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The tornado problem

2023/5/3
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Moe Oduwani:龙卷风预警时间过短且经常为虚警,给人们应对龙卷风带来了极大的困难和危险。有效的预警系统对于减少龙卷风造成的损失至关重要。 Noam Hassenfeld & Brian Resnick:龙卷风难以预测是其未解之谜,这导致龙卷风灾害频发,造成重大人员伤亡和财产损失。 Robin Tanamachi:龙卷风形成于美国等特定地区,主要来自超级单体雷暴,但其具体形成机制尚不清楚。目前气象学家能够预测超级单体雷暴的形成,但无法准确预测其是否会产生龙卷风,以及龙卷风的具体路径和强度。 Jeff Weber:风暴追逐是收集龙卷风数据的重要手段,通过收集龙卷风发生时各个高度的大气数据,可以帮助科学家更好地理解龙卷风的形成机制,从而提高龙卷风的预测能力。目前龙卷风预测的困难在于龙卷风持续时间短,且地点难以预测,这使得数据收集非常困难。但随着技术的进步,例如无人机的使用,数据收集的效率将会提高。 虽然我们对大气和物理定律有很好的理解,但我们仍然缺乏足够精细的数据来解释龙卷风是如何在如此小的尺度上形成的。我们需要更多的数据来揭示龙卷风形成的细节,从而提高预测的准确性。

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Tornadoes are unpredictable and deadly, with short warning times and frequent false alarms. The unpredictability stems from the complexity of thunderstorms and the limitations of current radar technology.

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2023 has been a record-setting year for tornadoes, and these storms came with barely any warning. So to better understand tornadoes, scientists might need to confront more of these storms head-on.

This episode originally ran on July 12, 2021.

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