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• Second order modeling of boundary-free turbulent shear flows (NASA Lewis Research Center, Institute for Computational Mechanics in Propulsion ;, 1991), by T. H. Shih, J. L. Limley, J. Y. Chen, and Lewis Research Center. Institute for Computational Mechanics in Propulsion (page images at HathiTrust)
• Studies on the vortices in the atmosphere of the earth ... (Weather Bureau, 1910), by United States. Weather Bureau and Frank H. Bigelow (page images at HathiTrust)
• Formation of vortex cloud patterns (Meteorological Research Laboratory, Geophysics Research Directorate, Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, United States Air Force, 1962), by John A. Leese and Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.). Geophysics Research Directorate (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effects of acoustic and vortical disturbances on the turbulent boundary layer at free-stream Mach number 0.5 (Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee : Arnold Engineering Development Center, Propulsion Wind Tunnel Facility, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1977., 1977), by John A. Benek, United States. Air Force. Systems Command, Arnold Engineering Development Center, and Inc ARO (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stability of a pair of stationary vortices in the leeward side of a cylinder in a potential flowfield (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1983, 1983), by Shiva N. Singh, Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.), and University of Kentucky. Department of Mechanical Engineering (page images at HathiTrust)
• Computations of supersonic vortical flows around ogive-cylinders using central and upwind differences (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Flight Dynamics Directorate, Wright Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command, United States Air Force, 1997., 1997), by Eswar Josyula and Ohio) Wright Laboratory (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (page images at HathiTrust)
• Control of leading-edge vortices with suction (Bolling Air Force Base, D.C. : Air Force Office of Scientific Research, United States Air Force, 1996., 1996), by Ismet Gursul, United States. Air Force. Office of Scientific Research, and University of Cincinnati (page images at HathiTrust)
• Euler technology assessment for preliminary aircraft design employing OVERFLOW code with multiblock structured-grid method (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center ;, 1995), by David A. Treiber, Dennis A. Muilenburg, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• F/A-18 forebody vortex control (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, 1994), by Brian R. Kramer and Ames Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Transonic Navier-Stokes calculations about a 65⁰ delta wing (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center ;, 1994), by W. Kelly Londenberg and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)

• Tornadoes and dust whirls (Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Mechanics, 1960), by Robert R. Long and Johns Hopkins University. Dept. of Mechanics (page images at HathiTrust)

• Wind- und Wasserhosen in Europa (in German; Braunschweig: F. Vieweg und Sohn, 1917), by Alfred Wegener
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  • illustrated transcription: PDF files in Germany
• Natural disaster survey report. (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration., in the 20th century), by United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Schools in Kansas with tornado protection : Shawnee Mission Public Schools, District no. 512 (The Agency, 1973), by United States. Defense Civil Preparedness Agency and Delbert B. Ward (page images at HathiTrust)
• The thunderstorm in human affairs (U. S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Research Laboratories ;, 1981), by Edwin Kessler, Environmental Research Laboratories (U.S.), and United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instruments and techniques for thunderstorm observation and analysis (U. S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Research Laboratories ;, 1982), by Edwin Kessler, Environmental Research Laboratories (U.S.), and United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thunderstorm morphology and dynamics (U. S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Research Laboratories ;, 1982), by Edwin Kessler, Environmental Research Laboratories (U.S.), and United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Three scales of motions associated with tornadoes (Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, Division of Reactor Safety Research ;, 1978), by Gregory S Forbes and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Division of Reactor Safety Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Investigation of HEPA filters subjected to tornado pressure pulses : preliminary tests of ineffective filtration : July 1-September 30, 1977 (Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, University of California, 1978), by H. L. Horak, New Mexico State University. Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Laboratory simulation of steady tornadic wind loads on structures (The Commission :, 1979), by M. C. Jischke, B. D. Light, Mechanical University of Oklahoma. School of Aerospace, and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Division of Reactor Safety Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Potential radiological impact of tornadoes on the safety of Nuclear Fuel Services' West Valley fuel reprocessing plant (The Commission, 1981), by W. Davis, R. W. Andrae, L. J. Holloway, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Austin, Texas, tornadoes of May 4, 1922 (The University, 1923), by Frederic Simonds (page images at HathiTrust)
• The special characteristics of tornadoes, with practical directions for the protection of life and property (Signal Office, 1884), by J. P. Finley and United States. War Dept. Signal Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tornado emergency readiness : planning for schools (State of Wisconsin, Dept. of Public Instruction, Division of Instructional Services, 1974), by Don Gehrmann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• On the physics of tornado processes (Alamogordo, N.M., 1958), by Fritz Otto Mark Rossmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• The tornado : an engineering-oriented prespective (Norman, Oklahoma : U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Research Laboratories, National Severe Storms Laboratory, 1977., 1977), by Joseph E. Minor, Kishor C. Mehta, J. R. McDonald, and National Severe Storms Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• On whirlwind storms: with replies to the objections and strictures of Dr. Hare. (J.S. Redfield, 1842), by W. C. Redfield and Robert Hare (page images at HathiTrust)
• Queries and strictures, respecting Espy's meteorological report to the Naval Department : also, the conclusion arrived at by a committee of the Academy of Sciences of France, agreeably to which, tornadoes are caused by heat : while, agreeably to Peltier's report to the same body, certain insurers had been obliged to pay for a tornado as an electrical storm : with abstracts from Peltier's report (R.W. Barnard & Sons, printers, 1852), by Robert Hare (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tornado destruction of Green Gables Cabin Camp, Showing Office (Blue Earth County Historical Society 415 Cherry Street, Mankato, MN 56001; http://www.bechshistory.com, 1946), by Schutte-Barnett (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Tornado damage, Morris (Stevens County Museum and Historical Society, Morris, MN; http://www.stevenshistorymuseum.com, 1905) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tornado preparedness planning. (Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service ;, 1978), by United States National Weather Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tornado preparedness planning. (For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off], 1973), by United States National Weather Service (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Cloud interaction and the formation of the 15 June 1973 tornado in the FACE mesonetwork (Weather Modification Program Office, Environmental Research Laboratories, 1976), by Ronald L. Holle, M. W. Maier, and Environmental Research Laboratories (U.S.). Weather Modification Program Office (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Tornado safety resource workbook. (Federal Emergency Management Agency :, 1983), by United States Federal Emergency Management Agency and United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Final report on the Joint Doppler Operational Project (JDOP) 1976-1978 (National Severe Storms Laboratory, Environmental Research Laboratories ;, 1979), by National Severe Storms Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Simulator evaluation of display concepts for pilot monitoring and control of space shuttle approach and landing. Phase 2, Manual flight control (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1973), by W. B. Gartner, Kenneth M. Baldwin, and inc Biotechnology (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analytic studies of local-severe-storm observables by satellites (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1977), by Paul Dergarabedian, Francis Fendell, TRW Systems and Energy, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analytic studies on satellite detection of severe, two-cell tornadoes (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office ;, 1979), by George F. Carrier, Francis E. Fendell, Paul Dergarabedian, Langley Research Center, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• A search for residual magnetism along a tornado path (U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1971), by Robert C. Costen, Langley Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proposed technique for launching instrumented balloons into tornadoes. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1971), by Frederick C. Grant, Langley Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Studies on the vortices in the atmosphere of the earth ... (Weather Bureau, 1910), by United States. Weather Bureau and Frank H. Bigelow (page images at HathiTrust)
• Whirlwind storms (1842), by W. C. Redfield and Robert Hare (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tornadoes: Prophecy of the weather. (Kansas City., 1880), by Isaac P. Noyes (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of tornado observations and data sources. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1963), by United States. Weather Bureau (page images at HathiTrust)
• 1984 tornado fact sheet. (Illinois Emergency Services and Disaster Agency, 1985), by Illinois. Emergency Services and Disaster Agency (page images at HathiTrust)
• Facts about tornadoes (Illinois State Water Survey, Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources, 1983), by Stanley Alcide Changnon, J. L. Vogel, and Illinois State Water Survey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Midwestern spring floods and tornadoes of 1944. (Washington, 1946), by American National Red Cross (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Tornado safety : surviving nature's most violent storms (with tornado statistics for 1953-1980). (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service ;, 1982), by United States National Weather Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spring floods and tornadoes, 1936. : Official report of relief operations. (The American national Red cross, 1938), by American National Red Cross (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tornado preparedness planning for schools, with suggested action plan for school personnel. (State of Illinois, Emergency Services and Disaster Agency, 1977), by Illinois. Emergency Services and Disaster Agency (page images at HathiTrust)
• Visual observations beneath a developing tornado (L.G. Hanscom Field, Massachusetts : Meteorology Laboratory, Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, United States Air Force, 1964., 1964), by Ralph J. Donaldson, William E. Lamkin, and Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Evolution of tornadic storms (L.G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts : Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, United States Air Force, 1966., 1966), by Keith A. Browning and Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Severe weather phenomena (New York [New York] : New York University, College of Engineering, Research Division, Department of Meteorology and Oceanography, [1958], 1958), by James Eads Miller, Linwood F. Whitney, Edwin L. Keitz, Edwin L. Fisher, Air Force Cambridge Research Center (U.S.). Geophysics Research Directorate, and New York University. Department of Meteorology and Oceanography (page images at HathiTrust)
• Official report of relief operations. Missouri-Illinois-Arkansas-Oklahoma-Kansas tornadoes, 1938. (American National Red Cross, 1938), by American National Red Cross (page images at HathiTrust)
• Preliminary radar and photogrammetric study of the Illinois tornadoes of April 17 and 22, 1963 ([s.n.], 1963), by Joseph L. Goldman and Tetsuya Theodore Fujita (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tornadoes and dust whirls (Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Mechanics, 1960), by Robert R. Long and Johns Hopkins University. Dept. of Mechanics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Preliminary report on tornadoes: The tornado, an analysis of antecedent meteorological conditions (Washington, 1943), by United States. Weather Bureau and A. K. Showalter (page images at HathiTrust)
• A contribution to the Tornado Intercept Project 1977 : final report (University of Oklahoma, Dept. of Meteorology, 1977), by J. Kimpel, Environmental Research Laboratories (U.S.), and University of Oklahoma. Dept. of Meteorology (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report on the character of six hundred tornadoes ... (Office of chief signal officer, 1882), by J. P. Finley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tornadoes (U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1966), by United States. Weather Bureau (page images at HathiTrust)
• "It looks like a tornado ... " : an aid for distinguishing tornadoes from other cloud forms. (Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Weather Bureau, 1953., 1953), by United States. Weather Bureau (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tornado preparedness planning ([For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1968), by United States. Weather Bureau (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tornadoes : what they are and how to observe them, with practical suggestions for the protection of life and property. (Insurance Monitor, 1887), by J. P. Finley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The relationship of the 300-mb jet stream to tornado occurrence (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Research Laboratories, 1980), by Carolyn M. Kloth, Robert Davies-Jones, and National Severe Storms Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• An airborne observation of a tornado. (University of Kansas, 1961), by Ferdinand Charles Bates (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The terminal doppler weather radar tornadic vortex signature detection algorithm (Federal Aviation Administration ;, 1990), by Steven V. Vasiloff, Arthur Witt, National Severe Storms Laboratory, and United States Federal Aviation Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes on analysis and severe-storm forecasting procedures of the military weather warning center (Air Weather Service (MAC), United States Air Force, 1967), by Robert C. Miller and United States. Air Weather Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• The great St. Louis tornado. ([St, Louis, 1896), by Mo.) Walker Pharmacal Company (St. Louis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tornadoes. (1890), by Alexander McAdie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Des ouragans, tornados, typhons et tempêtes. ([Paris, 1847), by François Antoine Édouard Keller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Broken hearts and homes. (Barclay & Co., 1896), by Cincinnati Barclay and Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Étude sur la théorie de la grêle et des trombes. Suivie de considérations sur la nature des taches du soleil (Impr. Dufour-Bouquot, 1863), by César Louis Henry (page images at HathiTrust)
• Atmospheric oscillations at Oklahoma City during the 1953 tornado season (Palisades, New York : Lamont Geological Observatory, Columbia University, 1953), by William L. Donn, Frank Press, Richard Rommer, and Lamont Geological Observatory (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Severe local storm warning service and tornado statistics, 1953-1969. (Washington, DC : Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, 1970., 1970), by United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and United States. Department of Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)

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