The International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) (original) (raw)

The International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) project was established to create a centralized repository of tropical cyclone best track (BT) data from various forecasting centers worldwide. This comprehensive dataset integrates historical data and employs advanced merging techniques to ensure data quality and provenance. The article outlines the IBTrACS project's objectives, methodologies for data integration, and presents tropical cyclone statistics for the North and South Indian Ocean basins.