In the late 1980s we deployed the new Doppler radar, the WSD-88, which can actually track the movement of air within a storm (and therefore pinpoint a tornado vortex).

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His scheme replaces the chimney with a tornado-like vortex of spinning air, which could extend several kilometres into the atmosphere.

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More precisely, Louis Michaud is seeking to create a tornado-like vortex inside a tower to produce winds that would drive electricity-generating turbines.

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