Experimental generation of convectively driven vortices

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Published: Apr 1, 1965
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.1965.5.2.1210
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Vortical circulation, Tornadoes, Showers, Waterspouts

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Douglas K. Lilly
U. S. Weather Bureau; currently on assignment to the Natonal Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado.

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Vortical circulations, dynamically related to tornadoes, waterspouts, and dust-devils, have been produced in liquids by the use of gas bubbles as a buoyant energy source. Methods of generation, observation, and measurement are discussed and qualitative results illustrated.

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Lilly, D. K. (1965). Experimental generation of convectively driven vortices. Geofisica Internacional, 5(2), 43–48. https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.1965.5.2.1210
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