TC Diurnal Pulse Archive

The graphics in this archive use the two objective metrics created by and detailed in Ditchek et al. (2019a) and Ditchek et al. (2019b) to identify pulse type and electric activity in Atlantic basin tropical cyclones (TCs), respectively. For details on data sets used and how to download the graphics in the archive, please see the README. For brief details on the criteria for both objective metrics and their associated terms and definitions, expand the below.


To objectively identify pulse type, four criteria are used:
  1. Cooling (Warming) Cloud Tops: lower (upper) quartile of 6-h IR BT difference values
  2. On-The-Clock: spatial location of cloud tops follow the diurnal clock schematic (Ditchek et al. 2019a, Fig. 2b)
  3. Areal Criterion: upper half of cloud-top areal coverage distribution
  4. Longevity: number of hours in a given day where the above 3 conditions were satisfied to account for outward propagation
Pulse Type Terms and Definitions: To objectively determine electric activity, three criteria are used:
  1. Pulse Lightning Flash Density: upper half of the distribution
  2. Areal Criterion: upper half of pulse lightning areal coverage distribution
  3. Longevity: number of hours in a given day where the above 2 conditions were satisfied
Electric Activity Terms and Definitions: For more details on the two objective metrics, please see Ditchek et al. (2019a) and Ditchek et al. (2019b).


CHOOSE A YEAR

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CHOOSE A STORM

The below graphics depict the 3-h interpolated track of a given storm. Intensity data were retrieved from HURDAT2.

Subtropical Storm Andrea (2007)



Tropical Storm Chantal (2007)



Tropical Storm Erin (2007)



Tropical Storm Gabrielle (2007)



Hurricane Humberto (2007)



Tropical Storm Jerry (2007)



Hurricane Lorenzo (2007)



Tropical Depression Fifteen (2007)



Tropical Storm Olga (2007)

Tropical Storm Barry (2007)



Hurricane Dean (2007)



Hurricane Felix (2007)



Tropical Storm Ingrid (2007)



Tropical Depression Ten (2007)



Hurricane Karen (2007)



Tropical Storm Melissa (2007)



Hurricane Noel (2007)