Skip to main content

ESA Data Ontology

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > WEATHER EVENTS > TORNADOES

Preferred term

TORNADOES  

Definition

  • A small mass of air (whirlwind) that spins rapidly about an almost vertical axis and forms a funnel cloud that contacts the ground; appears as a pendant from a cumulonimbus cloud and is potentially the most destructive of all weather systems. (en)

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Change note

  • 2016-06-28 13:52:13.0 [saritz] Insert Concept add narrower relation (TORNADOES [a200e677-384a-42d6-8519-1c7735f0adb9,84177] - DESTRUCTION POTENTIAL INDEX [8fd6e7bc-df59-4637-b1e7-d6715fb3e8af,217713]);
  • 2016-06-28 13:54:31.0 [saritz] Insert Concept add narrower relation (TORNADOES [a200e677-384a-42d6-8519-1c7735f0adb9,84177] - TORNADO CLIMATOLOGY [d912e61f-6c95-449d-9bee-2eac2f599b8f,217715]);
  • 2016-06-28 13:55:31.0 [saritz] Insert Concept add narrower relation (TORNADOES [a200e677-384a-42d6-8519-1c7735f0adb9,84177] - TORNADO FREQUENCY [de691f09-0ef3-4795-bac0-1ed15c3e7f8b,217717]);
  • 2016-06-28 13:56:33.0 [saritz] Insert Concept add narrower relation (TORNADOES [a200e677-384a-42d6-8519-1c7735f0adb9,84177] - TORNADO PATH LENGTH [b253d76b-d48a-4d7a-abbe-7d02f783176e,217719]);
  • 2016-06-28 13:59:39.0 [saritz] Insert Concept add narrower relation (TORNADOES [a200e677-384a-42d6-8519-1c7735f0adb9,84177] - TORNADO PATH WIDTH [069ff99d-1455-4285-83d9-4f57fb0cb635,217721]);
  • 2016-06-28 14:02:12.0 [saritz] Insert Concept add narrower relation (TORNADOES [a200e677-384a-42d6-8519-1c7735f0adb9,84177] - TORNADO VORTEX SIGNATURE [c3354d3b-44a4-4b1a-b1dd-1243bd1640be,217723]);
  • 2016-06-28 14:03:38.0 [saritz] Insert Concept add narrower relation (TORNADOES [a200e677-384a-42d6-8519-1c7735f0adb9,84177] - ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE RATING [d866f0ba-c70a-4377-9f91-58ab402f6f8b,217725]);
  • 2016-06-28 14:04:34.0 [saritz] Insert Concept add narrower relation (TORNADOES [a200e677-384a-42d6-8519-1c7735f0adb9,84177] - WATER SPOUT [2992d7d3-5ae6-4844-b0fa-4ad348e3a8c2,217727]);
  • 2016-07-31 17:04:03.0 [saritz] Insert Concept add narrower relation (TORNADOES [a200e677-384a-42d6-8519-1c7735f0adb9,84177] - STORM SYSTEM MOTION [d9969cf1-6a1f-4f37-91bf-c746aeba81c4,247465]);
  • 2016-07-31 17:04:39.0 [saritz] Insert Concept add narrower relation (TORNADOES [a200e677-384a-42d6-8519-1c7735f0adb9,84177] - TORNADO DENSITY [9a310897-86d4-4a31-9fe3-4b4ad45b3575,247467]);

URI

https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/a200e677-384a-42d6-8519-1c7735f0adb9

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Last modified 12/6/20