Wind and Waves in Tropical Cyclones (2020-2022)

A new version is available containing data from 1985 to 2022: 10.5281/zenodo.7746159 Dataset contains information on wind speed and wave height in Tropical Cyclones (TCs) obtained by combined analysis of the Best Track Data (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/international-best-track-archive-for-climate-stewardship-ibtracs/v04r00/access/netcdf/, https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00178) and along-track altimeter measurements (https://resources.marine.copernicus.eu/products, https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00178) from seven satellites. The most intense TCs (wind speed exceeds 30 m/s) from January 2020 to June 2022 are considered. 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 SARAL/AltiKa, CryoSat-2, CFOSAT, HY-2B, Jason-3, Sentinel-3A, Sentinel-3B. For each TC, graphical files are provided to illustrate the evolution of its main parameters, the approximation of the wind speed radial distribution, the location of altimeter tracks, and the distributions of along-track wave height and wind speed. 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 (Holland 1980, doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1980)1082.0.CO;2), including three parameters: um (maximum wind speed), Rm (radius of maximum wind speed) and B (wind shape parameter). The dataset can be used in planning and implementing case studies and to validate models of tropical cyclones formation and wave development under their action