Sushmita Pathak

And I say tornado potential here because the model cannot produce tornadoes exactly. It can only simulate the environment, the instabilities that lead to a tornado. So that's just a small but important caveat.

And I say tornado potential here because the model cannot produce tornadoes exactly. It can only simulate the environment, the instabilities that lead to a tornado. So that's just a small but important caveat.

Yeah, it is. It is pretty solid. And I asked another scientist who was not part of the research about limitations, and she was like, this feels like a pretty solid study. And actually, she studies how land cover in the vicinity of the storm, like a mile or two miles, pretty two-mile radius of the storm changes tornadoes. And so she was actually surprised.

Yeah, it is. It is pretty solid. And I asked another scientist who was not part of the research about limitations, and she was like, this feels like a pretty solid study. And actually, she studies how land cover in the vicinity of the storm, like a mile or two miles, pretty two-mile radius of the storm changes tornadoes. And so she was actually surprised.

Yeah, it is. It is pretty solid. And I asked another scientist who was not part of the research about limitations, and she was like, this feels like a pretty solid study. And actually, she studies how land cover in the vicinity of the storm, like a mile or two miles, pretty two-mile radius of the storm changes tornadoes. And so she was actually surprised.

She was actually very fascinated by this, that land cover and terrain so far away from the actual storm can also affect tornado potential. So...

She was actually very fascinated by this, that land cover and terrain so far away from the actual storm can also affect tornado potential. So...

She was actually very fascinated by this, that land cover and terrain so far away from the actual storm can also affect tornado potential. So...

We're talking about hundreds of miles away from where the tornadoes are actually forming, from where the storms are actually forming.

We're talking about hundreds of miles away from where the tornadoes are actually forming, from where the storms are actually forming.

We're talking about hundreds of miles away from where the tornadoes are actually forming, from where the storms are actually forming.

There are a lot of implications because, you know, we as humans do a lot of things that can change the roughness of the terrain. Like when you cut down forests, it's like smoothing out the surface. That's already happening in the Amazon with deforestation. Or when you set up large scale wind farms on a vast flat expanse, it can make the overall surface rougher. That's happening in the Midwest.

There are a lot of implications because, you know, we as humans do a lot of things that can change the roughness of the terrain. Like when you cut down forests, it's like smoothing out the surface. That's already happening in the Amazon with deforestation. Or when you set up large scale wind farms on a vast flat expanse, it can make the overall surface rougher. That's happening in the Midwest.

There are a lot of implications because, you know, we as humans do a lot of things that can change the roughness of the terrain. Like when you cut down forests, it's like smoothing out the surface. That's already happening in the Amazon with deforestation. Or when you set up large scale wind farms on a vast flat expanse, it can make the overall surface rougher. That's happening in the Midwest.

So the authors of the study really want to bring attention to this point that there are a lot of different things that affect tornadoes and that lead to tornado genesis. And one thing that's not been looked into till now is this large scale surface roughness or the roughness of the terrain very, very far away from where the storms are forming. So this was the big takeaway.

So the authors of the study really want to bring attention to this point that there are a lot of different things that affect tornadoes and that lead to tornado genesis. And one thing that's not been looked into till now is this large scale surface roughness or the roughness of the terrain very, very far away from where the storms are forming. So this was the big takeaway.

So the authors of the study really want to bring attention to this point that there are a lot of different things that affect tornadoes and that lead to tornado genesis. And one thing that's not been looked into till now is this large scale surface roughness or the roughness of the terrain very, very far away from where the storms are forming. So this was the big takeaway.

Wow.

Wow.

Wow.