Re-creating a tornado in 3-D provides a more effective way to study storms
Monday, February 9, 2015 - 07:00
in Earth & Climate
When The Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore stepped into an EF-5 tornado re-created in 3-D in a four-story immersive installation at Virginia Tech, his perspective was that of someone 7,000 feet tall. Beneath him was the landscape of Moore, Oklahoma. Around him was the storm that killed 24 people in May 2013.