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
Associate Dean for Research, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Professor, Climate, Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
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Recent Publications
Jackson, R., O’Brien, J., Wang, J., Fytanidis, D. K., Kotamarthi, R., Muradyan, P., Grover, M., Raut, B., Collis, S., Tuftedal, M., Anderson, G., Wagner, T. J., Nesbitt, S. W., Tan, H., Wefer, D., & Hammond, M. (2026). The Thermodynamic and Kinematic Structure of the Planetary Boundary Layer for a Summer Lake Breeze Day in Chicago. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 131(16), Article e2025JD046032. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JD046032
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