Simulating Severe Weather

By Louis J. Wicker

Dr. Dobb's Journal March 1999

Figure 6: Three-dimensional tornadic thunderstorm. The rain within the storm is shown as the solid isosurface. The vault region, toward the lower left of the cloud, is where the storm's updraft (vertical motion) is so strong that rain is being swept upward faster than it can fall, creating the vault.

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