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No. Hurricanes are classified on the Saffir-Simpson scale. The Fujita scale is used to rate tornadoes.

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Do Scientists use the Fujita to measure hurricane intensity?

No. The Fujita scale is used to rate the intensity of tornadoes. Hurricanes are rated on the Saffir-Simpson scale.


True or false scientist use the Fuita scale to measure hurricane intensity?

False. There is no such thing as the Fujitsu scale. The Fujita scale is a system of rating the intensity of tornadoes, not hurricanes. The intensity of hurricanes is measured on the Saffir-Simpson scale.


Do scientists use the Fujita scale to measure hurricane intensity?

The Fujita scale is only for tornado intensity. Meteorologists use a different wind scale for hurricanes called the Saffir-Simpson scale.


Do scientists use the Fujita scale for hurricanes or tornadoes?

The Fujita scale is used for tornadoes, not hurricanes. It measures tornado intensity based on the damage caused. Scientists use the Saffir-Simpson scale for hurricanes, which categorizes them by wind speed.


Scientists use fujita scale to measure hurricane intensity.?

scientists use fajita scale to measure hurricane intensity


What is the name of the scale used to measure hurricanes and tornadoes?

Hurricanes and tornadoes are rated on different scales. Hurricanes are rated on the Saffir-Simpson scale from category 1 to category 5. Tornadoes are rated on the Enhanced Fujita scale (formerly the Fujita scale) from EF0 to EF5.


What is measured using the enchanced fujita scale?

The Enhanced Fujita scale is used to measure the intensity of tornadoes based on the severity of the damage they cause.


The Fujita scale measures what four things?

The Fujita scale really measure only one thing: the intensity of a tornado based on damage severity.


Does the enhanced Fujita scale apply to hurricanes?

No, The Enhanced Fujita scale is used to rate tornadoes. Hurricanes are rated on the Saffir-Simpson scale.


What is the name of the scale used to measure the intensity of a tornado?

The most well, known scale is the Fujita scale, which runs from F0 to F5. In the U.s. it has been replaced by the Enhanced Fujita scale, which, similarly, runs from EF0 to EF5.


Which scale describes the intensity of tornado?

fujita scale now called enhanced fujita scale


How much does the Fujita Scale measure up to?

the fujita scale works by surevying damage, and then estimating the wind speeds that caused that damage. depending on how bad the damage is the tornado is ranked from F 0-5. f0 is the weakest and f5 is the strongest.