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[edit]Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 2 Feb 2010 at 21:07:41 (UTC)
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Info created by Josh Wurman, during the VORTEX2 projects - uploaded by Ks0stm - nominated by Ks0stm -- Ks0stm (T•C•G) 21:07, 24 January 2010 (UTC)- Background Info Just warning ahead of time this is rather slow loading. This is a Doppler on wheels image of a tornadic thunderstorm captured during the VORTEX2 project. In the velocity image on the left, Blues/green represent winds moving towards the radar, and reds/yellows indicate winds moving towards the radar. The reason that some of the darker blues contain red/yellow within them is a trait known as Aliasing, where the winds are moving faster than the radar can detect. In the reflectivity image on the right, the main body of the storm can be seen, with the appendage on the bottom of the storm being a hook echo, which is associated directly with the tornado, and the tornado circulation itself can be seen as the doughnut like shape in the later part of the animation. -- Ks0stm (T•C•G) 21:07, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
Support -- Ks0stm (T•C•G) 21:07, 24 January 2010 (UTC)- Support Kleuske (talk) 23:08, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
Comment I'd like to see a bit more info (as above) on the image-page. Kleuske (talk) 23:10, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
- Me too, please. Without your description on this page, I would have struggled to understand what the animation is showing. Nikopol (talk) 00:01, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
- I would like to know the place and the range of the radar station. --Michael Gäbler (talk) 01:00, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
- I basically changed the description to what I mentioned above, and added a mention of the location (this storm was near La Grange, Wyoming), although I do not know what location the radar was at nor its range. I can tell you, however, that it was the Center for Severe Weather Research's DOW7 radar, if that gives the ability to find the information. The tornado it captured also had IMAX footage shot from inside the tornado by the TIV 2, if that helps put a location to it (probably not, but I am involved enough with weather that it tells me which storm on which day, etc). Ks0stm (T•C•G) 03:22, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
- Support - Incredible animation. Highly educational and valuable. –Juliancolton | Talk 23:53, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
- Support Wow. Durova (talk) 01:06, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
- Support --Michael Gäbler (talk) 16:52, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
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