Our Science
Introduction
About the aircraft reconnaissance
Putting it all together
Journal articles, datasets, and conference papers relevant to this project
VDM+ Dataset
Dataset citation
- Vigh, J. L., 2015. VDM+: The Enhanced Vortex Data Message Dataset (Version 1.100). Tropical Cyclone Data
Project, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado.
[Available online at: https://doi.org/10.5065/D61Z42GH.] Accessed* dd mmm yyyy.
Documentation
- Vigh, J., 2015: VDM+: The Enhanced Vortex Message Dataset: Structure, intensity, and environmental parameters from Atlantic tropical cyclones. NCAR Technical Note NCAR/TN-517+STR, 72 pp. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6PR7T26
Peer-reviewed journal articles
- Vigh, J. L., J. A. Knaff, and W. H. Schubert, 2012: A climatology of hurricane eye formation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 140, 1405-1426. https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-11-00108.1 * pdf file of article
FLIGHT+ Dataset
Dataset citation
- Vigh, J. L., N. M. Dorst, C. L. Williams, D. P. Stern, E. W. Uhlhorn, B. W. Klotz, J. Martinez, H. E. Willoughby, F. D. Marks, Jr., D. R. Chavas, 2020: FLIGHT+: The Extended Flight Level Dataset for Tropical Cyclones (Version 1.3). Tropical Cyclone Data Project, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6WS8R93.] Accessed* dd mmm yyyy.
TC-OBS Database
Dataset citation
- Vigh, J. L., E. Gilleland, C. L. Williams, D. R. Chavas, N. M. Dorst, 2016: TC-OBS: The Tropical Cyclone Observations-Based Structure Database (version 0.42, an alpha-level release). Tropical Cyclone Data Project, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado.
[Available online at: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6BC3X95.]
Accessed* dd mmm yyyy.
Conference papers
- Vigh, J. L., E. Gilleland, C. L. Williams, D. R. Chavas, N. M. Dorst, J. Done, G. Holland, and B. G. Brown: 2016: A new historical database of tropical cyclone position, intensity, and size parameters optimized for wind risk modeling. Extended Abstract, 32nd Conf. on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Paper 12C.2. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.3720.5361. * Extended Abstract, pdf * Recorded presentation given 20 April 2016 * Presentation slides, pdf