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Details of Dr. Jeff Trapp
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Associate Professor
E-mail: jtrapp@purdue.edu Education
Ph.D. University of Oklahoma.
Research Interests
Dynamics and observations of mesoscale convective systems, severe thunderstorms, and tornadoes; mesoscale modeling and predictability.
Courses
EAS 221: Introduction to the Atmospheric Sciences
EAS 422: Atmospheric Dynamics I
EAS 434: Weather Analysis and Forecasting
EAS 523: Radar Meteorology
EAS 636: Mesoscale-Convective Processes in the Atmosphere
Selected Publications
Schultz, D. M., K. M. Kanak, J. M. Straka, R. J. Trapp, B. A. Gordon, D. S. Zrnic, P. M. Kastner-Klein, C. A. Doswell III, G. H. Bryan, D. K. Lilly, and T. J. Garrett, 2006: The mysteries of mammatus clouds: Observations and formation mechanisms. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, J. Atmos. Sci., 131, 2222-2246.
Trapp, R. J., D. M. Wheatley, N. T. Atkins, R. W. Przybylinski, and R. Wolf, 2006: Buyer beware: Some words of caution on the use of severe wind reports in post-event assessment and research. Weather and Forecasting, 21, 408-415.
Wheatley, D. M, R. J. Trapp, and N. T. Atkins, 2006: Radar and Damage Analysis of Severe Bow Echoes Observed during BAMEX, Monthly Weather Review, 134, 791-806.
Diffenbaugh, N. S., J. S. Pal, R. J. Trapp, and F. Giorgi, 2005: Interactions of large- and fine-scale processes dictate the greenhouse response of extreme daily climate events over the United States. Proceedings, National Academy of Sciences, 102, 15774-15778.
Trapp, R. J., G. J. Stumpf, and K. L. Manross, 2005: A reassessment of the percentage of tornadic mesocyclones. Weather and Forecasting, 20, 680-687.
Atkins, N. T., C. S. Bouchard, R. W. Przybylinski, R. J. Trapp, and G. Schmocker, 2005: Damaging surface wind mechanisms within the 10 June 2003 Saint Louis bow echo event during BAMEX. Monthly Weather Review, 133, 2275-2296.
Trapp, R. J., S. A. Tessendorf, E. G. Savageau, and H. E. Brooks, 2005: Tornadoes in squall lines and bow echoes. Part I: Climatological distribution. Weather and Forecasting, 40, 23-34. Davis, C., N. Atkins, D. Bartels, L. Bosart, M. Coniglio, G. Bryan, W. Cotton, D. Dowell, B. Jewett, R. Johns, D. Jorgensen, J. Knievel, K. Knupp, W.-C. Lee, G. McFarquahar, J. Moorse, R. Przybylinski, R. Rabuer, B. Smull, R. Trapp, S. Trier, R. Wakimoto, M. Weisman, and C. Ziegler, 2004: The Bow Echo and MCV Experiment: Observations and Opportunities. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 85, 1075-1092.
Weisman, M. L., and R. J. Trapp, 2003: Low-level mesovortices within squall lines and bow echoes: Part I. Overview and dependence on environmental shear. Monthly Weather Review, 131, 2779-2803.
Trapp, R. J., and M. L. Weisman, 2003: Low-level mesovortices within squall lines and bow echoes: Part II. Their genesis and implications. Monthly Weather Review, 131, 2804-2823.
Schultz, D. M., and R. J. Trapp, 2003: Nonclassical cold-frontal structure caused by dry subcloud air in northern Utah during the Intermountain Precipitation Experiment (IPEX), Monthly Weather Review, 130, 2222-2246.
Category: Environmental Engineering
Type: Scientist & Engineers
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