Software

Software list for tropical cyclone research

openTCAMV & pyVTTrac & VTTrac.jl

openTCAMV pyVTTrac VTTrac.jl

GVTD-X

Github
  • Summary: GVTD-X: Generalized Velocity Track Display with the Helmholtz-decomposition-based Closure assumption, developed in Tsujino et al. (2024)
  • Repository: https://github.com/tomonori-93/GVTD-X
  • License: GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1
  • Related paper: Tsujino, S., T. Horinouchi, and U. Shimada, 2024: A New Closure Assumption and Formulation Based on the Helmholtz Decomposition for Improving Retrievals for Vortex Circulations from Single-Doppler Radar Observations. Monthly Weather Review, 152, 145–168. https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-23-0043.1.

VTTrac: Velocimetry by Template Tracking

Github
  • Summary: VTTrac: Velocimetry by Template Tracking developed in Horinouchi et al. (2023)
  • Repository: https://github.com/thorinouchi/VTTrac
  • License: BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License
  • Related paper: Horinouchi, T., S. Tsujino, M. Hayashi, U. Shimada, W. Yanase, A. Wada, and H. Yamada, 2023: Stationary and Transient Asymmetric Features in Tropical Cyclone Eye with Wavenumber-one Instability: Case Study for Typhoon Haishen (2020) with Atmospheric Motion Vectors from 30-second Imaging. Monthly Weather Review, 151(1), 253-273. https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0179.1.

Source code of barotropic model used in Tsujino et al. (2021)

Zenodo
  • Summary: This archive is source codes of barotropic model used in the paper "Inner-core wind field in a concentric eyewall replacement of Typhoon Trami (2018): A quantitative analysis based on the Himawari-8 satellite" by Tsujino et al. (2021). The archive also includes the program to produce the initial condition.
  • Zenodo repository: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3959296
  • License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
  • Related paper: Tsujino, S., T. Horinouchi, T. Tsukada, H.-C. Kuo, H. Yamada, and K. Tsuboki, 2021: Stationary and Transient Asymmetric Features in Tropical Cyclone Eye with Wavenumber-one Instability: Case Study for Typhoon Haishen (2020) with Atmospheric Motion Vectors from 30-second Imaging. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126, e2020JD034434. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD034434.

anelastic_boussinesq_2D

Github
  • Summary: A simple 2D spectral Anelastic/Boussineq model developed in Horinouchi et al. (2020) on convective bursts and gravity waves
  • Repository: https://github.com/thorinouchi/anelastic_boussinesq_2D
  • License: GNU General Public License v3.0
  • Related paper: Horinouchi, T., U. Shimada, and A. Wada, 2020: Convective bursts with gravity waves in tropical cyclones: Case study with the Himawari‐8 satellite and idealized numerical study. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2019GL086295. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086295.