ARCSS003 Arctic Cyclone Track Data Set, 1966-1993 Mark C. Serreze Arctic Cyclone Track Data Set, 1966-1993 1996-01-01 Boulder, Colorado USA NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center http://nsidc.org/data/arcss003.html Investigator Mark C. Serreze serreze@nsidc.org 1 303 492-6199 1 303 492-2468

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Boulder CO 80309-0449 USA EARTH SCIENCE Atmosphere Atmospheric Phenomena Cyclones EARTH SCIENCE Atmosphere Atmospheric Phenomena Storms EARTH SCIENCE Atmosphere Atmospheric Pressure EARTH SCIENCE Atmosphere Atmospheric Pressure Anticyclones/Cyclones EARTH SCIENCE Atmosphere Atmospheric Pressure Differential Pressure EARTH SCIENCE Atmosphere Atmospheric Pressure Pressure Tendency Sea Level Pressure Tendency EARTH SCIENCE Atmosphere Atmospheric Pressure Sea Level Pressure ADCC ARCSS003 Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center Atmospheric Pressure Cyclogenesis Cyclolysis Cyclones Laplacian Pressure National Science Foundation Northern Hemisphere NSF NSIDC OPP Sea Level Pressure Tropical Cyclones Tropical Storms SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER 1966-05-01 1993-12-31 complete 60 90 -180 180 GEOGRAPHIC REGION ARCTIC GEOGRAPHIC REGION NORTHERN HEMISPHERE GEOGRAPHIC REGION POLAR 12:00:00 ARCSS/LAII Arctic System Science/Land-Atmosphere-Ice Interaction English NSIDC National Snow and Ice Data Center http://nsidc.org Data Center Contact NSIDC User Services nsidc@nsidc.org 1 303 492-6199 1 303 492-2468

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This data set comprises a 28-year record (1 May 1966 through 31 December 1993) of twice-daily extra tropical cyclone statistics for the Northern Hemisphere. Data were obtained from application of the updated Serreze (1995) algorithm to National Meteorological Center (NMC) sea level pressure (SLP) fields for the 47x51 octagonal grid. The data set includes the position and central pressure of each cyclone, whether the observation represents a cyclogenesis or cyclolysis event (from the first and last observation of each system), and the local Laplacian (105 mb m-2) and sea level pressure tendency (SLPT) (mb (12h-1)) at each cyclone center.

VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/map/clim/storm.shtml Recent Cyclone Track Data from the Climate Diagnostics Center VIEW RELATED INFORMATION http://nsidc.org/data/arcss003.html access to data and documentation USA/NOAA CEOS IDN DIF 9.7 1996-01-01 2003-06-12