pyPI (v1.3): Tropical Cyclone Potential Intensity Calculations in Python

Gilford, Daniel M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-2351-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-2351-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-2351-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 5

Model description paper

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03 May 2021

Model description paper |

| 03 May 2021

pyPI (v1.3): Tropical Cyclone Potential Intensity Calculations in Python

Daniel M. Gilford

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Final revised paper (published on 03 May 2021)
Preprint (discussion started on 20 Oct 2020)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Nov 2020
- AC2: 'Author Response to RC1', Daniel Gilford, 05 Feb 2021
RC2: 'Review of "pyPI (v1.3): Tropical Cyclone Potential Intensity Calculations in Python"', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Dec 2020
- AC1: 'Author Response to RC2', Daniel Gilford, 05 Feb 2021

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Daniel Gilford on behalf of the Authors (05 Mar 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (21 Mar 2021) by Paul Ullrich

Short summary

Potential intensity (PI) is a tropical cyclone's maximum speed limit given by modeling the storm as a thermal heat engine. pyPI is the first software package fully documenting the PI algorithm and translating it to Python. This study details/validates the underlying PI model and demonstrates its use in tropical cyclone intensity research. pyPI supports open science and transparency in the tropical meteorological community and is ideally suited for ongoing community development and improvement.