CLEVELAND - The strength of tornadoes today is measured using the Enhanced Fujita Scale. Dr. Tetsuya Theodore Fujita from the University of Chicago put together the first scale used in 1971. Fujita ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The easiest and most straightforward way to measure a hurricane's strength is to use the Saffir-Simpson scale. Watch: Irma Now Second Strongest Hurricane On Record; 185 mph ...
A team of researchers led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego has created a scale to characterize the strength and impacts of "atmospheric rivers," long ...