Contact Information
1301 W Green Street
Urbana, IL 61801
Education
Meteorology, PhD, University of Utah
Meteorology, MS, Texas A&M University
Meteorology, BS with Honors, State University of New York College at Oswego
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, Climate, Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Head, Climate, Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
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Recent Publications
Berman, M. T., Trapp, R. J., Nesbitt, S. W., & Di Girolamo, L. (2025). Improved Understanding of How Kinematic and Thermodynamic Environmental Changes Impact Modeled Overshooting Top Characteristics. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(21), Article e2025GL117993. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL117993
Blind-Doskocil, L., Trapp, R. J., Nesbitt, S. W., Parker, M. D., Kosiba, K. A., Wurman, J., Aikins, J., & Robinson, P. (2025). Characteristics of Tornadic and Nontornadic QLCS Mesovortices Observed Using Radar and Pod Data from PERiLS. Weather and Forecasting, 40(10), 2179-2197. https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-24-0200.1
Christo, G., Trapp, R., Nesbitt, S., Di Girolamo, L., Wolff, E. C., Homeyer, C. R., & Hong, Y. (2025). The Spatial Area and Other Attributes of GOES-16 Overshooting Tops as Indicators of Potential Hail. Monthly Weather Review, 153(10), 2121-2137. https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-24-0150.1
Hutson, A., Pettersen, C., Fujisaki-Manome, A., Mann, G. E., Nesbitt, S. W., & Kulie, M. S. (2025). Evaluating the Performance of Microphysics Schemes against Observations during High-Impact Lake-Effect Snow Events. Weather and Forecasting, 40(11), 2273-2292. https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-24-0249.1
Kotamarthi, R., Wang, J., Stock, J., Fytanidis, D. K., Munson, T., Niyogi, D., Muradyan, P., Jackson, R., O'brien, J., Grover, M., Collis, S., Gonzalez-Meler, M. A., Lee, J., Sharma, A., Wang, S., Kaludi, B., Kaplan, M., Nesbitt, S. W., Martilli, A., ... Negri, C. (2025). Artificial Intelligence–Enabled Digital Twin for U.S. Cities. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 106(11), 2411-2418. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-25-0229.1