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What was the first tornado tracking device?
Doppler radar
What is the difference between a twister and a tornado?
There is none; twister and tornado are two words for the same thing. Tornado is the preferred scientific term.
Is a tornado a meteorology?
There is no such thing as "a meteorology". Meterology is the scientific study of weather. A tornado is a weather event.
Is tornadoes better than a twister?
A tornado and a twister are the same thing. Tornado is the preferred scientific term.
What is the scientific name for tornadoes?
The scientific name for tornadoes is "tornado." Tornado is the widely accepted term used by meteorologists and scientists to describe a rapidly rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground.
What is the scientific name of a thunderstorm that is able to produce a tornado?
A supercell.
What tools do meteorologists need to monitor a tornado?
Doppler radar is perhaps the most important tool in tracking tornadoes.
How many tornado names are there?
None. Tornadoes are not given names like hurricanes are. Some tornadoes are referred to by where they hit (e.g. the Tuscaloosa, Alabama tornado, the Oklahoma City tornado) or, on occasion something they did (the Tri-State tornado, the tornado of the elevens) . But such things are not true names, and if they were there would be too many to count.
What is the chance of a tornado chaser dying as a result of a tornado in one tornado season?
It is not known. Only four storm chasers have ever been killed by a tornado, and all of them were killed in the same event in 2013. One fatal event does not provide enough datato calculate the probability of dying, though it does appear that the chance is very small.
What is another name for a twister?
Tornado, which is the preferred scientific term Some people call tornadoes cyclones, though this is technically incorrect, as a cyclone is a different type of storm. A tornado on water is called a waterspout.
What is the difference between a tornado and a twister?
There is no technical difference between a tornado and a twister; they both refer to the same meteorological phenomenon of a rapidly rotating column of air in contact with the ground. "Tornado" is the more commonly used term in the United States, while "twister" is sometimes used as a colloquial or informal synonym.
Are tornadoes called anything or are thay just called tornadoes?
Tornadoes are sometimes called twisters, but tornado is the preferred scientific term.
