Faculty
James Angel
- State Climatologist, Illinois State Water Survey, and
- Adjunct Professor in Department of Geography
- President, American Association of State Climatologists
- Ph.D. 1996, University of Illinois - Urbana, (Geography)
- Research Interests: cyclones in the Great Lakes region,
- hydroclimatology, extreme climate events, data quality,
- near real-time climate monitoring, climate services
- Office: 616 Illinois State Water Survey,
- 2204 Griffith Dr., Champaign, IL
- Phone: (217) 333-0729
- E-mail: jimangel@uiuc.edu
- Illinois State Climatologist Office
Recent Publications
Angel, J., 2002. Illinois Tornado Climatology: 1950-1998. Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Science, V. 95, #3, pp. 163-174.
Svoboda, M., D. LeComte, M. Hayes, R. Heim, K. Gleason, J. Angel, B. Rippey, R. Tinker, M. Palecki, D. Stooksbury, D. Miskus, and S. Stephens, 2002. An introduction to the Drought Monitor. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, V. 83, #8, pp. 1181-1190.
Angel, J.R., and S. A. Isard, 2000. "North American cyclones: relationship to ENSO and NAO", Preprint, 12th Conference on Applied Climatology, AMS, Asheville NC, 327-328.
Andsager, K., and J.R. Angel, 2000. "Illinois heat waves 1856-1999", Preprint 12th Conference on Applied Climatology, AMS, Asheville NC, 177-178.
Angel, J.R., B. Ousley, and T.W. Schmidlin, 2000. "A new minimum temperature record for Illinois." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 81, 4, 824-825.
Kunkel, K. E., and J. R. Angel, 1999. "The relationship of ENSO to snowfall and related cyclone activity in the contiguous United States." Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, No. D16, 19425-19434.
Isard, S. A., J. R. Angel, and G. T. VanDyke, 2000. "Zones of origin for Great Lakes cyclones in North America, 1899-1996." Monthly Weather Review, 128, 474-485.
Heim, R. R., Jr., and J. R. Angel, 1999. "Urbana, Illinois: A case study of 20th century snowfall." Preprint, 11th Conference on Applied Climatology, AMS, Dallas TX, 275-282.
Angel, J. R., and F. A. Huff, 1999. "Hydrometeorological characteristics of the northern Illinois heavy rains of 17-18 July 1996. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 38, 266-272.
Angel, J. R., and S. A. Isard, 1998: The frequency and intensity of Great Lake cyclones. Journal of Climate, 11, 61-71.
Angel, J. R., F. A. Huff, 1998: Hydrometeorological characteristics of the northern Illinois heavy rains of 17-18 July 1996. Accepted to Journal of Applied Meteorology.
Angel, J. R., and S. A. Isard, 1997: An observational study of the influence of the Great Lakes on the speed and intensity of passing cyclones. Monthly Weather Review, 125, 2228-2237.
Angel, J. R., and F. A. Huff, 1997: Changes in heavy rainfall in the Midwest. ASCE-Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 123, No. 4, 246-249.
Angel, J. R., 1995: Large-scale storm damage on the U.S. shores of the Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 21, 287-293.
Angel, J. R., and F. A. Huff, 1995: Seasonal distribution of heavy rainfall events in the Midwest. ASCE Water Resources Planning and Management, 121, No. 1, 110-115.
Angel, J. R., W. E. Easterling, and S. W. Kirsch, 1993: Towards defining important averaging periods for climate normals", Climatological Bulletin, 27, No. 2, 28-44.