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Wikidata:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/guidelines

Properties and qualifiers

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Properties each item (that deals with a cyclone) should have

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Title ID Data type Description Examples Inverse
instance ofP31Iteminstance of: cyclone (Q79602) (or a subclass)Hurricane Sandy tropical cyclone-
maximum sustained windsP2895Quantitymaximum sustained wind: maximum sustained wind evaluated by agencyHurricane Sandy 115 miles per hour-

Optional properties

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General

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Title ID Data type Description Examples Inverse
lowest atmospheric pressureP2532Quantityatmospheric pressure: minimum pressure measured or estimated for a storm (a measure of strength for tropical cyclones)Hurricane Sandy 940 millibar-
part ofP361Itemwhole: object of which the subject is a part (if this subject is already part of object A which is a part of object B, then please only make the subject part of object A), inverse property of "has part" (P527, see also "has parts of the class" (P2670))Hurricane Irma 2017 Atlantic hurricane seasonhas part(s)
start timeP580Point in timestart time: time an entity begins to exist or a statement starts being validHurricane Irma 30 August 2017-
end timeP582Point in timeend time: moment when an entity ceases to exist and a statement stops being entirely valid or no longer be trueHurricane Irma 12 September 2017-
number of deathsP1120Quantitydeath toll: total (cumulative) number of people/animals who died since start as a direct result of an event or causeHurricane Irma 124-
cost of damageP2630Quantityproperty damage: monetary value of damage caused by this eventHurricane Sandy 75,000,000,000 United States dollar-
destroyedP3082Itemdestruction: with qualifier of quantity (P1114) to indicate the number of homes destroyedTyphoon Phyllis housecause of destruction
topic's main categoryP910ItemWikimedia category: main Wikimedia categoryHurricane Sandy Category:Hurricane Sandycategory's main topic
Commons categoryP373StringWikimedia category: name of the Wikimedia Commons category containing files related to this item (without the prefix "Category:")Hurricane Sandy Hurricane_Sandy-

Databases

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Title ID Data type Description Examples Inverse
HURDAT IDP502External identifierHURDAT: identifier per HURDAT (North Atlantic hurricane database)Hurricane Sandy AL182012-
IBTrACS cyclone IDP4540External identifierInternational Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship: identifier for a tropical cyclone, issued by the World Data Center for MeteorologyHurricane Sandy 2012296N14283-
JTWC tropical cyclone IDP3399External identifieridentifier for a tropical cyclone, issued by the Joint Typhoon Warning CenterTyphoon Haiyan 31W-
Digital Typhoon typhoon IDP5015External identifieridentifier for general information of a typhoon in Digital TyphoonTyphoon Haiyan 201330-
Digital Typhoon cyclone IDP5016External identifieridentifier for general information of a cyclone in South-West Pacific in Digital TyphoonCyclone Debbie 201724-