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This interactive applet from the University of Wisconsin-Madison demonstrates the effect of changing tornado variables. By adjusting funnel width and core pressure difference, the user can produce tornadoes of different intensities and see their effects.

http://profhorn.aos.wisc.edu/wxwise/tornado/t.html

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Fluid Mechanics - General	- High School - Lower Undergraduate - Informal Education	- Instructional Material = Interactive Simulation

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2003 Tom Whittaker, S.V. Medaris, Steve Ackerman, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
This applet and illustrations are Copyright(C) 2003 by Tom Whittaker, S.V. Medaris, and Steve Ackerman. The Motion-W® and Bucky Badger® logos are Trademarks of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Keywords:: Fujita Scale, Physics simulation, Tornado, Vortex
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created July 19, 2007 by Andrew Coughlin
Record Updated:: July 19, 2007 by Andrew Coughlin
Last Update when Cataloged:: July 19, 2007
Other Collections:: The Physics To Go

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