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GOES digital infrared data during the time period between two hours before the touchdown of tornado and the tornado touchdown time were used in this study. Comparison between tornado-associated clouds and non-tornado-associated clouds indicates that the difference between overshooting cloud top temperature and the tropopause temperature, or how much the cloud has penetrated above the tropopause, rather than either the absolute temperature of penetrative cloud top or the height of the top of overshooting turret is significant for the possible formation of severe storms. The penetrative overshooting cloud top collapses about 15 to 30 minutes before the touchdown of tornado. Gravity waves were detected from the severe convective storms.
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Hung, R.J., Smith, R.E. Satellite infrared imagery, rawinsonde data, and gravity wave remote sensing of severe convective storms. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 3, 489–502 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01007044
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