h1890-99 eng utf8 dataset NOAA COASTAL SERVICES CENTER, 843-740-1200 843-740-1224 NOAA Coastal Services Center 2234 South Hobson Avenue Charleston SC 29405-2413 USA csc@csc.noaa.gov author GCMD originator 1997-11-31 CEOS IDN DIF VERSION 9.7 Atlantic Historical Tropical Storm Tracts 1890-99 Atlantic Historical Tropical Storm Tracts 1890-99 1997-11-31 publication NOAA COASTAL SERVICES CENTER, CLEARINGHOUSE MANAGER (843)740-1210 (843)740-1224 2234 South Hobson Avenue Charleston SC 29405-2413 USA clearinghouse@csc.noaa.gov processor Chris Landsea (Colorado State University). originator NOAA Coastal Services Center publisher This Atlantic historical hurricane data covers the entire Atlantic and includes all storms (tropical storms and all categories of hurricanes). The storm tracts are in the form of arcs. Data is courtesy of Chris Landsea (Colorado State University). The North Atlantic 'best track' is maintained by the forecasters and researchers at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fl. Free access of this data and documentation were provided by Dr. Robert Sheets - Dir. of NHC. SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION INFORMATION Direct Spatial Reference: Vector SDTS Point and Vector Object Type: Complete Chain Point and Vector Object Count: 2525 SPATIAL REFERENCE INFORMATION - GEODETIC MODEL Horizontal Datum Name: North American Datum 1927 Ellipsoid Name: Clarke 1866 Semi-major Axis: 6378206.4 Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 294.98 NATIVE: ArcView version 3.0a i:\cis\id\alabama\data\h1890-99.shp completed NOAA COASTAL SERVICES CENTER, CLEARINGHOUSE MANAGER DOC/NOAA/NOS/CSC > Coastal Services Center, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DATA CENTER CONTACT (843)740-1210 (843)740-1224 2234 South Hobson Avenue Charleston SC 29405-2413 USA clearinghouse@csc.noaa.gov http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ resourceProvider EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > HURRICANES EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > STORMS NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords Science Keywords 2008-02-05 revision Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Meaux, C.Solomon, R. Bilodeau, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, 2007 . NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 6.0.0.0.0 historical hurricanes historic hurricane tracts historic storm tracts hurricanes hurricane tracts tropical storms tropical storm tracts GOMODP > Gulf of Maine Ocean Data Partnership NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords Projects 2009-06-10 revision Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Meaux, C.Solomon, R. Bilodeau, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, 2007 . NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 6.0.0.0.0 USA/NOAA CEOS NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords IDN Nodes 2007-04-01 revision Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Meaux, C.Solomon, R. Bilodeau, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, 2007 . NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 6.0.0.0.0 OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MAINE OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords Locations 2009-12-22 revision Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Meaux, C.Solomon, R. Bilodeau, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, 2007 . NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 6.0.0.0.0 otherRestrictions ACCESS CONSTRAINTS: none DISTRIBUTION LIABILITY: Users of this data must assume responsibility for determining proper use. The distributors assume no liability for the data. CUSTOM ORDER PROCESS: Contact NOAA Coastal Services Center's Clearinghouse Manager and request a copy of the Alabam Coastal Hazards Assessment CD-Rom. Alternatively, fill out a CSC Product Request Form at http://www.csc.noaa.gov/clearinghouse/prodreq_form.html otherRestrictions unknown eng utf8 climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere environment oceans society -97.9 -11.5 8.7 62.5 NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords Locations 2009-12-22 Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Meaux, C.Solomon, R. Bilodeau, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, 2007 . NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 6.0.0.0.0 OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MAINE NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords Locations 2009-12-22 Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Meaux, C.Solomon, R. Bilodeau, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, 2007 . NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 6.0.0.0.0 OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords Locations 2009-12-22 Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Meaux, C.Solomon, R. Bilodeau, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, 2007 . NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 6.0.0.0.0 OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN 1890-01-01 1899-12-31 NOAA COASTAL SERVICES CENTER, CLEARINGHOUSE MANAGER DOC/NOAA/NOS/CSC > Coastal Services Center, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DATA CENTER CONTACT (843)740-1210 (843)740-1224 2234 South Hobson Avenue Charleston SC 29405-2413 USA clearinghouse@csc.noaa.gov http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ distributor dataset ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY REPORT: The accuracy of the attributes in this dataset is unknown. LOGICAL CONSISTENCY REPORT: The data is believed to be logically consistent. COMPLETENESS REPORT: This dataset is complete. HORIZONTAL POSITIONAL ACCURACY REPORT: Unknown VERTICAL POSITIONAL ACCURACY REPORT: none PROCESS DESCRIPTION: Hurricane information was downloaded from the Purdue historical hurricane site. The textual information was imported into Excel, cleaned and saved as a .dbf file. This file was then converted to shapefiles with attributes using a script in ARC/INFO 7.1.1. The shapefiles were aggregated by decade and converted to shapefiles in ArcView 3.0a. PROCESS DATE: 19971030 SOURCE INFORMATION - CITATION: National Hurricane Center. Atlantic Hurricane Tracts. 1996. GEOSPATIAL DATA PRESENTATION FORM: map. TYPE OF SOURCE MEDIA: unknown. BEGINNING TIME: 18860101. ENDING TIME: 19961231. SOURCE CURRENTNESS REFERENCE: publication date. SOURCE CITATION ABBREVIATION: h1890. This metadata record is publicly available. asNeeded NOAA COASTAL SERVICES CENTER, 843-740-1200 843-740-1224 NOAA Coastal Services Center 2234 South Hobson Avenue Charleston SC 29405-2413 USA csc@csc.noaa.gov author