TC-ATLAS

Tropical Cyclone Analysis Tool for Live and Archived Structure

Live monitoring of every active tropical cyclone, with airborne radar, reconnaissance and best-track archives for studying storm structure.

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ReconHurricane-hunter missions live, and every 2026 flight archived: flight-level winds, dropsondes, Doppler radar. Global ArchiveEvery tropical cyclone since 1842: tracks, intensity, infrared imagery and side-by-side comparison. Global IR ArchiveReplay any season since 1980 over near-global infrared imagery, with every storm’s track. TC-RADAR1,510 airborne Doppler radar analyses from 1997–2024, with 3D winds and cross-sections. TC-RADAR CompositesComposite radar structure across storms, filtered by intensity, shear, tilt and motion. TC ClimatologyBasin statistics, an ERA5 reanalysis globe, and MJO and BSISO phase composites.

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Doppler radar winds around Hurricane Irma’s eye Inside Irma’s Category 5 eyewallAirborne Doppler radar winds · 5 Sep 2017 · 155 kt Infrared satellite view of Hurricanes Katia, Irma and Jose Replay the 2017 Atlantic seasonKatia, Irma and Jose on 7 Sep 2017 over infrared imagery Infrared satellite image of Hurricane Katrina near peak intensity Katrina, start to finishTrack, intensity and infrared imagery from the 2005 storm

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