Tornadoes

"Tornadoes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. Tornadoes generally produce damage paths of 100 yards wide or less, with path lengths of a couple miles.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Tornadoes" by people in this website by year, and whether "Tornadoes" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 15 publications over 6 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2015
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