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Atlantic Historical Tropical Storm Tracts 1886-89

Entry ID: h1886-89

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Summary

Abstract: 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.

Purpose: 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: 1216

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\h1886-89.shp

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 58.5

S: 9.9

E: -7.2

W: -101.3

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Chris Landsea (Colorado State University).

Dataset Title: Atlantic Historical Tropical Storm Tracts 1886-89

Dataset Release Date: 1997

Dataset Release Place: Charleston, SC

Dataset Publisher: NOAA Coastal Services Center

Data Presentation Form: Map

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1886-01-01

Stop Date: 1889-12-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MAINE

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > HURRICANES

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > STORMS

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

ENVIRONMENT

OCEANS

SOCIETY

Project

GOMODP > Gulf of Maine Ocean Data Partnership

Quality 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 ...

Access Constraints 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/

Use Constraints unknown

Ancillary Keywords

historical hurricanes

historic hurricane tracts

hurricanes

hurricane tracts

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Coastal Services Center, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Data Center URL: http://www.csc.noaa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: CLEARINGHOUSE MANAGER NOAA COASTAL SERVICES CENTER Phone: (843)740-1210 Fax: (843)740-1224 Email: clearinghouse at csc.noaa.gov Contact Address: 2234 South Hobson Avenue City: Charleston Province or State: SC Postal Code: 29405-2413 Country: USA