Tropical Cyclone Evaluation Methodology Dataset

This dataset includes Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecast (ATCF) format ASCII files. These data are a subset of files from the Hurricane Forecast Improvement project (HFIP) Stream 1.5 evaluation covering three years of retrospective forecasts from 2010-2012. The best track analysis (b-decks), operational baselines (a-deck), and experimental Stream1.5 model output included can be used as example data to perform tropical cyclone model forecast evaluations, following Brown et al, 2023: User-responsive diagnostic verification methods for evaluating tropical cyclone track and intensity forecasts.National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) funding to the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) was provided via three grants (NA13AANWG0251, NA19AANWG0219, and NA14AANWG0247). NCAR is sponsored by the National Science Foundation