Atmospheric Physics Group
Professor John L. Stanford
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Iowa State University
Atmospheric Physics GroupProfessor John L. StanfordDepartment of Physics and AstronomyIowa State University |
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The tornado at left had just destroyed the tiny hamlet of Jordan in open
farmlands about 10km west of Ames and ISU. The tornado occurred on a
June
afternoon in 1976 and was about 1km in diameter at this time. Thankfully
it missed populated areas, and us!
More information on this and other Iowa tornadoes is found in
TORNADO - Accounts of Tornadoes in
Iowa by John Stanford (Iowa State University Press, 1987) which also
contains a good summary of TORNADO
SAFETY RULES.
Current research in our group is focused on several aspects of satellite observations and dynamics of ozone and the middle atmosphere. |