Tetsuya Fujita

Tetsuya Fujita was a Japanese-American scientist renowned for his work on severe weather, especially tornadoes and downbursts. He developed the Fujita scale, a system that classifies tornadoes based on their intensity and damage caused, helping to assess and understand these destructive storms better. Fujita’s research advanced meteorology by identifying the signatures of different storm types, improving forecasting and safety measures. His contributions have been pivotal in tornado damage assessment and in improving our understanding of extreme weather phenomena.