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Tornadoes are most often detected by doppler radar, which can measure wind velocity from a distance. However, one limitation is that radar cannot tell if a tornado is actually on the ground; that usually requires visual confirmation.
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What can meteorologists use to detect tornadoes as they form in clouds?
The main tool used to detect a developing tornado is doppler radar, which can detect the rotation. However, nothing beats a a trained spotter, who can visually confirm what the radar detects and report on things it might miss.
Are tornadoes calm?
No. Tornadoes are violent.
What does thermosphere have to do with tornadoes?
The thermosphere has nothing to do with tornadoes.
How can you control tornadoes?
Tornadoes cannot be controlled.
Can tornadoes do damage to the atmosphere?
No. Tornadoes do not damage the atmosphere.
Which instrument detects earthquakes?
A seismometer detects the earthquake vibrations that the seismograph records.
Which instrument detects and records seismic activity?
Seismometer
What is the instrument called that detects seismic waves?
A seismometer or seismograph
What instrument do they use for a tornado?
how big are tornadoes
What instrument detects seismic waves?
A seismograph is one such instrument...there might be others.
Instrument which detects the instant at which the external pressure is equal to the systolic pressure?
Manometer
What is an instrument that detects radioactivity by means of condensation of gases?
The cloud chamber, or Wilson chamber.
What is the instrument that detects measures and records the energy of earthquackes vibrations called?
It's called Seismometers
What instrument can detect a tornado?
Tornadoes are usually detected using Doppler radar.
What is the name of the special instrument to measure the tornadoes called in the movie twister?
DOROTHY
Is the instrument for predicting earthquake already invented?
Yes, it is called the pusometer. It detects when and where an earthquake will strike, it is quite accurate.
What instrument determines the presence of a tornado?
Tornadoes can be detected by Doppler radar, but eyewitness reports are important, too.
