The Fluid Dynamics of Tornadoes

DOI10.1146/annurev-fluid-011212-140639zbMath1359.76324OpenAlexW2102239737MaRDI QIDQ4907890

Richard Rotunno

Publication date: 26 February 2013

Published in: Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-fluid-011212-140639

zbMATH Keywords

tornadovortexvortex breakdownmultiple vorticessupercell

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-02) Viscous vortex flows (76D17)

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