Meteorological research enabled by rapid-scan radar technology

DJ Bodine, CB Griffin - Monthly Weather Review, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
The scientific community has long acknowledged the importance of high-temporal-resolution
radar observations to advance science research and improve high-impact weather …

[HTML][HTML] Transition of near-ground vorticity dynamics during tornadogenesis

J Fischer, JML Dahl - Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Although much is known about the environmental conditions necessary for supercell
tornadogenesis, the near-ground vorticity dynamics during the tornadogenesis process itself …

Supercell Tornadogenesis: Recent Progress in our State of Understanding

J Fischer, JML Dahl, BE Coffer… - Bulletin of the …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Over the last decade, supercell simulations and observations with ever increasing resolution
have provided new insights into the vortex-scale processes of tornado formation. This article …

Direct excitation of Kelvin waves on quantized vortices

Y Minowa, Y Yasui, T Nakagawa, S Inui, M Tsubota… - Nature Physics, 2025 - nature.com
Helices and spirals, prevalent across various physical systems, play a crucial role in
characterizing symmetry, describing dynamics and enabling unique functionalities, all …

Subvortices within a Numerically Simulated Tornado: The Role of Unstable Vortex Rossby Waves

W Huang, M Xue - Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Multiple subvortices corresponding to suction vortices in observations are obtained within a
simulated tornado for the EF4 tornado case of Funing, China, on 23 June 2016. Within the …

Trailing Horizontal Vortices in Observed and Numerically Simulated Tornadoes

MI Oliveira, M Xue, B Roberts - Bulletin of the American …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
High-resolution numerical simulations of supercell storms reveal complex distributions of
vorticity in the vicinity of tornadoes, especially when visualized in three dimensions. As in the …

Infrasound from Tornadoes: Theory and Experiment

B Liang - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Previous field experiments support the claim that a tornado can radiate discernible
infrasound between 0.5− 10 Hz. The physical mechanisms of tornado sound generation are …