
> Suzanna.C.Diener.ctr at mail.smil.mil<mailto:Suzanna.C.Diener.
> ctr at mail.smil.mil>
>
>
>



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