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Eddy instability and origination of whirlwinds and tornadoes

S.A. Arsen'ev, V.N. Nikolaevskii, N.K. Shelkovnikov

Moscow University Physics Bulletin 2000. 55. N 1. P. 57

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The process of origination of strong whirlwind or tornado in the atmosphere was demonstrated to have the form of an exponential growth (explosive instability) of air flow vorticity. The conditions for eddy instability realization have been clarified and formulas for theoretical estimates have been derived.

Authors
S.A. Arsen'ev, V.N. Nikolaevskii, N.K. Shelkovnikov
Department of Marine and Inland Water Physics, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia
Issue 1, 2000

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