Possible Implications of a Vortex Gas Model and Self-Similarity for Tornadogenesis and Maintenance

Douglas P. Dokken, Kurt Scholz, Mikhail M. Shvartsman +4

We describe tornadogenesis and maintenance using the 3-dimensional vortex gas model presented in Chorin (1994) and developed further in Flandoli and Gubinelli (2002). We suggest th…