describefield: error: cannot find MITData/tctracks.ctl Full metadata.

Get grid points, average area or generate subset

Mask:	no mask   add a mask to the list
Latitude:	°N - °N
Longitude:	°E - °E
Boundaries:	halfway grid points interpolated
Make:	average max min set of grid points subset of the field
Demand at least:	% valid points in this region

Create a field with lower time resolution

New time scale:	annual (Jul-Jun) annual (Jan-Dec) biannual seasonal
New variable:	mean sd sum sum above sum below number min time of min max time of max first time last time of #TC tracks
Threshold:	no cut less than greater than absolute value percentile normal 1971-2000
Minimum:	% valid data
First apply:	-month running mean
Missing data:	ignore, climatology, trend, persistence.

Create a field with lower spatial resolution

Average over blocks of longitude and latitude grid cells

Construct a statistical forecast model from this field

Please consider downloading this field from the authoritative site.
If you really want to get it here, MIT #TC tracks is available as GrADS .ctl and gzipped .dat files (size 0 1.90735e-05 2.28882e-05 2.38419e-05 2.28882e-05 2.28882e-05 3.24249e-05 3.05176e-05 2.76566e-05 2.38419e-05 2.19345e-05 2.38419e-05 2.19345e-05 2.47955e-05 2.28882e-05 2.19345e-05 1.90735e-05 2.47955e-05 2.19345e-05 2.28882e-05 2.00272e-05 0.00119591 2.00272e-05 2.47955e-05 2.09808e-05 2.47955e-05 2.38419e-05 2.38419e-05 2.19345e-05 2.09808e-05 2.67029e-05 2.76566e-05 2.57492e-05 1.90735e-05 2.28882e-05 2.38419e-05 2.57492e-05 2.00272e-05 2.00272e-05 2.38419e-05 2.28882e-05 2.38419e-05 2.76566e-05 2.57492e-05 2.19345e-05 2.67029e-05 1.90735e-05 2.19345e-05 2.19345e-05 2.19345e-05 2.19345e-05 3.52859e-05 0.0667925 3.43323e-05 3.91006e-05 2.38419e-05 2.38419e-05 2.09808e-05 2.19345e-05 2.86102e-05 0.01408 2.28882e-05 2.28882e-05 2.38419e-05 2.28882e-05 2.19345e-05 2.47955e-05 2.28882e-05 2.28882e-05 2.67029e-05 2.38419e-05 2.38419e-05 2.38419e-05 0.00390625 2.28882e-05 2.19345e-05 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Alternatively, you can generate a netCDF file of the same size.