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The tornado scientist : seeing inside severe storms

Call Number

  • 551.553 C3215 TEEN (CEN)

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Publication Information

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019]

Physical Description

75 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm

Audience

Grades 4 to 6.

Summary

"What if tornadoes could be stopped or slowed down? In this addition to the critically-acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, scientist Robin Tanamachi and her team are trying to come up with a way to predict tornadoes with even greater accuracy, and save countless lives across America's heartland."--

Contents

  • A southern twist
  • Storm chaser genesis
  • Twister science 2.0
  • Scanning the skies
  • A tragic year
  • Setting a tornado net
  • Future forecasts
  • Words (and acronyms) to know.

Added Authors

Tom Uhlman