Hello
G'day
I am looking for a solution to perform the cross-track analysis of a tropical cyclone. This means plotting certain parameters across the track of cyclones. This is having x-axis with the time evolution of 5 days prior to the genesis of the cyclone and goes up to the 20th day since its generation and Y-axis shows the distance from the left-hand side (i.e. -300 km or -3 degrees) to the right-hand side (i.e. 300 km or 3 degrees) of the cyclone track.
I hope it is a very frequent analysis usually done in the cyclone study. Looking forward to your technical help in developing the code in NCL/Matlab/Python/Ferret.
Cheers, Saurabh
https://tropycal.github.io/tropycal/index.html
https://github.com/tropycal/tropycal
Dear Howard J Diamond, I am a bit confused as I looked into the package functionality but I did not find any package for the cross-track analysis. Could you please point me towards this analysis package?
Thanks
Tropycal is a Python package intended to simplify the process of retrieving and analyzing tropical cyclone data, both for past storms and in real time, and is geared towards the research and operational meteorology sectors. So, I am not sure what you mean by "cross-track" analysis, and while I do not use Tropycal, I kind of get the feeling that it would provide you the tools you need to analyze TCs. Attached is a best tracks plot of TCs in the SW Pacific for the 2020-21 season; it is color coded by wind strength. I attach this as an example of what I think a "cross-track" analysis product is. A second plot shows TC frequencies during a time period - that could be another such product. Frankly, I really don't know what you want to do, but somehow I think that the Tropycal package can probably assist you. If I am wrong, then my apologies, but again, you asked a question and I merely provided you with a possible solution. Good luck in your work.
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