Dataset used in JGR-Atmospheres manuscript 2024JD041159

Final processed data used to generate all figures in the accepted manuscript (2024JD041159) to Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres.

This repository contains a 21-year database of mesoscale convective systems tracked over northwestern South America using the new ATRACKCS algorithm.

General description of MCS database

The MCS_Climatology_NwSA file contains all convective systems tracked from 2001 to 2021. Below is a brief description of its columns:

- track_id: Track identifier. Each track contains a list of polygons representing the convective system at different time steps.

- polygon_id: Identifier of the polygon that represents a convective system at a given time and location.

- time: Date and time of detection of the convective system.

- geometry: Geometry (and location) of the polygon representing the convective system at a given time step.

- area_tb: Area in km2.

- centroid: Location of the centroid of the convective system.

- mean_tb: Mean brightness temperature of the convective system.

- mean_p: Mean precipitation rates of the convective system.

- max_p: Max value of precipitation of the convecive system.

- intersection_percentage: Percentage of interception between a convective system at time i and the same convective system at time i+1.

- distance: Distance between consecutive convective systems.

- direction: Direction of propagation of the convective system.

- total_duration: Duration of the entire track in hours.

- total_distance: Total distance of the entire track in km.

- mean_velocity: Mean velocity of the entire track in km/h.