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Chasing tornadoes for science

APR 13, 2010
Physics Today
NPR : Scientists still don’t understand why some supercell thunderstorms form twisters and others don’t. Ira Flatow and guests discuss the VORTEX2 project, in which scientists hope to solve twister mysteries by using mobile weather stations to chase tornadoes around the plains.
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