misoscale meteorology

Misoscale is an unofficial scale of meteorological phenomena that ranges in size from {{convert|40|m|sigfig=1}} to about {{convert|4|km|sigfig=1}}.{{Cite web| url= http://www.weather.gov/glossary/index.php?letter=m | title= Letter M of meteorological Glossary | publisher=National Weather Service Glossary | accessdate = 28 December 2014 }} This scale was proposed by Ted Fujita, the founder of the Fujita scale, to classify phenomenon of the order of the rotation within a thunderstorm, the scale of the funnel cloud or a tornado, and the size of the swath of destruction of a microburst.{{cite journal | doi = 10.1175/1520-0469(1981)038<1511:TADITC>2.0.CO;2 | title= Tornadoes and Downbursts in the Context of Generalized Planetary Scales | author= Ted Fujita | journal = Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences | publisher = American Meteorological Society | place= Boston | volume = 38 | issue = 8 |date=August 1981 | issn = 1520-0469 | pages = 1511–1534 | bibcode= 1981JAtS...38.1511F |author-link = Ted Fujita| doi-access = free }} It is a subdivision of the microscale.