International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS)
World Data Center for Meteorology, Asheville.

GIS Data Access

Shapefiles

Beginning with IBTrACS v03r03, shapefiles of IBTrACS points and lines are now created directly by the IBTrACS processing system. Users can access thes files directly via FTP

WMS & WFS

WMS and WFS access is also made available, but is currently restricted to version v03r02. These data are described further here. Please note however, that the WMS/WFS-hosted data may not be v03r04.

KML files

Shapefiles produced for v03r04 can be imported by Google Earth Pro.

KML can also be generated using the NCDC WMS/WFS access. Please note however, that the WMS/WFS-hosted data may not be v03r04.

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