CD for Viewing Storm Tracks recommended by Scott Stephens

[Rick Danielson]

Hi Christopher,

      The GTECCA CD comes with its own visualization program and NCDC
is reluctant to update the track files because this is an old set of
tracks on a CD that is supposed to run on DOS.  There are also questions
about the validity of a number of cyclone intensification rates among the
events documented there.  (On the other hand, conventional cyclone tracks
that one finds on the web are often based on gridded analyses that don't
always capture the position and intensity of lowest pressure either.)
In any case, tt suffices to say that the binary files you want to examine
aren't meant to be used by Grads, but the CD does display its own files.

Regards,
Rick Danielson


> Dear Arlindo and the Grads User Group,
>
>    In order to clarify, the CD I have is "Global Tropical/Extratropical Cyclone Climatic Atlas", which can be used to
> find the storm tracks for the northern hemosphere low-pressure systems.  Will I need new software in order to view the
> files?  The extensions in the monthly folders are .nar, .sqr, .hr and .sum.  There is also a .PIC file for tracks.
> Another extension is .bgi.  Finally, there is a file called INSTALL. My e-mail address is blossom002 at wcsu.edu.  Your
> prompt response would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Christopher Blossom


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