Environment Ontology

Last uploaded: July 2, 2024
Preferred Name

tornado
Synonyms

cyclone

whirlwind

twister

Definitions

A tornado is an aeroform consisting of at least one rapidly rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of an astronomical body and pendant from within or beneath a cumulonimbus or cumulus cloud. This class refers to tornados on Earth, but can be used as the basis for a more generalised class for tornados which a composed of gaseous materials other than air.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001482

comment

This class refers to tornados on Earth, but can be used as the basis for a more generalised class for tornados which a composed of gaseous materials other than air.

adjacent to

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000324

composed primarily of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002005

created_by

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-3088

creation_date

2018-10-04T16:52:06Z

definition

A tornado is an aeroform consisting of at least one rapidly rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of an astronomical body and pendant from within or beneath a cumulonimbus or cumulus cloud.

has characteristic

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002063

has part

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002005

has quality

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002063

has_exact_synonym

twister

has_related_synonym

cyclone

whirlwind

label

tornado

overlaps

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002005

prefixIRI

ENVO:01001482

prefLabel

tornado

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000755

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