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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.
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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
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