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🌪️ Tornado Funnel - 2D Rankine Vortex Plan View

2D companion of the Tornado Funnel simulation: plan view of debris circling a Rankine vortex with inflow, wind and pressure profiles, intensity-scale readout and a numerical check of the cyclostrophic pressure drop.

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Tornado Funnel - 2D Rankine Vortex Plan View ↗ Open standalone
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2D companion of the Tornado Funnel simulation: plan view of debris circling a Rankine vortex with inflow, wind and pressure profiles, intensity-scale readout and a numerical check of the cyclostrophic pressure drop.

TornadoRankine vortexCyclostrophic balancePressure

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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