The tornado scientist : seeing inside severe storms / Mary Kay Carson ; with photographs by Tom Uhlman.
Material type: TextSeries: Scientists in the fieldPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019]Description: 75 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780544965829
- 0544965825
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Biography | Tanamach R. C321 | Available | 33111009398583 | ||||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Biography | Tanamach R. C321 | Available | 33111009541398 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this addition to the critically acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, scientist Robin Tanamachi and her team are trying to save countless lives across America's heartland, chasing one tornado at a time.
Robin Tanamachi has been captivated by tornadoes and extreme weather her entire life. When she realized people researched weather for a job, she was hooked.
She now studies tornadogenesis, or how tornadoes form, and what causes them to get weaker versus strengthen. For her, driving around in a Doppler radar truck aiming towards storms is a normal day in the office. The data she collects is then modeled and studied on computers--with math, physics, and computer science working hand in hand with meteorology.
At the end of the day, knowing exactly how, when, and where these violent storms happen can give more warning time for everyone involved.
Ages 10-12.
Grades 4 to 6.
"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."-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-71) and index.
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.