Jerry M. Straka


I am currently an Associate Professor in Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma. My research interests include severe thunderstorm and tornado dynamics, cloud microphysics, polarimetric radar meteorology, synoptic meteorology and numerical modeling.  Classes I have taught include most undergraduate core meteorology classes and graduate cloud physics.
Background(in progress)
 
  • Education background
  • Field Programs
  • Publications
  • Grants
  • Students
  • Courses Taught 

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    		         Research(in progress)
    • Observational, Theoretical, and  Modeling Research of Storms and Tornadoes (Rasmussen, Straka, Markowski, Beatty and Davies-Jones) (FUNDED BY NSSL, NSF AND OU)
    • Mobile Mesonets for Fine Scale Meteorolgical Observations (Straka, Rasmussen, Fredrickson and Nealson) (FUNDED BY NSSL, NSF AND OU).  Figure 1.  Figure 2.
    • Remote Pilot Research Aircraft for Meteorological Studies (Rasmussen, Newell, and Straka) (FUNDED IN PART BY NSF,NSSL AND OU)
    • Two Mobile Doppler Radars (C-band) (FUNDED BY NSSL, TTU, TAMU, AND OU)
    • T28-Aircraft research for Meteorological Studies (Straka, Zrnic, Ryzhkov, Askelson, and Schlatter) (FUNDED BY NSSL, NSF SDSMT, AND OU)
    • Polarimetric Radar Meteorology for Bulk Hydrometeor Identification and Quantative Precipitation Estimation (Straka, Zrnic, Ryzhkov, Askleson, Schlatter) (FUNDED BY NSSL, NSF AND OU)
    • Cloud, Precipitation, and Lightning Modeling (Macgorman, Staka, Mansell, and Ziegler)(FUNDED BY NSSL, NSF AND OU)
    • Numerical Techniques (Straka) (FUDED BY NSF)
    • Objective analysis by (Asklelson and Straka) (FUNDED BY NSSL, NSF AND OU)

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            Adventure Pictures(in progress)        Storm Pictures(in progress)