从3方面总结了龙卷风研究成果：①研究概况,最初的龙卷风灾后调查到开展天气气候特征分析至近年来开展龙卷风本体结构、产生机制的探讨，获得了丰硕成果；②研究方法提高，从事实调查到利用统计方法，从利用台站常规观测资料到运用卫星、多普勒雷达、风廓线仪等非常规资料开展分析，近年数值模式WRF、ARPS等也被用来研究龙卷风，研究的方法手段不断得到改进；③龙卷风研究、预报面临的困难和未来展望。

The advances in tornado researches are reviewed in three aspects: (1) general description, from simple cases to weather and climatic analysis of tornadoes, the structure and the formation causes of tornadoes; (2) methods for studying tornadoes, with data only from meteorological stations in the last century, but presently data not only from stations but also from satellite, Doppler radar and numerical models (WRF，ARPS); (3) problems encountered in tornado researches and prospects.

国家自然科学基金项目（40875025，40875030）资助