抄録
The May 13th tornado over northern part of Bangladesh killed about 600 people and damaged about 80 villages. Some several million dollar economic losses are counted for this nation. Besides the unavailability of modern radar information, infrared (IR) data of Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (GMS) is used in this study to observe the formation, movement, and dissipation of cloud during the touchdown of the tornado. On the basis of the meteorological identification, an attempt is made to explain the cause of the intense tornado by using GMS imageries.
