Description:
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* The AEW-MCS datasets (files called  YYYYHurricanes_all_interptime_mcs_XXms.mat) found here were developed using a combination of MCS tracks (Nunez Ocasio et al. 2020, doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-19-0070.1 ) and AEW track data (Brammer and Thorncroft 2015, doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-15-0106.1; Brammer et al. 2018, doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-18-0065.1). TAMS (MCS tracks) datasets can be found here: doi.org/10.26208/saxc-fa63.  AEW-MCS datasets are structured to include information about the tracks, characteristics, and rainfall for MCSs, each one matched to its corresponding AEW (refer to Nunez Ocasio et al. 2020 for a complete description). The data also includes information about the earth-relative propagation speeds from both AEWS and associated MCSs as well as wave-relative speed for the MCSs.  

* Below you will find additional information in order to obtained variables plotted in Figures from Nunez Ocasio et al. 2020

Additional Information:
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1- In order to obtain the correct units for rainfall rates quantities as in Figures from Nunez Ocasio et al. 2020 follow the next steps. Locate fields called “rain_acc_std” (rain standard deviation), “rain_acc_skew” (rain skewness) and “rain_acc_med” (rain median) which are within the “MCSs” structure that is within the “info” structure within the “Hurricanes_all” structure saved in each file. Multiply data in each field by 2 in order to get mm hr-1 units. 

2- In order to obtain the correct units of Latent heat rate as in the Figure from Nunez Ocasio et al. 2020 follow the next steps.  Locate field called “lh” within the “MCSs” structure that is within the “info” structure within the “Hurricanes_all” structure saved in each file. Multiply data in the “lh” field by 2 to convert to rate units, and divide by the data in the field “area_km” times 1x106 to not doble count for the area of MCSs on the latent heat rate calculation. 

History:
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README created 6/9/2020 by Kelly M. Nunez Ocasio
README edited  9/24/2020 by Kelly M. Nunez Ocasio