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Tornado Wind Structures

Tornado Wind Structures is a meteorological construct that characterizes the three-dimensional organization and kinematic properties of wind fields within tornadoes, distinguishing them from other convective wind phenomena through their intense, rotating, and vertically coherent nature.

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2017–2026

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Finescale Radar Observations of the Dimmitt, Texas (2 June 1995), Tornado

Joshua Wurman, Swarndeep Gill · Monthly Weather Review · 2000 · 187 citations

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Diagnosed Three-Dimensional Axisymmetric Structure of the Mulhall Tornado on 3 May 1999

Wen-Chau Lee, Joshua Wurman · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 2005 · 168 citations · Full text

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Fine-Scale Doppler Radar Observations of Tornadoes

Joshua Wurman, Jerry M. Straka, Erik N. Rasmussen · Science · 1996 · 139 citations

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Low-Level Winds in Tornadoes and Potential Catastrophic Tornado Impacts in Urban Areas

Joshua Wurman, Curtis R. Alexander, Paul Robinson et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · 2007 · 138 citations · Full text

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The Multiple-Vortex Structure of a Tornado

Joshua Wurman · Weather and Forecasting · 2002 · 132 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. JW
    Joshua Wurman

    Center for Severe Weather Research, United States

    14 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. KK
    Karen Kosiba

    Center for Severe Weather Research, United States

    6 publications · 545 citations

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  3. YR
    Yvette Richardson

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    4 publications · 388 citations

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  4. PR
    Paul Robinson

    Center for Severe Weather Research, United States

    4 publications · 407 citations

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  5. CR
    Curtis R. Alexander

    NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, United States

    4 publications · 371 citations

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  1. Center for Severe Weather Research

    Boulder, United States

    12 h-index

    24 publications

    2.3K citations

  2. University of Oklahoma

    Norman, United States

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    2.1K citations

  3. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    864 citations

  5. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    452 citations

  6. Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies

    Norman, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    327 citations

  7. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    Washington, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    227 citations

  8. Tongji University

    Shanghai, China

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    30 citations

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  1. Monthly Weather Review

    8 publications · 793 citations

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  3. Atmospheric Research

    4 publications · 114 citations

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  4. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

    BAMS · 4 publications · 359 citations

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  5. Weather and Forecasting

    4 publications · 414 citations

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