April nd IBTrACS Workshop NOAA’s *Global* Historical Hurricane Tracks Tool Ethan J. Gibney I.M. Systems Group/ NOAA Coastal Services National Climatic Data Center csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes

11-13 April nd IBTrACS Workshop2  History  Users  Tool Features  Demonstration  Future csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes

11-13 April nd IBTrACS Workshop3  Originally designed and built in 2002  Partnership between NOAA CSC and NHC, part of Hurricane Awareness Week  Help make NHC HURDAT accessible and searchable by general public  Limited to Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific  Recently expanded globally through partnership between CSC and NCDC’s IBTrACS Team csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes

11-13 April nd IBTrACS Workshop4  Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) Internet Map Server (ArcIMS) ‣ ArcGIS API for Flex csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes

11-13 April nd IBTrACS Workshop5 csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes.net|43%.com|25%.edu|8%.org|5%.us|4%.gov|4%.mil|1% nhc.noaa.gov[#1 referrer] Date Range: 03/21/ /21/2011 (includes data prior to when the app “went global”)

11-13 April nd IBTrACS Workshop6  Search by: ◦ Location (place name, postal code, lat/lon, etc.; or Set Location button)  Application will help you find what you’re looking for ◦ Storm Name/Year (all storms w/ same name, all storms in a particular year) ◦ Ocean Basin (all storms in a particular basin/s)  All searches can be filtered, either before or after you initiate your search! csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes

11-13 April nd IBTrACS Workshop7  Refine search by: ◦ SSHWS Category ◦ Timeframe (months, years)  Climate (ENSO) ◦ Barometric Pressure csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes

11-13 April nd IBTrACS Workshop8  Set location button  Refine Search capabilities  Results pane (storm information, chart pressure v. wind)  Sorting abilities  Interrogate storm track(s)  Storm Details  MyStorms tab  Share storms csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes

11-13 April nd IBTrACS Workshop9 csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes

11-13 April nd IBTrACS Workshop10  Selected storm download (in “GIS-friendly” format, with metadata)  Expanded climatology search options (e.g., more teleconnection indices- PDO, IOD, AMO, NAO, QBO, etc. )  Pan across the dateline  Semi-annual data updates (streamline process) ◦ IBTrACS  NCDC GIS Team  CSC  Application  Complete NCDC mirror csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes

11-13 April nd IBTrACS Workshop11 Thank You! Questions? csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes