Steve Nesbitt

Brief History: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois (2006-present) Research Scientist I, II, Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University (2003-2006) Ph.D. Meteorology, University of Utah (2003) M.S. Meteorology, Texas A&M University (1999) B.S. summa cum laude, Meteorology, State University of New York at Oswego (1997)

Detailed Curriculum Vita

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Recognition and Activities

• Highly Meritorious Meteorology Senior Award, State University of New York College at Oswego, 1997
  
• Excellence in Graduate Research Award, University of Utah, 2003
  
• NASA Earth System Science Graduate Fellowship, a highly selective fellowship within all disciplines in the earth sciences, 2001-2003
  
• Editors' Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, American Geophysical Union, 2006
  
• Faculty Advisor of the University of Illinois Student Chapter of the American Meteorological Society, 2007 - present
  
• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent, Spring 2007, for ATMS 403: Weather Research and Forecasting, core course with 18 students enrolled
  
• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent, Fall 2007, for ATMS 403: Weather Research and Forecasting, core course with 11 students enrolled
  
• NASA New Investigator in Earth System Science Award, a highly selective funded award that includes all disciplines within the earth sciences, 2008
  
• President, Central Illinois Chapter of the American Meteorological Society, 2007 – 2009
  
• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent, Fall 2009, for ATMS 406: Tropical Meteorology, elective course with 15 students enrolled
  
• Member, American Meteorological Society STAC Committee on Radar Meteorology, 2007 – 2015
  
• Member, Validation Working Group, International Precipitation Working Group, Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites, World Meteorological Organization, 2008-2010
  
• Rapporteur, Applications Working Group, International Precipitation Working Group, Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites, World Meteorological Organization, 2010-2012
  
• Editor, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, American Meteorological Society, 2010 – present
  
• University of Illinois, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Reflective Teaching Seminar, 2010-11 academic year
  
• Co-chair, 2011 35th American Meteorological Society conference on Radar Meteorology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 26-30 September 2011
  
• Editors' Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, American Geophysical Union, 2011
  

Publications

2012

Kaufeld, W. J., and S. W. Nesbitt, 2012: Simulating the diurnal cycle of convection in the Sierra Madre Occidental during the North American Monsoon: Impacts of soil moisture initialization and model resolution. J. Geophys. Res., submitted.

McFarquhar, G. M., B. Jewett, M. A. Gilmore, S. W. Nesbitt, and T.-L. Hseih, 2012: Vertical velocity and microphysical distributions related to the rapid intensification of Hurricane Dennis (2005). J. Atmos. Sci., submitted.

Rickenbach, T. M., R. Nieto-Ferreira, R. P. Barnhill, and S. W. Nesbitt, 2012: Seasonal and regional differences in the
rainfall and intensity of isolated convection over South America. Int. J. Climatology, submitted.

Schiffer, N. J., and S. W. Nesbitt, 2012: Moisture sources and precipitation associated with Gulf of California surges. J. Climate, in press. (pdf)

2011

Harnos, D. S. and S. W. Nesbitt, 2011: Convective structure in rapidly intensifying tropical cyclones as depicted by passive microwave measurements. Geophys. Res. Lett. 38, L07805, doi:10.1029/2011GL047010. (pdf)

Rickenbach, T. M., R. Niero-Ferreira, R. P. Barnhill, and S. W. Nesbitt, 2011: Regional contrast of mesoscale convective system structure prior to and during monsoon onset across South America. In press, Journal of Climate. (pdf)

2010

Molthan, A. L., W. A. Petersen, S. W. Nesbitt, and D. Hudak, 2010: Evaluating the Snow Crystal Size Distribution and Density Assumptions within a Single-Moment Microphysics Scheme. Mon. Wea. Rev., Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 4254-4267. (pdf)

2009

Nesbitt, S. W., and A. M. Anders, 2009: Very high resolution precipitation climatologies from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission precipitation radar. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L15815, doi:10.1029/2009GL038026. (pdf)

Lang, T. J., S. W. Nesbitt, and L. D. Carey, 2009: On the correction of partial beam blockage in polarimetric radar data. J. Atmos. Ocean Tech., 26, 943-957. (pdf)

Peters, O., J. D. Neelin, and S. W. Nesbitt, 2009: Mesoscale convective systems and critical clusters. J. Atmos. Sci, 66, 2913-2924. (pdf)

Gochis, D. J., S. W. Nesbitt, W. Yu, and S. Williams, 2009: Comparison of gauge-corrected versus non-gauge corrected satellite-based quantitative precipitation estimates during the 2004 NAME Enhanced Observing period. Atmosphera, 22, 69-98. (pdf)

2008

Nesbitt, S. W., D. J. Gochis, and T. J. Lang, 2008: The diurnal cycle of clouds and precipitation along the Sierra Madre Occidental during the North American Monsoon Experiment: Implications for precipitation estimation in complex terrain. J. Hydromet., 9, 728-743. (pdf)

Cifelli, R., S. W. Nesbitt, and S. A. Rutledge, W. A. Petersen, and S. E. Yuter, 2008: Diurnal characteristics of precipitation features over the East Pacific: A comparison of the EPIC and TEPPS regions. Mon. Wea. Rev., 21, 4068-4086. (pdf)

Liu, C., E. J. Zipser, D. J. Cecil, S. W. Nesbitt, and S. Sherwood, 2008: University of Utah TRMM cloud and preciptiation feature database. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 47, 2712-2728. (pdf)

2007

Lyon, S. W., F. Domingues, D. J. Gochis, N. A. Brunsell, C. L. Castro, F. K. Chow, D. Fuka, Y. Hong, P. Kucera, S. W. Nesbitt, Y. Fan, N. Salzmann, J. Schmidli, P. K. Snyder, A. J. Teuling, T. E. Twine, S. Levis, J. D. Lundquist, G. D. Salvucci, A. M. Sealy, M. T. Walter, 2007: Coupling terrestrial and atmospheric water dynamics to improve prediction in a changing environment. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89, 1275-1279. (pdf)

Liberman, R. S., D. M. Riggin, D. A. Ortland, S. W. Nesbitt, and R. A Vincent, 2007: Variability of mesospheric diurnal tides and tropospheric diurnal heating during 1997-1998. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D20110, doi:10.1029/2007JD008578. (pdf)

Cifelli, R., S. W. Nesbitt, and S. A. Rutledge, W. A. Petersen, and S. E. Yuter, 2007: Radar characteristics of precipitation features in the EPIC and TEPPS regions of the East Pacific. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 1576-1595. (pdf)

Lang, T. J., D. Ahijevych, S. W. Nesbitt, R. Carbone, and S. A. Rutledge: 2007: Radar-observed characteristics of precipitating systems during NAME 2004. J. Climate, 20, 1713-1733. (pdf)

Liu, C., E. J. Zipser, and S. W. Nesbitt, 2007: Global distribution of tropical deep convection: Different perspectives using infrared and radar as the primary data source. J. Climate, 20, 489-503. (pdf)

2006

Nesbitt, S. W., R. Cifelli, and S. A. Rutledge, 2006: Storm morphology and rainfall characteristics of TRMM precipitation features. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 2702-2721. (pdf)

Zipser, E. J., D. J. Cecil, C. Liu, S. W. Nesbitt, and D. P. Yorty, 2006, Where are the most intense thunderstorms on earth? Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 87, 1057-1071. (pdf)

Matrosov, S., R. Cifelli, P. C. Kennedy, S. W. Nesbitt, V. N. Bringi. B. E. Martner, 2006: A comparitive study of rainfall retrievals based on specific differential phase shifts at X- and S-band radar frequencies. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 23, 952-963. (pdf)

Higgins, W., D. Ahijevych, J. Amador, A. Barros, E. H. Berbery, E. Caetano, P. Ciesielski, R. Cifelli, M. Cortez-Vazquez, A. Douglas, M. Douglas, G. Emmanuel, C. Fairall, D. Gochis, D. Gutzler, R. Johnson, C. King, T. Lang, M.-I. Lee, D. Lettenmaier, R. Lobato, V. Magaña, J. Meitin, K. Mo, S. Nesbitt, E. Pytlak, P. Rogers, S. Rutledge, J. Schemm, S. Schubert, F. Torres, A. White, C. Williams, A. Wood, R. Zamora, C. Zhang, 2006: The North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME) field campaign and modeling strategy. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 87, 79-94. (pdf)

2005

Cecil, D. J., S. J. Goodman, D. J. Boccippio, E. J. Zipser, and S. W. Nesbitt, 2005: Three years of TRMM precipitation features. Part I: Radar, radiometric, and lightning characteristics. Mon. Wea. Rev., 133, 543-566. (pdf)

2004

Nesbitt, S. W., E. J. Zipser, and C. D. Kummerow, 2004: An examination of version 5 rainfall estimates from the TRMM microwave imager, precipitation radar, and rain gauges on global, regional and storm scales. J. Appl. Meteor., 43, 1016-1036. (pdf)

Barros, A. P., G. Kim, E. Williams, and S. W. Nesbitt, 2004: Probing orographic controls in the Himalayas during the monsoon using satellite imagery. Nat. Haz. and Earth Sys. Sci., 4, 1-23. (pdf)

2003

Nesbitt, S. W., 2003: Precipitation features according to the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Meteorology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0110, 182 pp. (pdf)

Nesbitt, S. W., and E. J. Zipser, 2003: The diurnal cycle of rainfall and convective intensity according to three years of TRMM measurements. J. Climate, 16, 1456-1475. (pdf)

2002

Petersen, W. A., S. W. Nesbitt, R. J. Blakeslee, R. Cifelli, P. Hein and S. A. Rutledge, 2002: TRMM observations of convective regimes in the Amazon. J. Climate, 15, 1278-1294. (pdf)

Toracinta E. R., D. J. Cecil, E. J. Zipser, and S. W. Nesbitt, 2002: Radar, passive microwave, and lightning characteristics of precipitating systems in the Tropics. Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 802-824. (pdf)

Cecil, D. J., E. J. Zipser, and S. W. Nesbitt, 2002: Reflectivity, ice scattering, and lightning characteristics of hurricane eyewalls and rainbands. Part I: Quantitative description. Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 769-784. (pdf)

2000

Nesbitt, S. W., E. J. Zipser, and D. J. Cecil, 2000: A census of precipitation features in the Tropics using TRMM: Radar, ice scattering, and lightning observations. J. Climate, 13, 4087-4106. (pdf)

Nesbitt, S. W., R. Zhang, and R. E. Orville, 2000: Seasonal and global NOx production by lightning estimated from the Optical Transient Detector (OTD). Tellus, 52, 1206-1215. (pdf)

1999

Nesbitt, S. W., 1999: A census of precipitation features in the tropics using TRMM: Radar, ice scattering, and lightning observations. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 77843-3150, 96 pp.

Field Campaigns

NASA TEFLUN-A (1998, Southeast Texas), Radiosonde Scientist

NASA CAMEX-3 (1998, Cocoa Beach, Florida), Aircraft Scientist

NASA KWAJEX (1999, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands), Radar and Aircraft Scientist

DOE Peter Sinks Experiment (1999, Bear Range, Utah), Tethersonde Scientist

NSF IPEX (2000, Wasatch Front, Utah), Radiosonde Scientist

NSF MOPHREX (2001, Annapurna region, Nepal), Radiosonde Scientist

NASA Front Range Pilot Project (2004, Greeley, Colorado), Mission Scientist

NSF/NOAA NAME (2004, Northwest Mexico), Radar Scientist

NSF OPEL-WG (2008-2011, Western Ghats, Karnataka, India), Principal Investigator

NASA JEMEX (2010, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico), Principal Investigator

NASA GRIP (2010, Fort Lauderdale, Florida) Forecast Operations

NASA/DOE MC3E (2011, SGP Site, Oklahoma), Mission Scientist, Forecast Operations

NASA GCPEX (2012, CARE Site near Barre, Ontario, Canada), Mission Scientist

We acknowledge funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

© 2011 University of Illinois Board of Trustees