Publications & Presentations
Publications and Manuscripts
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
Roufa, C. M., W. S. Ashley, A. M. Haberlie,
J. M. Corner, K. T. Hawthorne, L. K. Moeller,
V. A. Gensini, and A. C. Michaelis, 2026:
Projected Mid- and Late-Century Changes in Severe
Convective Storms Across the United States From
Dynamically Downscaled Climate Simulations.
International Journal of Climatology,
46(11).
https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.70475.
[Journal Link]
[PDF]
Manuscripts Under Review
Roufa, C.M., V.A. Gensini:
Atmospheric Angular Momentum: Climatology and Multiscale Budget Closure in ERA5.
Manuscript under review at the Journal of Climate.
Manuscripts in Preparation
Pittman, K. D., V. A. Gensini, C. M. Roufa, E. C. Jilek, and M. S. Andrews,
in preparation: A Wind Resistant Mobile Weather Balloon Launching Enclosure.
Target journal: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology.
Roufa, C. M., and V. A. Gensini,
in preparation: Climate Mode Superposition in Earth's Atmospheric Angular Momentum.
Target journal: Climate Dynamics.
Book Chapters
Gensini, V. A., K. M. Weickmann, and C. Roufa,
2025: Chapter 12 – Global Wind Oscillation.
Atmospheric Oscillations,
B. Guan, Ed., Elsevier, 231–250. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-15638-0.00012-5.
[PDF]
Technical Reports
Crosby, K. M., J. Agui, C. Pennington, E. Sorensen, E. Martin, I. Fritz, and B. Frye, 2009:
Measurements of the Collection Efficiency of an Air Cyclone in Lunar Gravity.
Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium.
[PDF]
Scientific Conference Presentations and Proceedings
Atmospheric Science and Meteorology
Roufa, C. M., V. A. Gensini, 2027:
Torque Contributions to Atmospheric Angular Momentum Tendency During the Madden-Julian Oscillation.
107th AMS Annual Meeting, AMS (upcoming).
[Conference Link]
Roufa, C. M., V. A. Gensini, 2026:
Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Predictability of North American Weather Regimes Using Global Wind Oscillation Phase-Space Trajectories.
2026 AMS Madison Summit, AMS.
[Conference Link]
Roufa, C. M., V. A. Gensini, 2026:
Atmospheric Angular Momentum: Budget Consistency and Influence of Multiscale Climate Modes.
106th AMS Annual Meeting, AMS.
[Conference Link]
Roufa, C. M., W. S. Ashley, A. Haberlie, J. M. Corner, K. Hawthorne, L. Moeller, V. A. Gensini, and A. C. Michaelis, 2025:
The Future of Hazardous Convective Weather in the United States.
105th AMS Annual Meeting, AMS.
[Conference Link]
Earlier Physics and Engineering Research
Earlier publications appear under the name C. Pennington.
Crosby, K. M., I. Fritz, S. Kreppel, E. Martin, C. Pennington, B. Frye, and J. Agui, 2009:
Scaling Relations for Repose Angles of Lunar Mare Simulants.
Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group, 1515, 13.
[PDF]
Crosby, K. M., J. Agui, C. Pennington, E. Sorensen, E. Martin, I. Fritz, and B. Frye, 2008:
Inertial Filtration of Lunar Dust in Reduced Gravity.
Joint Annual Meeting of LEAG-ICEUM-SRR, 1446, 43.
[PDF]
Arion, D. N., E. O. Martin, C. Pennington, and S. Kuttruff, 2008:
Structural Analysis of NGC 2371/2 Using Deep Images in [O III].
American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #212, 212, 13.01.
[Abstract Link]
Pennington, C., K. Blakeman, J. Hart, E. Hoffman, C. Jelinski, R. Wilson, 2007:
2007 Elijah Project Science Payload Team.
Proceedings of the 17th Annual Wisconsin Space Conference, WSGC.
Invited Talks and Outreach
Panelist:
DeCarbon DeKalb: What's Coming for Northern Illinois?
November 4, 2026, DeKalb, IL.
Invited Talk and Panelist:
Vox Atmosphaerae: Hearing the Hidden Rhythms of Earth's Atmosphere.
May 8, 2026, Ars Pvblica, Vox Naturae, Rockford, IL.
Invited Talk:
One Hail of a Storm! Revisiting the 4.18.2025 Event, Hail Safety, and the Future of Severe Weather in Southern Wisconsin.
April 22, 2026, EarthDay, Evansville CSD, Evansville, WI.
Panelist:
Hotter, Wetter, Wilder: The Future of Climate in Northern Illinois.
April 11, 2026, DeCarbon DeKalb 3rd Annual EarthFest.
[Event Link]
In the Media
- NIU Newsroom — On the Highway to Hail (interview)
- New Scientist — Meet the Storm Chasers on the Hunt for Extreme Hail (ICECHIP field interview)
- KFDA NewsChannel 10, Amarillo — ICECHIP Field Interview
- FOX 32 Chicago — ICECHIP Hail Research Interview
- NASA — A Breath of Fresh Air (interview; archived page)