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Meteorologists are people that study tornados by observing current sky conditions, only if the right atmospheric conditions are currently available. Also by using Doppler Radar or NexRad, to identify Supercells within clusters of storms. A supercell does not always contain a tornado, but it will have a high chance to produce one, since a storm can only be declared as a supercell, only if there is convergence and counter-clockwise rotation availble in the mid-trophosphere. Thus, a tornado can be formed. In addition, to technology and natural outdoor observation, some look at chasing these specific storms, which these people are called "Storm Chasers." They go out and look for any potential development of supercells, then chase them depending if there are any confirmed reports by the National Weather Service (NWS). Thus by chasing the tornado, they can observe it and record down there observations and share them with other atmospheric scientists. Also they might learn new and very interesting inofrmation based on these types of weather phenomenons. I hope this has answered your question well! Keep Watching the Clouds!

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With Doppler radar, which can take wind measurements from in and near a tornado and with computer models which try to simulate conditions that produce tornadoes.A few probes have also been placed inside tornadoes, allowing more direct measurements.

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Scientists study thunderstorms mainly through field research projects. Meteorologists also have a Spring Experiment where they study the storms during the spring storm season and use the data for forecasting and researching storms.

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There are to primary ways. First they will chase tornadoes and scan them with radar or, more rarely, try to get probes inside them. It is difficult and dangerous work. Second, scientists will try to model tornadoes in supercomputers.

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The main reason is to learn how to better predict tornadoes so better warnings can be issued. This would give people a better opportunity to get to safety and lead to fewer false alarms, which can lead some people to ignore warnings.

Additionally, tornadoes are studied out of simple human curiosity.

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11y ago

The main way is by scanning tornadoes with mobile Doppler radar. Some data has been gathered from probes placed in the paths of tornadoes, but this is difficult and dangerous to do and successful probe intercepts are rare.

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Meteorologists use Doppler radar to track where tornadoes are occurring and which storms are likely to produce tornadoes. Such radar is able to detect how fast air is moving towards or away from the radar and thus able to detect rotation in the storm. Doppler radar is also used in research. Detailed studies require mobile Doppler radar, which is less powerful than the radar used to track tornadoes, but can get much closer and capture high-resolution information. Some scientists have placed probes inside of tornadoes to take measurements.

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you look up what you want to know and then look for a good suggestion

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