Paul Markowski
My research group has been involved with both observational and numerical modeling studies of a wide range of convective storms and their attendant hazards. We are driven by a desire to improve severe weather warnings. Doing so requires a better understanding of the governing dynamics of the convection. I have a broad range of teaching interests that includes synoptic meteorology, mesoscale meteorology, and atmospheric convection.
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Department of Meteorology
Penn State University
503 Walker Building
University Park, PA 16802
Telephone: (814) 865-9736
Fax: (814) 865-3663
Idealized evolution of vortex lines inferred from a sample of VORTEX supercells surveyed by Markowski et al. (2008, Monthly Weather Review), superimposed on a photograph of a supercell thunderstorm (courtesy of Jim Marquis; view is from the south).
Associate Professor of Meteorology