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Jerry M. Straka is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States and has contributed extensively to Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Atmospheric Science. Their research encompasses a variety of subfields including Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, Computational Mechanics, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

The primary topics addressed in their work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Precipitation Measurement and Analysis, Climate Variability and Models, Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing, Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, and Wind and Air Flow Studies.

Jerry M. Straka has published multiple papers in notable venues, demonstrating engagement with the severe storms meteorology community and broader atmospheric sciences. Frequent publication venues include:

  • E-Journal of Severe Storms Meteorology (5 publications)
  • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (1 publication)
  • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (1 publication)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Jerry M. Straka include:

  • Observational and Idealized Numerical Examination of Low-level Counter-rotating Vortices in the Rear Flank of Supercells, 2021, E-Journal of Severe Storms Meteorology
  • Bin-Emulating Hail Melting in Three-Moment Bulk Microphysics, 2020, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Supercell Spectrum. Part I: A Review of Research Related to Supercell Precipitation Morphology, 2021, E-Journal of Severe Storms Meteorology
  • Visual Observation of the 6 June 2005 Descending Reflectivity Core, 2021, E-Journal of Severe Storms Meteorology
  • The performance of filtered leapfrog schemes in benchmark simulations, 2021, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Collaborators frequently working with Jerry M. Straka include:

  • Erik N. Rasmussen
  • Kyle Beatty
  • Robert Davies-Jones
  • Paul Markowski
  • Edward R. Mansell

Best Publications

  • Bulk Hydrometeor Classification and Quantification Using Polarimetric Radar Data: Synthesis of Relations

    Jerry M. Straka;Dusan S. Zrnić;Alexander V. Ryzhkov

  • Cloud Microphysics Retrieval Using S-Band Dual-Polarization Radar Measurements

    J. Vivekanandan;D. S. Zrnic;S. M. Ellis;R. Oye

  • Direct surface thermodynamic observations within the rear-flank downdrafts of nontornadic and tornadic supercells

    Paul M. Markowski;Jerry M. Straka;Erik N. Rasmussen

  • 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

  • Precipitation Uncertainty Due to Variations in Precipitation Particle Parameters within a Simple Microphysics Scheme

    Matthew S. Gilmore;Jerry M. Straka;Erik N. Rasmussen

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

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

  • Design and Deployment of a Portable, Pencil-Beam, Pulsed, 3-cm Doppler Radar

    Joshua Wurman;Jerry Straka;Erik Rasmussen;Mitch Randall

  • The Occurrence of Tornadoes in Supercells Interacting with Boundaries during VORTEX-95

    Paul M. Markowski;Erik N. Rasmussen;Jerry M. Straka

  • Numerical solutions of a non‐linear density current: A benchmark solution and comparisons

    J. M. Straka;Robert B. Wilhelmson;Louis J. Wicker;John R. Anderson

  • Testing a Procedure for Automatic Classification of Hydrometeor Types

    Dus̆an S. Zrnić;Alexander Ryzhkov;Jerry Straka;Yidi Liu

  • TELEX The Thunderstorm Electrification and Lightning Experiment

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

  • Precipitation and Evolution Sensitivity in Simulated Deep Convective Storms: Comparisons between Liquid-Only and Simple Ice and Liquid Phase Microphysics*

    Matthew S. Gilmore;Jerry M. Straka;Erik N. Rasmussen

  • A Mobile Mesonet for Finescale Meteorological Observations

    Jerry M. Straka;Erik N. Rasmussen;Sherman E. Fredrickson

  • A Lightning Parameterization for Numerical Cloud Models

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

  • THE SHARED MOBILE ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AND TEACHING RADAR A Collaboration to Enhance Research and Teaching

    Michael I. Biggerstaff;Louis J. Wicker;Jerry Guynes;Conrad Ziegler

  • Variability of Storm-Relative Helicity during VORTEX

    Paul M. Markowski;Jerry M. Straka;Erik N. Rasmussen;David O. Blanchard

  • The Association of Significant Tornadoes with a Baroclinic Boundary on 2 June 1995

    Erik N. Rasmussen;Scott Richardson;Jerry M. Straka;Paul M. Markowski

  • Tornadogenesis Resulting from the Transport of Circulation by a Downdraft: Idealized Numerical Simulations

    Paul M. Markowski;Jerry M. Straka;Erik N. Rasmussen

  • Fine-Scale Doppler Radar Observations of Tornadoes

    Joshua Wurman;Jerry M. Straka;Erik N. Rasmussen

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Markowski
Paul Markowski Pennsylvania State University
Donald R. MacGorman
Donald R. MacGorman University of Oklahoma
Conrad L. Ziegler
Conrad L. Ziegler National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Dusan S. Zrnic
Dusan S. Zrnic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Alexander V. Ryzhkov
Alexander V. Ryzhkov University of Oklahoma
Joshua Wurman
Joshua Wurman Center for Severe Weather Research
Jothiram Vivekanandan
Jothiram Vivekanandan National Center for Atmospheric Research
Joanne Simpson
Joanne Simpson Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul R. Krehbiel
Paul R. Krehbiel New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
William Rison
William Rison New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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