Research Interests:
Large-scale dynamics of the atmosphere, climate change, and turbulence; the behavior of the hydrological cycle and of extratropical storms in different climates.

Selected Publications:
Byrne, M.P. and P.A. O'Gorman, 2013: Land-ocean warming contrast over a wide range of climates: convective quasi-equilibrium theory and idealized simulations, The ISME Journal, 26(12): 4000-16

Muller, C.J., P.A. O'Gorman and L.E. Back, 2011: Intensification of Precipitation Extremes with Warming in a Cloud-Resolving Model, Journal of Climate, 24(11): 2784-800

O'Gorman, P.A., 2011: The effective static stability experienced by eddies in a moist atmosphere, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 68(1): 75-90

O'Gorman, P.A., 2010: Understanding the varied response of the extratropical storm tracks to climate change, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(45): 19176-80