james digilio

operational aviation wx | convective forecasting | radar interpretation | decision support

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james digilio

aviation meteorologist | research scientist

i work at the intersection of atmospheric science, operational meteorology, and aviation decision support.my background includes research through the national weather center's research experiences for undergraduates program, presentations at american meteorological society conferences, operational asos augmentation at kord and krfd, and current aviation meteorology work at houston center.my research interests center on tropical, synoptic, and mesoscale meteorology.

trajectory

sectors

tropical meteorology
synoptic meteorology
mesoscale meteorology
operational aviation weather
convective forecasting
satellite and radar interpretation
decision support

output

publications + conference papers

in prep | distributions of short-duration extreme precipitation events in the united states under climate change scenarios2026 | diagnosing biases limiting tropical cyclogenesis in high-resolution mpas-a simulations
ams annual meeting | houston, tx2025 | representation of high-impact weather in a novel high-resolution climate-scale mpas-a simulation
ams annual meeting | new orleans, la2024 | evaluation of a novel high-resolution climate-scale mpas-a simulation | baltimore, md2023 | investigating variability in the number of tornadoes among landfalling hurricanes
ams annual meeting | denver, co

invited presentations + seminars

2025 | representation of high-impact weather in high-resolution mpas-a simulations: where did all of the hurricanes go?
national center for atmospheric research | boulder, co2024 | boots on the ground, head in the clouds: a weather observer's perspective at kord
northern illinois university chapter of the ams | de kalb, il

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