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
Silcott, M. K., Parker, M. D., Kosiba, K. A., Nesbitt, S. W., Trapp, R. J., Wurman, J., & Weiss, C. C. (2025). Properties of Cold Pools from PERiLS 2022–23. Monthly Weather Review, 153(10), 2085-2106. https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-24-0280.1
Wolff, E. C., Trapp, R. J., Nesbitt, S. W., Parker, M. D., Kosiba, K. A., & Wurman, J. (2025). On Discrete Convective Updrafts and Tornadoes in Quasi-Linear Convective Systems. Weather and Forecasting, 40(7), 1065-1083. https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-24-0080.1