Tornadoes come in a variety of shapes and sizes
Cyclostrophic balance, pressure gradients and the induced vertical pressure gradient as a consequence of cylinder rotation:
From before when we discussed bouyancy induced
vertical motions we derived:
To maintain cyclostrophic balance (at all vertical levels)
a rather large pressure difference between the tornado center
and the environment is required.
We start with this numerical example:
Vorticity concentration and conservation act as stretch mechanisms that
create the tornado collimated funnel.
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