People who study tornadoes are a type of meteorologist.
They are called storm chasers, though not all storm chasers are scientists.
Since tornadoes are a form of weather, they are studied by weather scientists. A weather scientist is a meteorologist.
The Fujita scale is used to rate tornadoes. Hurricanes are rated on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
When two tornadoes merge, it is just called merging; there is no special term.
Tornadoes on water are called waterspouts.
Enormous vortices have been observed on the sun that resemble tornadoes. They have been called "solar tornadoes" but they are not tornadoes by the meteorological definition.
They are called storm chasers.
Since tornadoes are a weather phenomenon most of the scientists who study them are meteorologists. Most storm chasers are not scientists.
They are also called fire whirls. This is the term preferred by scientists as they technically are not tornadoes.
There are a number of reasons. Some do it for the thrill. Some people find tornadoes to be irresistibly fascinating. Some people who chase tornadoes are spotters. They can report where a tornado is, which helps warn people who may be in the path. A few people who chase tornadoes are scientists whose goal is to study tornadoes and gain a better understanding of them. Some of the information they gather could improve tornado prediction.
Scientists who chase tornadoes to study them fall under the category of meteorologists; weather scientists. Most storm chasers, though, are not scientists. Most are photographers, storm spotters, or thrill-seekers.
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well people who chases tornadoes are storm chasers. Some of the more famous storm chasers include Reed Timmer, Josh Wurman, Warren Faidley, and Howard Blustein,
Meteorologists chase tornadoes because they can conduct research to better understand and predict them. Many storm chasers, though are not meteorologists, and just chase for the thrill or because tornadoes fascinate them.
Not real tornado. Scientists have produces small vortices in labs that resemble tornadoes, and have simulated tornadoes in supercomputers, but they cannot create real tornadoes.
Scientists track tornadoes using Doppler radar and reports from eyewitnesses.
Currently, none. Most scientists have acknowledged that it is impossible to prevent tornadoes.
Scientists follow tornadoes to track where they are going and warn people in their paths. They also study tornadoes to learn more about them so they can be better predicted.