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Downbursts

Downbursts is a mesoscale meteorological phenomenon characterized by a concentrated, downward current of air in a thunderstorm that rapidly descends and spreads out upon surface impact, producing damaging, straight-line winds distinct from rotational tornado winds.

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Tornadoes and Downbursts in the Context of Generalized Planetary Scales

Tetsuya Theodore. Fujita · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1981 · 910 citations · Full text

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Physical and numerical modelling of thunderstorm downbursts

Graeme S. Wood, K.C.S. Kwok, Nicholas A Motteram et al. · Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics · 2001 · 241 citations

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Manual of downburst identification for Project NIMROD

Tetsuya Theodore. Fujita · NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) · 1978 · 237 citations

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An empirical model of a downburst

J.D. Holmes, Stephen Oliver · Engineering Structures · 2000 · 227 citations

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Numerical simulations of impinging jets with application to downbursts

Jong-Dae Kim, Horia Hangan · Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics · 2006 · 221 citations

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Authors

198

  1. TT
    Tetsuya Theodore. Fujita

    University of Chicago, United States

    11 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. DR
    Djordje Romanić

    Western University, Canada

    9 publications · 301 citations

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  3. CL
    CW Letchford

    Texas Tech University, United States

    8 publications · 844 citations

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  4. GS
    Giovanni Solari

    University of Genoa, Italy

    7 publications · 314 citations

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  5. MB
    Massimiliano Burlando

    University of Genoa, Italy

    7 publications · 268 citations

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Institutions

92

  1. Western University

    London, Canada

    16 h-index

    42 publications

    2K citations

  2. University of Genoa

    Genoa, Italy

    10 h-index

    32 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. Texas Tech University

    Lubbock, United States

    9 h-index

    16 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    268 citations

  5. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    1.8K citations

  6. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    182 citations

  7. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    326 citations

  8. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    1.3K citations

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  2. Monthly Weather Review

    9 publications · 693 citations

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  3. Engineering Structures

    9 publications · 796 citations

    9

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  4. Wind and Structures

    6 publications · 283 citations

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  5. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

    BAMS · 5 publications · 289 citations

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