A Reanalysis-Based Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks Dataset for the Twentieth Century (RGTracks-20C)

Ye, Guiling; Leung, Jeremy Cheuk-Hin; Dong, Wenjie; Toumi, Ralf; Xu, Jianjun; Li, Weijing; Qian, Weihong; Kong, Hoiio; Zhang, Banglin

doi:10.5194/essd-18-3587-2026

Articles | Volume 18, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-3587-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-3587-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 5

Data description article

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26 May 2026

Data description article |

| 26 May 2026

A Reanalysis-Based Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks Dataset for the Twentieth Century (RGTracks-20C)

Guiling Ye, Jeremy Cheuk-Hin Leung, Wenjie Dong, Ralf Toumi, Jianjun Xu, Weijing Li, Weihong Qian, Hoiio Kong, and Banglin Zhang

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-3587-2026-supplement

Data sets

Reanalysis-Based Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks Dataset for the Twentieth Century (RGTracks-20C) Guiling Ye et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8410596

A Reanalysis-Based Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks Dataset for the Twentieth Century (RGTracks-20C) G. Ye et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14411917

Bourdin et al. 2022, Intercomparison of Four Tropical Cyclones Detection Algorithms on ERA5 - Code and Data S. Bourdin et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7193463

Model code and software

Bourdin et al. 2022, Intercomparison of Four Tropical Cyclones Detection Algorithms on ERA5 - Code and Data S. Bourdin et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7193463

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Historical observational records of tropical cyclones (TCs) are incomplete, especially before the satellite era. We created a global TC dataset from reanalysis data covering 1850 to 2014. The dataset matches recent storm patterns well and can provide useful extra information on storm tracks and strength when older records are missing, helping improve our understanding of past tropical cyclone activity.