Measuring tornado dynamics with in-situ instrumentation

Proceedings of the Structures Congress and Exposition

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 12-

  Samaras, Timothy M ^a   Lee, Julian J ^b  

^a APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC STABILITY; AIR FLOW CURVATURE; STATIC PRESSURE;

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BAROMETERS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS;

TORNADOES;

EID: 33845694298     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40889(201)12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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