Misoscale meteorology

Misoscale is an unofficial scale of meteorological phenomena that ranges in size from 40 metres (100 ft) to about 4 kilometres (2 mi).[1] This scale was proposed by Ted Fujita, the founder of the Fujita scale, to classify phenomenon of the order of the rotation within a thunderstorm, the scale of the funnel cloud or a tornado, and the size of the swath of destruction of a microburst.[2] It is a subdivision of the microscale.

References
  1. "Letter M of meteorological Glossary". National Weather Service Glossary. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. Ted Fujita (August 1981). "Tornadoes and Downbursts in the Context of Generalized Planetary Scales". Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. Boston: American Meteorological Society. 38 (8): 1511–1534. Bibcode:1981JAtS...38.1511F. doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1981)038<1511:TADITC>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1520-0469.

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