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Leonardo da Vinci and the Downburst

Stanley David Gedzelman Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, City College of New York, New York, NY 10031

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Online Publication:
01 May 1990
Print Publication:
01 May 1990
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(1990)071<0649:LDVATD>2.0.CO;2
Page(s):
649–655
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Evidence from the drawings, experiments, and writings of Leonardo da Vinci are presented to demonstrate that da Vinci recognized and, possibly, discovered the downburst and understood its associated airflow. Other early references to vortex flows resembling downbursts are mentioned.

Evidence from the drawings, experiments, and writings of Leonardo da Vinci are presented to demonstrate that da Vinci recognized and, possibly, discovered the downburst and understood its associated airflow. Other early references to vortex flows resembling downbursts are mentioned.

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