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Massive tank reveals hurricanes' inner workings

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Facility simulates the furious winds and waves of the world's most powerful storms.

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  1. Donelan, M. A. et al. Geophys. Res. Lett. 31, L18306 (2004).

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Witze, A. Massive tank reveals hurricanes' inner workings. Nature (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2015.17647

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