Journal Articles
- Church, C.R, Snow, J.T., Agee, E.M.
Tornado Vortex Simulation at Purdue University
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 1977 58: 900–908 - Church, C.R., Snow, J.T., Baker, G.L., Agee, E.M.
Characteristics of Tornado-Like Vortices as a Function of Swirl Ratio: A Laboratory Investigation
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 1979 36: 1755–1776 - Nolan, David S., Farrell, Brian F.
The Structure and Dynamics of Tornado-Like Vortices
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 1999 56: 2908–2936 - Fiedler, Brian H., Rotunno, Richard
A Theory for the Maximum Windspeeds in Tornado-like Vortices
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 1986 43: 2328–2340
Examples of Tornado Machines
- Tornado Vortex Simulation at Purdue University
- Excellent experimental setup, very cool pictures
- National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Several museums have vortex machines like these
- Nagoya City Science Museum
- Highly interactive with cool video
- Tornado Generator
- Quality tornado machine
- The Teaching Tornado
- Only example of a commerical tornado machine
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