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Carson, Mary Kay,.
The Tornado Scientist :
Seeing Inside Severe Storms /
Mary Kay Carson ; with photographs by Tom Uhlman.
Boston :
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
[2019]
75 pages :
color illustrations, color maps ;
24 x 29 cm.
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Scientists in the field
Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-71) and index.
A southern twist -- Storm chaser genesis -- Twister science 2.0 -- Scanning the skies -- A tragic year -- Setting a tornado net -- Future forecasts -- Words (and acronyms) to know.
"What if tornadoes could be stopped or slowed down? In this addition to the critically-acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, scientist Robin Tanamachi and her team are trying to come up with a way to predict tornadoes with even greater accuracy, and save countless lives across America's heartland."--
Provided by publisher.
Ages 10-12.
Grades 4 to 6.
20200205.
Tanamachi, Robin
Juvenile literature.
Tanamachi, Robin.
Tornadoes
Juvenile literature.
Tornadoes.
Storm chasers
Biography
Juvenile literature.
Storm chasers.
Meteorologists
Biography
Juvenile literature.
Meteorologists.
Women scientists
Biography
Juvenile literature.
Women scientists.
Juvenile works.
Uhlman, Tom,.
Scientists in the field.