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 TropicalStormRainContourPlot

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Create a contour plot for the rain totals of a given tropical storm

Contributed by: Arnoud Buzing

ResourceFunction["TropicalStormRainContourPlot"][basin,name,year]

creates a contour plot of the rainfall for the given tropical storm.

Details

Supported basin names include:
Allall basins
"Australia"basins surrounding Australia
"EastPacific"East Pacific basin
"NorthAmerica"basins surrounding North America
"NorthAtlantic"North Atlantic basin
"NorthIndian"North Indian basin
"SouthAtlantic"South Atlantic basin
"SouthIndian"South Indian basin
"SouthPacific"South Pacific basin
"WestPacific"West Pacific basin
The storm name is the name of the tropical storm, e.g. "Maria".
The year is the year of the tropical storm, e.g. 2018.
The source data for storms can be found on the HURDAT website and the IBTrACS web site.

Examples

Basic Examples (1) 

Make a contour plot for the rain totals for hurricane Katrina (2005):

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ResourceFunction[ "TropicalStormRainContourPlot"]["NorthAtlantic", "Katrina", 2005]
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Scope (2) 

Make a contour plot for the rain totals for hurricane Michael (2018), with a satellite background and with a closer-up range:

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ResourceFunction[ "TropicalStormRainContourPlot"]["NorthAtlantic", "Michael", 2018, GeoBackground -> "Satellite", GeoRange -> {{20, 50}, {-90, -60}}]
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Make a contour plot for the rain totals for hurricane Sandy (2012), with a dark map background and shades of green:

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ResourceFunction[ "TropicalStormRainContourPlot"]["NorthAtlantic", "Sandy", 2012, GeoBackground -> "VectorDark", GeoRange -> {{20, 50}, {-90, -60}}, ColorFunction -> "AvocadoColors"]
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Possible Issues (1) 

Not all known storms have rain data available to them. A message is issued if the given storm has no available rain data:

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ResourceFunction[ "TropicalStormRainContourPlot"]["NorthIndian", "Viyaru", 2013]
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Publisher

Arnoud Buzing

Version History

  • 1.0.0 – 30 August 2024

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