Robert Jeffrey Trapp
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Robert Jeffrey Trapp is an American scientist recognized for his contributions[1] toward the understanding of hazardous weather caused by thunderstorms.
He and Morris Weisman introduced and then popularized the idea that mesovortices are often responsible for significant wind damage produced by quasi-linear convective systems (QLCSs), and were the first to propose a dynamical mechanism[2] for mesovortexgenesis. Subsequent studies[3] have substantiated their findings, which are incorporated into training materials[4] for National Weather Service forecasters. This research helped motivate PERiLS[5], a major field project focused on QLCS mesovortices and tornadoes.
Trapp has also used climate models to assess how the frequency and intensity of severe thunderstorms may be affected by human-induced climate change[6]. He has served as a subject matter expert on this and related topics for newspapers, magazines, television and radio[7][8]
Trapp is the author of Mesoscale Convective Processes in the Atmosphere[9], and is a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Illinois.
References
- ↑ "AGU - American Geophysical Union". www.agu.org. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
- ↑ Trapp, Robert J.; Weisman, Morris L. (November 2003). "Low-Level Mesovortices within Squall Lines and Bow Echoes. Part II: Their Genesis and Implications". Monthly Weather Review. 131 (11): 2804–2823. Bibcode:2003MWRv..131.2804T. doi:10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<2804:LMWSLA>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0027-0644.
- ↑ Parker, Matthew D.; Borchardt, Brett S.; Miller, Rachel L.; Ziegler, Conrad L. (2020-01-01). "Simulated Evolution and Severe Wind Production by the 25–26 June 2015 Nocturnal MCS from PECAN". Monthly Weather Review. 148 (1): 183–209. Bibcode:2020MWRv..148..183P. doi:10.1175/MWR-D-19-0072.1. ISSN 1520-0493.
- ↑ "Scientists are working to figure out how climate change influences tornadoes" (PDF).
- ↑ Evensen, Dave (2022-02-23). "In pursuit of the dangerous squall line tornadoes". College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Illinois. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
- ↑ Allen, John T. (2018-07-30), "Climate Change and Severe Thunderstorms", Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Climate Science, doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.62, ISBN 978-0-19-022862-0, retrieved 2023-11-23
- ↑ "Scientists are working to figure out how climate change influences tornadoes". NPR.
- ↑ Wines, Michael (2013-09-24). "Study Sees a Higher Risk of Storms on the Horizon". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
- ↑ Trapp, Robert J. (2013-03-25). Mesoscale-Convective Processes in the Atmosphere (1 ed.). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9781139047241. ISBN 978-0-521-88942-1.
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