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During the early 1980s, NSSL and University of Oklahoma researchers place TOTO(TOtable Tornado Observatory) in the path of an on-coming tornado

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During the early 1980s, NSSL and University of Oklahoma researchers place TOTO(TOtable Tornado Observatory) in the path of an on-coming tornado.It would measure temperature, pressure, relative humidity etc.It would record the data on tape inside the 55 gallon drum.TOTO was hit by a small tornado only once in April, 1985.

Credit

NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

Display Date

April, 1985

Collection

NSSL

Instruments

Keywords

Instrumentation