Cait Roufa

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.
Cait presenting on future severe convective weather at the 2025 AMS Annual Meeting
Presenting research on the future of hazardous convective weather at the 105th AMS Annual Meeting, 2025.
Cait delivering a research presentation at a CIRCS industry advisory board meeting
Sharing severe convective storms research with CIRCS industry partners.

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