Dataset used in JGR-Atmospheres manuscript 2024JD041159

<p>Final processed data used to generate all figures in the accepted manuscript (2024JD041159) to Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres.</p> <p>This repository contains a 21-year database of mesoscale convective systems tracked over northwestern South America using the new ATRACKCS algorithm.</p> <h2>General description of MCS database</h2> <p>The MCS_Climatology_NwSA file contains all convective systems tracked from 2001 to 2021. Below is a brief description of its columns:</p> <p><strong>- track_id:</strong>&nbsp;Track identifier. Each track contains a list of polygons representing the convective system at different time steps.</p> <p><strong>- polygon_id:</strong>&nbsp;Identifier of the polygon that represents a convective system at a given time and location.</p> <p><strong>- time:</strong>&nbsp;Date and time of detection of the convective system.</p> <p><strong>- geometry:</strong>&nbsp;Geometry (and location) of the polygon representing the convective system at a given time step.</p> <p><strong>- area_tb:</strong>&nbsp;Area in km2.</p> <p><strong>- centroid:</strong>&nbsp;Location of the centroid of the convective system.</p> <p><strong>- mean_tb:</strong>&nbsp;Mean brightness temperature of the convective system.</p> <p><strong>- mean_p:</strong>&nbsp;Mean precipitation rates of the convective system.</p> <p><strong>- max_p:</strong>&nbsp;Max value of precipitation of the convecive system.</p> <p><strong>- intersection_percentage:</strong>&nbsp;Percentage of interception between a convective system at time i and the same convective system at time i+1.</p> <p><strong>- distance:</strong>&nbsp;Distance between consecutive convective systems.</p> <p><strong>- direction:</strong>&nbsp;Direction of propagation of the convective system.</p> <p><strong>- total_duration:</strong>&nbsp;Duration of the entire track in hours.</p> <p><strong>- total_distance:</strong>&nbsp;Total distance of the entire track in km.</p> <p><strong>- mean_velocity:</strong> Mean velocity of the entire track in km/h.</p>