Hands-On, Minds-On Meteorology
Description | Programming | Operation

Tornadoes

Description

The Tornadoes program is simply a simple version of the slideviewer, which allows users to cycle through a few atmospheric soundings in order to learn about tornado development.


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Objectives

The primary objective of the Tornadoes program is to see how atmospheric soundings can help determine likely locations of tornado development. Most of this exercise is done on paper.

 

Programming

Theory

This is simply a customized slideviewer, with labels for the cities the soundings represent.

Assumptions

Applicable Assumptions

Equations

Applicable Equations

Other

Any other information

 

Operation

Running the Program

  • Click the Tornadoes button.
  • Change the desired city's sounding by choosing it from the pulldown menu.
  • The soundings can by saved by clicking the Save button.

Extra Knowledge

You can not draw on these slides.

 

Department of Atmospheric Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Created by Dan Bramer: Last Modified 07/27/2004
send questions/comments to bramer@atmos.uiuc.edu