Paul M. Markowski is an American meteorologist and leading expert on
tornadogenesis
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and the
forecasting
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of
supercell
A supercell is a thunderstorm characterized by the presence of a mesocyclone: a deep, persistently rotating updraft. Due to this, these storms are sometimes referred to as rotating thunderstorms. Of the four classifications of thunderstorms ( ...
s and
tornado
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, altho ...
es.
Career
He was a
principal investigator
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(PI) for the IHOP, (2002), PAMREX (2003–04), and VORTEX2 (2009–10) field projects and, with
Joshua Wurman
Joshua Michael Aaron Ryder Wurman (born October 1, 1960) is an American atmospheric scientist and inventor noted for tornado, tropical cyclone, and weather radar research.
Life and career Education
Joshua Wurman's father is noted architect and ...
,
Howard Bluestein
Howard Bruce Bluestein is a research meteorologist known for his mesoscale meteorology, severe weather, and radar research. He is a major participant in the VORTEX projects. A native of the Boston area, Dr. Bluestein received his Ph.D. in 1976 fr ...
, et al., was on the VORTEX2 Steering Committee. He has been interviewed widely by newspapers, magazines, television and radio.
He authored with
Yvette Richardson, ''Mesoscale Meteorology in Midlatitudes,'' which is a widely popular textbook worldwide.
Markowski attended
Pennsylvania State University (PSU), graduating magna cum laude from Penn State's
Schreyer Honors College with a B.S. in
meteorology
Meteorology is a branch of the atmospheric sciences (which include atmospheric chemistry and physics) with a major focus on weather forecasting. The study of meteorology dates back millennia, though significant progress in meteorology did no ...
in 1996. He moved on to the
University of Oklahoma
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(OU), earning a M.S. in 1997 and a Ph.D. in 2000, both in meteorology. He has been a professor of meteorology at Penn State since 2001.
In December 2013 Markowski lead authored with
Harold Brooks, et al., a prominent op-ed rebuttal to physicist
Richard Muller critiquing substantial methodological flaws in his findings that strong to violent tornado activity decreased in recent decades and his tying the stated decline to
global warming
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.
See also
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Erik N. Rasmussen
Erik Nels Rasmussen (born January 27, 1957) is an American meteorologist and leading expert on mesoscale meteorology, severe convective storms, forecasting of storms, and tornadogenesis. He was the field coordinator of the first of the VORTEX pro ...
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Roger Wakimoto
Roger M. Wakimoto (born December 11, 1953) is an atmospheric scientist specializing in research on mesoscale meteorology, particularly severe convective storms and radar meteorology. A former director of the National Center for Atmospheric Resear ...
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Ted Fujita
was a Japanese-American meteorologist whose research primarily focused on severe weather. His research at the University of Chicago on severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, and typhoons revolutionized the knowledge of each. Although he is ...
References
External links
Penn State faculty site*
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American meteorologists
Storm chasers
Pennsylvania State University alumni
University of Oklahoma alumni
Pennsylvania State University faculty
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)