An overview of the tropical cyclone database at the Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan

Abstract Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau (CWB) has established a new version of tropical cyclone (TC) database to provide users with comprehensive TC data services. As June 2022, the includes 1673 TCs originating in western North Pacific and South China Sea regions since CWB began forecasting operations 1958. It collects not only track dataset, satellite imagery, synoptic weather charts, but also more detailed products that have impacted Taiwan, such as radar reflectivity high-density surface observations, dropwindsonde from aircraft mesoscale analysis maps rainfall, wind, pressure, temperature. Such realistically preserves TC’s journey across Taiwan is feature database. In addition, website ( https://rdc28.cwb.gov.tw/TDB/ ) provides tools allow search for interest based on track, wind. Digital best 1958 available https://rdc28.cwb.gov.tw/TDB/manager/obs_data_download/ download conduct research. Also included are technical reports summarizing extensive historical observational research focusing variations during passage over Taiwan. The been widely used academic research, disaster prevention, crop revenue insurance, offshore wind power, other fields. will continue develop useful integrate diverse observations meet needs different users.