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Donald R. MacGorman publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Donald R. MacGorman sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 149 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Donald R. MacGorman D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Donald R. MacGorman sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 56 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Donald R. MacGorman is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States. Their research primarily spans environmental science, physics and astronomy, and earth and planetary sciences, focusing extensively on global and planetary change, astronomy and astrophysics, and atmospheric science.

The scientist's main research topics cover fire effects on ecosystems, lightning and electromagnetic phenomena, meteorological phenomena and simulations, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, climate variability and models, and ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics.

MacGorman has contributed to several peer-reviewed research publications including:

  • "Extreme oxidant amounts produced by lightning in storm clouds" (2021), Science
  • "Assimilation of GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper Flash Extent Density Data in GSI EnKF for the Analysis and Short-Term Forecast of a Mesoscale Convective System" (2020), Monthly Weather Review
  • "GLM and ABI Characteristics of Severe and Convective Storms" (2020), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Upward propagation of gigantic jets revealed by 3D radio and optical mapping" (2022), Science Advances
  • "Intraregional Comparisons of the Near-Storm Environments of Storms Dominated by Frequent Positive Versus Negative Cloud-to-Ground Flashes" (2021), Earth and Space Science

Their frequent co-authors include Eric C. Bruning, Conrad L. Ziegler, Vanna Chmielewski, Sean Waugh, and Edward R. Mansell.

MacGorman's work has been published most notably in the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, where they have five publications. Other common venues include Earth and Space Science, Science, Monthly Weather Review, and Science Advances.

Best Publications

  • The electrical nature of storms

    Donald R. MacGorman;W. David Rust;Earle R. Williams

  • Charge structure and lightning sensitivity in a simulated multicell thunderstorm

    Edward R. Mansell;Donald R. MacGorman;Conrad L. Ziegler;Jerry M. Straka

  • Simulated three‐dimensional branched lightning in a numerical thunderstorm model

    Edward R. Mansell;Donald R. MacGorman;Conrad L. Ziegler;Jerry M. Straka

  • Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment: VORTEX

    Erik N. Rasmussen;Jerry M. Straka;Robert Davies-Jones;Charles A. Doswell

  • Lightning Rates Relative to Tornadic Storm Evolution on 22 May 1981

    Donald R. MacGorman;Donald W. Burgess;Vladislav Mazur;W. David Rust

  • The Severe Thunderstorm Electrification and Precipitation Study

    Timothy J. Lang;L. Jay Miller;Morris Weisman;Steven A. Rutledge

  • Positive Cloud-to-Ground Lightning in Tornadic Storms and Hailstorms

    Donald R. MacGorman;Donald W. Burgess

  • Cloud-to-Ground Lightning: Climatological Characteristics and Relationships to Model Fields, Radar Observations, and Severe Local Storms

    Ronald M. Reap;Donald R. MacGorman

  • Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Activity in the 10–11 June 1985 Mesoscale Convective System Observed during the Oklahoma–Kansas PRE-STORM Project

    Steven A. Rutledge;Donald R. MacGorman

  • TELEX The Thunderstorm Electrification and Lightning Experiment

    Donald R. MacGorman;W. David Rust;Terry J. Schuur;Michael I. Biggerstaff

  • Inverted-polarity electrical structures in thunderstorms in the Severe Thunderstorm Electrification and Precipitation Study (STEPS)

    W. David Rust;Donald R. MacGorman;Eric C. Bruning;Stephanie A. Weiss

  • Theory and Observations of Controls on Lightning Flash Size Spectra

    Eric C. Bruning;Donald R. Macgorman

  • The Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) Field Campaign

    Mary C. Barth;Christopher A. Cantrell;William H. Brune;Steven A. Rutledge

  • A model evaluation of noninductive graupel‐ice charging in the early electrification of a mountain thunderstorm

    Conrad L. Ziegler;Donald R. MacGorman;James E. Dye;Peter S. Ray

  • The Electrical Structure of Two Supercell Storms during STEPS

    Donald R. MacGorman;W. David Rust;Paul Krehbiel;William Rison

  • A Lightning Parameterization for Numerical Cloud Models

    Donald R. MacGorman;Jerry M. Straka;Conrad L. Ziegler

  • Application of a Lightning Data Assimilation Technique in the WRF-ARW Model at Cloud-Resolving Scales for the Tornado Outbreak of 24 May 2011

    Alexandre O. Fierro;Edward R. Mansell;Conrad L. Ziegler;Donald R. MacGorman

  • The Implementation of an Explicit Charging and Discharge Lightning Scheme within the WRF-ARW Model: Benchmark Simulations of a Continental Squall Line, a Tropical Cyclone, and a Winter Storm

    Alexandre O. Fierro;Edward R. Mansell;Donald R. MacGorman;Conrad L. Ziegler

  • Positive cloud‐to‐ground lightning flashes in severe storms

    W. David Rust;Donald R. MacGorman;Roy T. Arnold

  • Numerically Simulated Electrification and Lightning of the 29 June 2000 STEPS Supercell Storm

    Kristin M. Kuhlman;Conrad L. Ziegler;Edward R. Mansell;Donald R. MacGorman

  • Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Activity in Mesoscale Convective Complexes

    S. J. Goodman;D. R. Macgorman

Frequent Co-Authors

Conrad L. Ziegler
Conrad L. Ziegler National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
W. David Rust
W. David Rust National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Paul R. Krehbiel
Paul R. Krehbiel New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
William Rison
William Rison New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Walter A. Lyons
Walter A. Lyons American Meteorological Society
Timothy J. Lang
Timothy J. Lang Marshall Space Flight Center
Steven A. Rutledge
Steven A. Rutledge Colorado State University
Ronald J. Thomas
Ronald J. Thomas New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Jerry M. Straka
Jerry M. Straka University of Oklahoma
Steven A. Cummer
Steven A. Cummer Duke University

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