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1. True or False: Doppler radar can always detect whether there is a tornado on

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Question

1.

True or False: Doppler radar can always detect whether there is a tornado on the ground.

False

2. The image below shows radar information for radial velocity (left, velocities away from the radar are reds, toward the radar are greens) and reflectivity (right). Over the region inside the circle, which of the following options best describes what the radar is observing?

a mesocyclone

3.

Which of the following characteristic of supercell makes the distinctive difference from other types of thunderstorm?

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Explanation / Answer

1)Doppler radar is used to detect storms and their intensity so it is true it detects tornado around the world. It works out sending out radio waves from an antenna which are reflected back to the antenna by objects in the air.

2)To detect the presence of a mesocyclone is by Doppler weather radar. Mesocyclones are identified in the right-rear flank of supercell thunderstorms and are distinguished by a hook echo rotation signature. Rotating wall cloud or tornado may also hint at the presence of a mesocyclone and hereby yellow colour in the radar depicts mesocyclone.

3)CAPE is a measure of a rising air parcel's positive buoyancy or a measure of maximum speed of a air rising parcel will have. Stronger CAPE stronger will be the updraft which is responsible for supercell formation.