Stopping a tornado
Discussion
rhinochopig said:
It's actually quite simple to do and there are plans afoot in the US. Wind-turbines have a significant and well document affect on weather patterns. It is predicted that by fitting a relatively small number of turbines at the edges of the 'tornado alley' that it would be sufficient to take enough energy out of the wind to prevent twisters from starting in the first place.
Yet tornado's can and do occur pretty much everywhere. 
300bhp/ton said:
rhinochopig said:
It's actually quite simple to do and there are plans afoot in the US. Wind-turbines have a significant and well document affect on weather patterns. It is predicted that by fitting a relatively small number of turbines at the edges of the 'tornado alley' that it would be sufficient to take enough energy out of the wind to prevent twisters from starting in the first place.
Yet tornado's can and do occur pretty much everywhere. Risk management at that level is viewed on a national rather than local scale.
Edited by rhinochopig on Wednesday 4th May 12:27
Tornados ?
That funnel you see is only a small part of the tornado, in fact its tiny compared to the whole storm that spawns them.
The current theory of a tornado is that windshear generates a rotating column of air that swings from horizontal to vertical with the effects of warm ground generating uplift. This uplift gets quicker and stretches as its rotating generating suction drawing in more air which feeds the storm rotation. As it stretches that suction gets narrower and narrower, giving you that characteristic funnel that you see, the funnel bit though is only a small part of the storm....
A tornadic storm is huge, and the amount of power involved is on a scale that we struggle to understand or appreciate. A few wind turbines isnt going to stop the air flow that creates these monsters. You get a lot of heat into the ground and then you get that affecting the air above the ground - the air flows from the rockies and the air up from the gulf mixing and generating wind shear. Rotating air masses that then get upended and bingo !
That funnel you see is only a small part of the tornado, in fact its tiny compared to the whole storm that spawns them.
The current theory of a tornado is that windshear generates a rotating column of air that swings from horizontal to vertical with the effects of warm ground generating uplift. This uplift gets quicker and stretches as its rotating generating suction drawing in more air which feeds the storm rotation. As it stretches that suction gets narrower and narrower, giving you that characteristic funnel that you see, the funnel bit though is only a small part of the storm....
A tornadic storm is huge, and the amount of power involved is on a scale that we struggle to understand or appreciate. A few wind turbines isnt going to stop the air flow that creates these monsters. You get a lot of heat into the ground and then you get that affecting the air above the ground - the air flows from the rockies and the air up from the gulf mixing and generating wind shear. Rotating air masses that then get upended and bingo !
ruggedscotty said:
Tornados ?
That funnel you see is only a small part of the tornado, in fact its tiny compared to the whole storm that spawns them.
The current theory of a tornado is that windshear generates a rotating column of air that swings from horizontal to vertical with the effects of warm ground generating uplift. This uplift gets quicker and stretches as its rotating generating suction drawing in more air which feeds the storm rotation. As it stretches that suction gets narrower and narrower, giving you that characteristic funnel that you see, the funnel bit though is only a small part of the storm....
A tornadic storm is huge, and the amount of power involved is on a scale that we struggle to understand or appreciate. A few wind turbines isnt going to stop the air flow that creates these monsters. You get a lot of heat into the ground and then you get that affecting the air above the ground - the air flows from the rockies and the air up from the gulf mixing and generating wind shear. Rotating air masses that then get upended and bingo !
Care to post up your peer reviewed study on the topic That funnel you see is only a small part of the tornado, in fact its tiny compared to the whole storm that spawns them.
The current theory of a tornado is that windshear generates a rotating column of air that swings from horizontal to vertical with the effects of warm ground generating uplift. This uplift gets quicker and stretches as its rotating generating suction drawing in more air which feeds the storm rotation. As it stretches that suction gets narrower and narrower, giving you that characteristic funnel that you see, the funnel bit though is only a small part of the storm....
A tornadic storm is huge, and the amount of power involved is on a scale that we struggle to understand or appreciate. A few wind turbines isnt going to stop the air flow that creates these monsters. You get a lot of heat into the ground and then you get that affecting the air above the ground - the air flows from the rockies and the air up from the gulf mixing and generating wind shear. Rotating air masses that then get upended and bingo !
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/02/...
Beati Dogu said:
slipstream 1985 said:
Einion Yrth said:
I don't know whether or not "Science!" would ever have been the place for this thread, but it certainly isn't now.
The moderation on this site really is terrifyingly low of IQ.
I put it in the lounge to start with but it got moved.The moderation on this site really is terrifyingly low of IQ.
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