@article{fdi:010093940,
  title = {{S}torm{R} : an {R} package to quantify and map the tropical storms and cyclones' winds characteristics},
  author = {{D}elaporte, {B}. and {A}rsouze, {T}. and {K}eppel, {G}. and {J}ullien, {S}. and {M}enk{\`e}s, {C}hristophe and {I}banez, {T}homas},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}torm{R} is an {R} package allowing the easy extraction of storm track data from a provided

database and the generation of surface wind fields (speed and direction) as reconstructed from

storm track data and a parametric cyclone model. {T}hen {S}torm{R} allows us to compute three

summary statistics (the maximum sustained wind speed, the power dissipation index, and the

duration of exposure to winds reaching a given wing speed along the cyclone life span) and to

plot the results. {W}e suggest to use the {IBT}r{ACS} ({I}nternational {B}est {T}rack {A}rchive for {C}limate

{S}tewardship) database as input ({K}napp et al., 2010, 2018). {T}his database provides a fairly

comprehensive record of tropical storms and cyclones with a 3-hours temporal resolution since

1841. {H}owever any storm track data can be used as long as the mandatory fields are provided.

{S}torm track data can be extracted using a specified point location, a user defined spatial

polygon shapefile, a country or a cyclone basin name. {T}he main functions of the {S}torm{R}

package allow us to generate wind speed and direction fields as reconstructed from storm

track data and a parametric cyclone model. {D}ifferent models and models combinations can

be chosen by the user. {B}y default the spatial resolution is set to 2.5 min (~4.5 km at the

equator), but a finer spatial resolution of 30 s (~1 km at the equator) and coarser spatial

resolutions of 5 min (~9 km at the equator) or 10 min (~18.6 km at the equator) can be set.

{T}he temporal resolution is set to 1 hour by default but finer resolutions of 45 min, 30 min, or

15 min can be set. {O}nce wind speed is generated for each cell or specific location and each time step, 

{S}torm{R} functions can compute summary statistics on wind speed over the lifespan of a storm. {S}ummary

statistics encompass the maximum sustained wind speed, the power dissipation index or total

power dissipated by a tropical storm ({E}manuel, 1999, 2005), and the duration of exposure to

winds reaching defined speed thresholds. {B}y default the duration of exposure is computed for

each {S}affir-{S}impson {H}urricane {S}cale threshold values for tropical cyclone categories, i.e., 33,

43, 50, 58, and 70 m.s-1 ({S}impson, 1974), but can be defined by the user.},
  keywords = {{VANUATU} ; {NOUVELLE} {CALEDONIE} ; {ZONE} {TROPICALE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {O}pen {S}ource {S}oftware},
  volume = {9},
  numero = {93},
  pages = {5766 [5 ]},
  ISSN = {2475-9066},
  year = {2024},
  DOI = {10.21105/joss.05766},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010093940},
}