Paul Markowski

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

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Recent Publications

Supercell Tornadogenesis: Recent Progress in Our State of Understanding

Fischer, J., Dahl, J. M. L., Coffer, B. E., Houser, J. L., Markowski, P. M., Parker, M. D., Weiss, C. C. & Schueth, A., Jul 2024, In: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 105, 7, p. E1084-E1097

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

A New Pathway for Tornadogenesis Exposed by Numerical Simulations of Supercells in Turbulent Environments

Markowski, P. M., Mar 2024, In: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 81, 3, p. 481-518 38 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

An Analysis of the Impact of Vertical Wind Shear on Convection Initiation Using Large-Eddy Simulations: Importance of Wake Entrainment

Lebel, L. J. & Markowski, P. M., Jul 2023, In: Monthly Weather Review. 151, 7, p. 1667-1688 22 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Investigating the Relationship between Polarimetric Radar Signatures of Hydrometeor Size Sorting and Tornadic Potential in Simulated Supercells

Loeffler, S. D., Kumjian, M. R., Markowski, P. M., Coffer, B. E. & Parker, M. D., Jul 2023, In: Monthly Weather Review. 151, 7, p. 1863-1884 22 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Modeling Near-Surface Turbulence in Large-Eddy Simulations of a Tornado: An Application of Thin Boundary Layer Equations

Wang, A., Pan, Y., Bryan, G. H. & Markowski, P. M., Jun 2023, In: Monthly Weather Review. 151, 6, p. 1587-1607 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Three-Dimensional Thermodynamic Observations in Supercell Thunderstorms from Swarms of Balloon-Borne Sondes

BARTOS, E. A., MARKOWSKI, P. M. & RICHARDSON, Y. P., Jul 2022, In: Monthly Weather Review. 150, 7, p. 1689-1723 35 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

How the Environmental Lifting Condensation Level Affects the Sensitivity of Simulated Convective Storm Cold Pools to the Microphysics Parameterization

Murdzek, S. S., Richardson, Y. P., Markowski, P. M. & Kumjian, M. R., Oct 2022, In: Monthly Weather Review. 150, 10, p. 2527-2552 26 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Circulation around a constrained curve: An alternative analysis tool for diagnosing the origins of tornado rotation in numerical supercell simulations

Davies-Jones, R. & Markowski, P. M., Sep 2021, In: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 78, 9, p. 2895-2909 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Assessing the influence of complex terrain on severe convective environments in Northeastern Alabama

Katona, B. & Markowski, P., Jun 2021, In: Weather and Forecasting. 36, 3, p. 1003-1029 27 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Should reversible convective inhibition be used when determining the inflow layer of a convective storm?

Murdzek, S. S., Markowski, P. M., Richardson, Y. P. & Kumjian, M. R., Sep 2021, In: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 78, 10, p. 3047-3067 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

The influence of WENO schemes on large-eddy simulations of a neutral atmospheric boundary layer

Wang, A., Pan, Y. & Markowski, P. M., Nov 2021, In: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 78, 12, p. 3613-3628 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

The Orinoco Low-Level Jet: An Investigation of Its Mechanisms of Formation Using the WRF Model

Jiménez-Sánchez, G., Markowski, P. M., Young, G. S. & Stensrud, D. J., Jul 16 2020, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 125, 13, e2020JD032810.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Snowflake selfies: A low-cost, high-impact approach toward student engagement in scientific research (with their smartphones)

Kumjian, M. R., Bowley, K. A., Markowski, P. M., Lombardo, K., Lebo, Z. J. & Kollias, P., Jul 2020, In: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 101, 6, p. E917-E935

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Snowflake Selfies Research by Students with Smartphones

Kumjian, M. R., Bowley, K. A., Markowski, P. M., Lombardo, K., Lebo, Z. J. & Kollias, P., Sep 2020, In: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 101, 9, p. 784-789 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

What is the intrinsic predictability of tornadic supercell thunderstorms?

MARKOWSKI, P. M., Aug 2020, In: Monthly Weather Review. 148, 8, p. 3157-3180 24 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review