Tag: IBTrACS

Carl Schreck

Tropical climate variability

Dr. Carl Schreck is a senior research scholar with the North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies at North Carolina State University. His research identifies the…

Oct 29, 2014

The Impact of Best Track Discrepancies on Global Tropical Cyclone Climatologies using IBTrACS

Accurate, consistent, and homogenous data are critical for understanding the current climatology of tropical cyclones and identifying any trends in these storms in a changing…

Oct 1, 2013

Quantifying Tropical Cyclone Rainfall

Tropical cyclones (TCs) constitute one of the major natural disasters around the world as well as an important source of fresh water over areas prone…