Tornadogenesis–the formation of tornadoes–remains a topic of active research as there is relatively little direct experimental data, owing to the difficulty of prediction as well as measurement. Initially, a variation Keep reading
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Smokestack Plumes
On a cold and windy day, the plume from a smokestack sometimes sinks downstream of the stack instead of immediately rising (Figure 1). This isn’t an effect of temperature–after all, Keep reading