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
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
Berman, M. T., Trapp, R. J., Nesbitt, S. W., & Di Girolamo, L. (2024). The Observed Impact of the Lower Stratospheric Thermodynamic Environment on Overshooting Top Characteristics During the RELAMPAGO-CACTI Field Campaign. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129(10), Article e2023JD040348. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD040348
De Vera, M. V., Di Girolamo, L., Zhao, G., Rauber, R. M., Nesbitt, S. W., & Mcfarquhar, G. M. (2024). Observations of the macrophysical properties of cumulus cloud fields over the tropical western Pacific and their connection to meteorological variables. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24(9), 5603-5623. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-5603-2024