Storm.get_archer

Storm.get_archer()[source]

Retrieves satellite-derived ARCHER track data for this storm, if available.

Returns

dict – Dictionary containing ARCHER data for this storm.

Notes

The ARCHER (Automated Rotational Center Hurricane Eye Retrieval) data is provided courtesy of the University of Wisconsin. This data is at a much higher temporal resolution than the Best Track data.

This function additionally saves the ARCHER data as an attribute of this object (storm.archer).