Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Scott A Braun

(RESEARCH AST, METEOROLOGICAL STUDIES)

 scott.a.braun@nasa.gov

 301.614.6316

Org Code: 612

NASA/GSFC
 Mail Code: 612
 Greenbelt, MD 20771

Employer: NASA

Brief Bio

Dr. Scott A. Braun, a research meteorologist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., specializes in the area hurricanes. Scott is an expert at using satellite and aircraft data, along with computer modeling, to investigate how hurricanes form and intensify, including their interaction with the Saharan Air Layer. Scott is the Project Scientist for the Earth System Observatory-Atmosphere Observing System (ESO-AOS, https://aos.gsfc.nasa.gov), which is being developed in response to the 2017 NASA Decadal Survey Designated Observables for Aerosols and Clouds, Convection, and Precipitation. He is also project scientist for the Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS, https://tropics.ll.mit.edu) mission.

Scott was the Principal Investigator for NASA's Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) mission, a five-year (2010-2015) mission specifically targeted to investigate hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean basin. In his role, Scott led a diverse team of hurricane and instrument scientists to design and conduct experiments using unmanned aircraft to understand better the meteorological conditions that favor storm formation and often lead to the development of major hurricanes. To learn more about HS3, visit: espo.nasa.gov/hs3.

He was also the Project Scientist for the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM, 2008-2017), the GOES-R Project (2018), and the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM, 2018-2022) mission. To learn more about TRMM and GPM, go to https://gpm.nasa.gov/missions/trmm and https://gpm.nasa.gov, respectively.

Scott has a doctorate in atmospheric sciences from the University of Washington, Seattle, and a bachelor's degree in science, with a concentration in meteorology from San Francisco State University. He was a research assistant at the University of Washington in Seattle, Wash.; a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo.; and has worked at Goddard since 1997.

Scott has received numerous awards including Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, the Goddard Earth Science Achievement Award, the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, and group achievement awards for participating in NASA's CAMEX-4, TCSP, GRIP, and HS3 missions.

Research Interests

Hurricanes

Earth Science: Hurricanes

Physical and dynamical processes in hurricanes related to storm formation, intensification, clouds, and precipitation

Data Analysis

Earth Science: Analysis

Analysis of airborne datasets from NASA hurricane field campaigns (CAMEX-3, TCSP, NAMMA, GRIP, HS3) and of large satellite datasets including TRMM, GPM, MODIS, AIRS, and CALIPSO

Modeling

Earth Science: Theory & Modeling

Numerical modeling (MM5 and WRF mesoscale models, Goddard Cumulus Ensemble Model) of cloud systems, including squall lines, hurricanes, and extratropical winter storms

Current Projects

Project Scientist for the Earth System Observatory-Atmosphere Observing System (ESO-AOS)

Aerosols & Clouds

The 2017 NASA Decadal Survey identified six designated observables representing the highest priority science goals for NASA Earth Science over the next 10 years, including Aerosols (A) and Clouds, Convection, and Precipitation (CCP). NASA conducted a 2-year ACCP study to explore a variety of architectures for a potential future mission to provide these measurements. The ACCP study team recommended a dual-orbit constellation that became ESO-AOS, with three satellites and 10 instruments. AOS is exploring additional international contributions from JAXA, CSA, and CNES. The project is currently in pre-Phase A, also known as the mission concept phase. The project is a multi-NASA center effort including GSFC, JPL, LaRC, MSFC, and ARC, along with multiple universities. 

Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS)

Hurricanes

TROPICS is an Earth Venture Instrument selected in 2016 to use a constellation of at least 6 CubeSat microwave radiometers to measure precipitation structure, storm intensity, and temperature and humidity profiles in and around tropical cyclones. The radiometers include 12 channels, with imaging channels at 90 and 205 GHz, 7 temperature channels near 118 GHz, and 3 moisture channels near 183 GHz. TROPICS will provide observations in the global Tropics (±40°) with a median revisit rate of 40 minutes. Scott is the project scientist for the mission. William Blackwell of MIT/Lincoln Labs is the PI.

Positions/Employment

Research Meteorologist

NASA/GSFC - Greenbelt, MD

1998 - Present


Visiting Fellow

Universities Space Research Association, NASA/GSFC - Greenbelt, MD

1997 - 1998


Advanced Study Program Postdoctoral Fellow

NCAR - Boulder, CO

1995 - 1997


Research Assistant

University of Washington - Seattle, WA

1989 - 1995


Education

1989 - B.A. in Science, concentration in meteorology, San Francisco State University
1995 - Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington

Professional Societies

American Meteorological Society (AMS)

Member, 1986-present Associate Editor, J. Atmos. Sci., 2009-present

1986 - Present

American Geophysical Union

Member

2006 - Present

AMS

Chair, AMS Committee on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones

2020 - 2022

AMS

Program chair, 4th Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones, AMS Annual Meeting 2021

2020 - 2021

AMS

Vice chair, AMS Committee on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones

2018 - 2019

AMS

Associate editor, Monthly Weather Review

2016 - 2017

AMS

Associate Editor for the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

2009 - 2015

AMS

Program chair, AMS 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes

2006 - 2007

AMS

Member of the Mesoscale Processes Conference Committee

2005 - 2010

AMS

Associate Editor for Monthly Weather Review

2005 - 2007

Professional Service

Missions

2018-20 Goddard co-lead for the Decadal Survey Aerosols and Clouds, Convection, and Precipitation (ACCP) Targeted Observable study

2019-20 Deputy principal investigator, Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation in Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (MPACTS) Earth Venture Suborbital mission

2018 Project scientist, GOES-R Flight Project

2016-17 Deputy project scientist, GOES-R Flight Project

2008-17 Project scientist, Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

2010-2014 Principal investigator, Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Earth Venture Suborbital mission

2005-07 Deputy project scientist, TRMM


Research Community Service

2021- International Advisory Committee for the Workshop on Atmospheric Satellites for Asian Monsoon cloud-precipitation Science and Applications (WASAMSA), February 2022, Bangalore, India.

2015-16 Advanced Phased-Array Radar Advisory Panel

2014-16 Advisor to NOAA Sensing Hazards with Operational Unmanned Technology (SHOUT) program on application of the Global Hawk UAS for hurricane research

2012-13 Member, Working Group for Unmanned Airborne System for Environmental Monitoring (NOAA/NASA/ONR)

2008-12 Member, Working Group for Tropical Cyclone Research (NOAA/NASA/ONR)

2008 Organizer, 3rd TRMM Science Conference

2005-current Member, Earth-Sun Exploration Div. Science-Public Affairs Office Committee

2005-06 Member, Joint Action Group for Tropical Cyclone Research (NOAA/NASA/ONR)

2004 Max Eaton Award Committee member, 26th Conf. on Hurr. and Trop. Meteor.

2002 NOAA Technology Infusion Plan, team member

2000 Max Eaton Award Committee member, 24th Conf. on Hurr. and Trop. Meteor.


Educational Service

2017-19 PhD advisory committee for Robert Nystrom, Penn State University

2011-13 Masters advisory committee for Alexandra St. Pe at Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore Co. (UMBC)

2008-10 PhD advisory committee for Matthew Miller at North Carolina State University

2006-11 Masters/PhD advisory committee for Samuel Trahan, UMBC

2005-08 PhD advisory committee for Jason Sippel, Texas A&M University

2004-07 PhD advisory committee for Joseph Olson, SUNY-Stony Brook

Awards

2019 Fellow, American Meteorological Society

2016 NASA/USGS Pecora Award, TRMM Mission

2007 NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal

2006 Goddard Honor Award for Earth Science Achievement

2001 Scientific Research Award, Laboratory for Atmospheres

1989 Howard H. Hanks, Jr. Memorial Scholarship in Meteorology, AMS

1989 School of Science Honoree, San Francisco State University (SFSU)

Publications

Refereed

Kollias, P., A. Battaglia, K. Lamer, B. P. Treserras, and S. A. Braun. 2022. Mind the Gap - Part 3: Doppler Velocity Measurements From Space Frontiers in Remote Sensing 3 [10.3389/frsen.2022.860284]

McMurdie, L. A., G. M. Heymsfield, J. E. Yorks, et al. S. A. Braun, G. Skofronick-Jackson, R. M. Rauber, S. Yuter, B. Colle, G. M. McFarquhar, M. Poellot, D. R. Novak, T. J. Lang, R. Kroodsma, M. McLinden, M. Oue, P. Kollias, M. R. Kumjian, S. J. Greybush, A. J. Heymsfield, J. A. Finlon, V. L. McDonald, and S. Nicholls. 2022. Chasing Snowstorms: The Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) Campaign Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society [10.1175/bams-d-20-0246.1]

Han, M., and S. A. Braun. 2021. Understanding the Global Three-dimensional Distribution of Precipitation Mean Particle Size with the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission Journal of Climate 34 9775-9796 [10.1175/jcli-d-21-0134.1]

You, Y., C. Peters-Lidard, S. J. Munchak, et al. J. Tan, S. Braun, S. Ringerud, W. Blackwell, J. X. Yang, E. Nelkin, and J. Dong. 2021. Improving Cross-track Scanning Radiometers’ Precipitation Retrieval over Ocean by Morphing Journal of Hydrometeorology 22 (9): 2393-2406 [10.1175/jhm-d-21-0038.1]

Shi, J. J., S. A. Braun, Z. Tao, and T. Matsui. 2021. Influence of the Saharan Air Layer on Hurricane Nadine (2012). Part I: Observations from the Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Investigation and Modeling Results Monthly Weather Review 149 3541-3562 [10.1175/mwr-d-20-0344.1]

Munsell, E. B., S. A. Braun, and F. Zhang. 2021. GOES-16 observations of rapidly-intensifying tropical cyclones: Hurricanes Harvey (2017), Maria (2017), and Michael (2018) Monthly Weather Review 149 1695-1714 [10.1175/mwr-d-19-0298.1]

Hendricks, E. A., S. A. Braun, J. L. Vigh, and J. B. Courtney. 2019. A summary of research advances on tropical cyclone intensity change from 2014-2018 Tropical Cyclone Research and Review 8 (4): 219-225 [10.1016/j.tcrr.2020.01.002]

Smith, R. K., M. T. Montgomery, and S. A. Braun. 2019. Azimuthally averaged structure of Hurricane <i>Edouard</i> (2014) just after peak intensity Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 145 (718): 211-216 [10.1002/qj.3423]

Han, M., S. A. Braun, T. Matsui, and T. Iguchi. 2018. Comparisons of bin and bulk microphysics schemes in simulations of topographic winter precipitation with radar and radiometer measurements Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society [10.1002/qj.3393]

Blackwell, W. J., S. Braun, R. Bennartz, et al. C. Velden, M. DeMaria, R. Atlas, J. Dunion, F. Marks, R. Rogers, B. Annane, and R. V. Leslie. 2018. An overview of the TROPICS NASA Earth Venture Mission Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 144 (S1): 16-26 [10.1002/qj.3290]

Tao, Z., S. A. Braun, J. J. Shi, et al. M. Chin, D. Kim, T. Matsui, and C. D. Peters-Lidard. 2018. Microphysics and Radiation Effect of Dust on Saharan Air Layer: An HS3 Case Study Monthly Weather Review 146 (6): 1813-1835 [10.1175/mwr-d-17-0279.1]

Nowottnick, E. P., P. R. Colarco, S. A. Braun, et al. D. O. Barahona, A. da Silva, D. L. Hlavka, M. J. McGill, and J. R. Spackman. 2018. Dust Impacts on the 2012 Hurricane Nadine Track during the NASA HS3 Field Campaign Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences JAS-D-17-0237.1 [10.1175/jas-d-17-0237.1]

Nystrom, R. G., F. Zhang, E. B. Munsell, et al. S. A. Braun, J. A. Sippel, Y. Weng, and K. Emanuel. 2018. Predictability and Dynamics of Hurricane Joaquin (2015) Explored through Convection-Permitting Ensemble Sensitivity Experiments Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 75 (2): 401-424 [10.1175/jas-d-17-0137.1]

Munsell, E. B., F. Zhang, S. A. Braun, J. A. Sippel, and A. C. Didlake. 2018. The Inner-Core Temperature Structure of Hurricane Edouard (2014): Observations and Ensemble Variability Monthly Weather Review 146 (1): 135-155 [10.1175/mwr-d-17-0095.1]

Skofronick-Jackson, G., W. A. Petersen, W. Berg, et al. C. Kidd, E. F. Stocker, D. B. Kirschbaum, R. Kakar, S. A. Braun, G. J. Huffman, T. Iguchi, P. E. Kirstetter, C. Kummerow, R. Meneghini, R. Oki, W. S. Olson, Y. N. Takayabu, K. Furukawa, and T. Wilheit. 2017. The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission for Science and Society Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 98 (8): 1679-1695 [10.1175/bams-d-15-00306.1]

Rutherford, B., T. Dunkerton, M. Montgomery, and S. Braun. 2017. The genesis of Hurricane Nate and its interaction with a nearby environment of very dry air Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 17 (17): 10349-10366 [10.5194/acp-17-10349-2017]

Kirschbaum, D. B., G. J. Huffman, R. Adler, et al. S. A. Braun, K. Garrett, E. Jones, A. L. Mcnally, G. S. Jackson, E. F. Stocker, H. Wu, and B. Zaitchik. 2017. NASA’s Remotely-sensed Precipitation: A Reservoir for Applications Users Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 98 (6): 1169-1184 [10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00296.1]

Munsell, E., F. Zhang, J. A. Sippel, and S. A. Braun. 2017. Dynamics and predictability of the rapid intensification of Hurricane Edouard (2014) Monthly Weather Review 74 (2): 573-595 [doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-16-0018.1]

Braun, S. A., P. Newman, and G. M. Heymsfield. 2016. NASA’s Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Investigation Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 97 (11): 2085-2102 [10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00186.1]

Abarca, S. F., M. T. Montgomery, S. A. Braun, and J. Dunion. 2016. On the secondary eyewall formation of Hurricane Edouard (2014) Monthly Weather Review MWR-D-15-0421.1 [10.1175/mwr-d-15-0421.1]

Sippel, J., F. Zhang, Y. Wang, S. A. Braun, and D. Cecil. 2016. Further Exploring the Potential for Assimilation of Unmanned Aircraft Observations to Benefit Hurricane Analyses and Forecasts, Tropical Cyclone Research and Review 4 (2): 1-7 [NA]

Munsell, E. B., J. A. Sippel, S. A. Braun, Y. Weng, and F. Zhang. 2015. Dynamics and Predictability of Hurricane Nadine (2012) Evaluated through Convection-Permitting Ensemble Analysis and Forecasts Monthly Weather Review 143 (11): 4514-4532 [10.1175/mwr-d-14-00358.1]

Sippel, J. A., F. Zhang, Y. Weng, et al. L. Tian, G. M. Heymsfield, and S. A. Braun. 2014. Ensemble Kalman Filter Assimilation of HIWRAP Observations of Hurricane Karl (2010) from the Unmanned Global Hawk Aircraft Mon. Wea. Rev. 142 (12): 4559-4580 [10.1175/MWR-D-14-00042.1]

Sippel, J. A., S. A. Braun, F. Zhang, and Y. Weng. 2013. Ensemble Kalman filter assimilation of simulated HIWRAP Doppler velocity data in a hurricane Monthly Weather Review 141 (8): 2683-2704 [10.1175/MWR-D-12-00157.1]

Braun, S. A., R. Kakar, E. Zipser, et al. G. M. Heymsfield, C. Albers, S. Brown, S. Durden, S. Guimond, J. Halverson, A. Heymsfield, S. Ismail, B. Lambrigtsen, T. Miller, S. Tanelli, J. Thomas, and J. Zawislak. 2013. NASA's Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) Field Experiment Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 94 (3): 345-363 [10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00232.1]

Han, M., S. A. Braun, T. Matsui, and C. Williams. 2013. Evaluation of cloud microphysics schemes in simulations of a winter storm using radar and radiometer measurements J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 118 (3): 1401-1419 [10.1002/jgrd.50115]

Braun, S. A., J. A. Sippel, C.-L. Shie, and R. A. Boller. 2013. The Evolution and Role of the Saharan Air Layer during Hurricane Helene (2006) Mon. Weather Rev. 141 (12): 4269-4295 [10.1175/MWR-D-13-00045.1]

Braun, S., J. Sippel, and D. Nolan. 2012. The Impact of Dry Midlevel Air on Hurricane Intensity in Idealized Simulations with No Mean Flow J Atmos Sci 69 (1): 236-257 [10.1175/JAS-D-10-05007.1]

Sippel, J., S. A. Braun, and C. Shie. 2011. Environmental Influences on the Strength of Tropical Storm Debby (2006) J Atmos Sci 68 (11): 2557–2581 [10.1175/2011JAS3648.1]

Yang, M., S. A. Braun, and C. Deng-Shun. 2011. Water Budget of Typhoon Nari (2001) Mon. Wea. Rev. 139 (12): 3809-3828 [10.1175/MWR-D-10-05090.1]

Han, M., S. A. Braun, W. S. Olson, P. O. Persson, and J. Bao. 2010. Application of TRMM PR and TMI Measurements to Assess Cloud Microphysical Schemes in the MM5 for a Winter Storm J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol. 49 (6): 1129-1148 [10.1175/2010JAMC2327.1]

Braun, S. A., M. Montgomery, K. Mallen, and P. Reasor. 2010. Simulation and Interpretation of the Genesis of Tropical Storm Gert (2005) as Part of the NASA Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes Experiment Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 67 (4): 999-1025 [10.1175/2009JAS3140.1]

Braun, S. A. 2010. Reevaluating the Role of the Saharan Air Layer in Atlantic Tropical Cyclogenesis and Evolution Mon. Wea. Rev. 138 (6): 2007-2037 [10.1175/2009MWR3135.1]

Braun, S. A. 2010. Comments on “Atlantic Tropical Cyclogenetic Processes during SOP-3 NAMMA in the GEOS-5 Global Data Assimilation and Forecast System” J Atmos Sci 67 (7): 2402-2410 [10.1175/2010JAS3458.1]

Tao, W.-K., J. Shi, S. Chen, et al. E. A. Lee, S.-Y. Hong, C. Peters-Lidard, S. A. Braun, G. Thompson, and J. Simpson. 2010. New, improved bulk-microphysical schemes for studying precipitation processes in WRF: Part I: Comparison with different microphysical schemes Mon Wea Rev

Han, M., S. A. Braun, P. O. Persson, and J. Bao. 2009. Alongfront Variability of Precipitation Associated with a Midlatitude Frontal Zone: TRMM Observations and MM5 Simulation Mon. Wea. Rev. 137 (3): 1008-1028 [10.1175/2008MWR2465.1]

Wu, L., B. Wang, and S. A. Braun. 2008. Implications of tropical cyclone power dissipation index Int. J. Climatol. 28 (6): 727-731 [10.1002/joc.1573]

Shirah, G. W., L. K. Perkins, H. G. Mitchell, et al. S. A. Snodgrass, B. A. Kekesi, J. W. Williams, M. Newcombe, W. T. Bridgman, C. L. Starr, H. G. Kostis, and S. A. Braun. 2007. Towers in the Tempest IEEE Visualization 2007 Scientific American Theater

Braun, S. A., and L. Wu. 2007. A numerical study of Hurricane Erin (2001). Part II: Shear and the Organization of Eyewall Vertical Motion Mon Wea Rev 135 (4): 1179-1194 [10.1175/MWR3336.1]

Halverson, J., M. Black, S. A. Braun, et al. D. Cecil, M. Goodman, A. Heymsfield, G. M. Heymsfield, R. Hood, T. Krishnamurti, G. McFarquhar, M. J. Mahoney, J. Molinari, R. Rogers, J. Turk, C. Velden, D. Zhang, E. Zipser, and R. Kakar. 2007. NASA's Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes (TCSP) Experiment: Investigating Tropical Cyclogenesis and Hurricane Intensity Change Bull Amer Meteor Soc 88 867-882

Cram, T., J. Persing, M. Montgomery, and S. A. Braun. 2007. A Lagrangian Trajectory View on Transport and Mixing Processes between the Eye, Eyewall, and Environment Using a High-Resolution Simulation of Hurricane Bonnie (1998) Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 64 (6): 1835-1856 [10.1175/JAS3921.1]

Wu, L., S. A. Braun, J. Halverson, and G. M. Heymsfield. 2006. A numerical study of Hurricane Erin (2001). Part I: Model Verification and Storm Evolution J Atmos Sci 63 (1): 65-86 [10.1175/JAS3597.1]

Olson, W., C. Kummerow, S. Yang, et al. G. Petty, W. Tao, T. Bell, S. Braun, Y. Wang, S. Lang, D. Johnson, and C. Chiu. 2006. Precipitation and latent heating distributions from satellite passive microwave radiometry. Part I: Improved method and uncertainties J Appl Meteorol Climatol 45 (5): 702-720

Braun, S. A. 2006. High-Resolution Simulation of Hurricane Bonnie (1998). Part II: Water Budget J. Atmos. Sci. 63 (1): 43-64 [10.1175/JAS3609.1]

Braun, S. A., M. Montgomery, and Z. Pu. 2006. High-Resolution Simulation of Hurricane Bonnie (1998). Part I: The Organization of Eyewall Vertical Motion J. Atmos. Sci. 63 (1): 19-42 [10.1175/JAS3598.1]

Wu, L., S. A. Braun, J. J. Qu, and X. Hao. 2006. Simulating the formation of Hurricane Isabel (2003) with AIRS data Geophysical Research Letters 33 (4): L04804 [10.1029/2005GL024665]

Wu, L., B. Wang, and S. A. Braun. 2005. Impacts of air-sea interaction on tropical cyclone track and intensity Mon. Wea. Rev. 133 3299-3314

Wu, L., and S. A. Braun. 2004. Effects of Environmentally Induced Asymmetries on Hurricane Intensity: A Numerical Study J. Atmos. Sci. 61 (24): 3065-3081 [10.1175/JAS-3343.1]

Tao, W., C. Shie, J. Simpson, et al. S. A. Braun, R. Johnson, and P. Ciesielski. 2003. Convective systems over the South China sea: Cloud-resolving model simulations J Atmos Sci 60 (24): 2929-2956 [10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<2929:CSOTSC>2.0.CO;2]

Tao, W.-K., J. Simpson, D. Baker, et al. S. A. Braun, M. Chou, B. Ferrier, D. Johnson, A. Khain, S. E. Lang, B. Lynn, C.-L. Shie, D. O. Starr, C. Sui, Y. Wang, and P. Wetzel. 2003. Microphysics radiation and surface processes in the Goddard Cumulus Ensemble (GCM) model Meteor Atmos Phys 82 97-137

Tao, W., R. F. Adler, D. Baker, et al. S. A. Braun, M. Chou, M. Jasinski, Y. Jia, R. Kakar, M. Karyampudi, S. E. Lang, W. K. Lau, B. Lynn, Z. Pu, M. Shepherd, J. Simpson, D. O. Starr, Y. Wang, W. Weinman, and P. Wetzel. 2003. Regional Scale Modeling at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Recent Research Developments in Atmospheric Science Research Signpost 2 1-52

Tao, W.-K., R. Adler, D. Baker, et al. S. A. Braun, M.-D. Chou, M. Jasinski, Y. Jia, R. Kakar, M. Karyampudi, E. A. Lee, W. K. Lau, B. Lynn, Z.-X. Pu, M. Shepherd, J. Simpson, D. Starr, Y. Wang, W. Weinman, and P. Wetzel. 2003. Regional Scale Modeling at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Recent Research Developments in Atmospheric Science Research Signpost 2 18994

Tao, W.-K., J. Simpson, D. Baker, et al. S. A. Braun, M.-D. Chou, B. Ferrier, D. Johnson, A. Khain, E. A. Lee, B. Lynn, C.-L. Shie, D. Starr, C.-H. Sui, Y. Wang, and P. Wetzel. 2003. Microphysics, radiation and surface processes in a non-hydrostatic model Meteor Atmos Phy 82 97-137

Rao, P. A., C. Velden, and S. A. Braun. 2002. The vertical error characteristics of GOES-derived winds: Description and impact on numerical weather prediction J. Appl. Meteor. 41 253-271

Pu, Z., W. Tao, S. A. Braun, et al. J. Simpson, Y. Jia, J. Halverson, A. Y. Hou, and W. S. Olson. 2002. The impact of TRMM data on mesoscale numerical simulation of Super typhoon Paka Mon Wea Rev 130 2448-2458

Braun, S. A. 2002. A cloud-resolving simulation of Hurricane Bob (1991): Storm structure and eyewall buoyancy Mon Wea Rev 130 (6): 1573-1592 [10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130<1573:ACRSOH>2.0.CO;2]

Olson, W. S., S. Yang, C. A. Kummerow, et al. Z. Haddad, W.-K. Tao, E. A. Lee, D. E. Johnson, S. A. Braun, C. Chiu, and J.-J. Wang. 2002. Estimation of precipitation and latent heating distributions by satellite passive/active microwave remote sensing Microwave Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Environment 50-57

Pu, Z., and S. A. Braun. 2001. Evaluation of bogus vortex techniques with four-dimensional variational data assimilation Mon Wea Rev 129 (8): 2023 - 2039

Braun, S. A., and W. Tao. 2000. Sensitivity of High-Resolution Simulations of Hurricane Bob (1991) to Planetary Boundary Layer Parameterizations Mon Wea Rev 128 (12): 3941-3961

Tao, W., R. F. Adler, S. A. Braun, et al. F. Einaudi, B. Ferrier, J. Halverson, G. M. Heymsfield, C. Kummerow, A. Negri, and R. Kakar. 2000. Summary of a Symposium on Cloud Systems Hurricanes and TRMM: Celebration of Dr. Joanne Simpson&#039;s Career - The First Fifty Years Bull Amer Meteor Soc 81 2463-2474

Tao, W.-K., R. Adler, S. A. Braun, et al. F. Einaudi, B. Ferrier, J. Halverson, G. M. Heymsfield, C. Kummerow, A. Negri, and R. Kakar. 2000. Summary of a Symposium on Cloud Systems, Hurricanes and TRMM: Celebration of Dr Joanne Simpson's Career - The First Fifty Years Bull Amer Meteor Soc 81 2463-2474

Braun, S. A., R. Rotunno, and J. B. Klemp. 1999. Effects of Coastal Orography on Landfalling Cold Fronts. Part II: Effects of Surface Friction J Atmos Sci 56 (19): 3366-3384 [10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<3366:EOCOOL>2.0.CO;2]

Braun, S. A., R. Rotunno, and J. B. Klemp. 1999. Effects of Coastal Orography on Landfalling Cold Fronts. Part I: Dry, Inviscid Dynamics J Atmos Sci 56 (4): 517-533 [10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<0517:EOCOOL>2.0.CO;2]

Braun, S. A., and R. A. Houze. 1997. On the evolution of the 10-11 June 1985 PRE-STORM squall line: Initiation, development of rear inflow, and dissipation Mon. Wea. Rev. 125 478-504

Braun, S. A., J. R. Houze, and B. F. Smull. 1997. Airborne dual-Doppler observations of an intense frontal system approaching the Pacific Northwest coast Mon. Wea. Rev. 125 3131-3156

Braun, S. A., and J. R. Houze. 1997. On the evolution of the 10-11 June 1985 PRE-STORM squall line: Initiation, development of rear inflow, and dissipation Mon. Wea. Rev. 125 478-504

Braun, S. A., R. A. Houze, and M.-J. Yng. 1996. Comments on “The impact of the ice phase and radiation on a midlatitude squall line system J. Atmos. Sci. 53 1343-1351

Braun, S. A., and R. A. Houze. 1996. The heat budget of a midlatitude squall line and implications for potential vorticity production J. Atmos. Sci. 53 1217-1240

Braun, S. A., and R. A. Houze. 1995. Melting and freezing within a midlatitude mesoscale convective system Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc. 121 55-77

Braun, S. A., and R. A. Houze. 1995. Diagnosis of hydrometeor profiles from area-mean vertical velocity data Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc. 121 23-53

Braun, S. A., and R. A. Houze. 1994. The transition zone and secondary maximum of radar reflectivity behind a midlatitude squall line: Results retrieved from Doppler radar data J. Atmos. Sci. 51 2733-2755

Sun, J., S. A. Braun, M. I. Biggerstaff, R. G. Fovell, and R. A. Houze. 1993. Warm upper-level downdrafts associated with a squall line Mon. Wea. Rev. 121 2919-2927

Braun, S. A., and J. P. Monteverdi. 1991. An analysis of a mesocyclone-induced tornado occurrence in northern California Wea. Forecasting 6 13-31

Monteverdi, J. P., S. A. Braun, and T. C. Trimble. 1988. Funnel clouds in the San Joaquin Valley, California Mon. Wea. Rev. 116 782-789

Non-Refereed

Davies, D. K., K. J. Murphy, K. Michael, et al. I. Becker-Reshef, C. O. Justice, R. A. Boller, S. A. Braun, J. E. Schmaltz, M. Wong, A. N. Pasch, T. S. Dye, A. M. Da Silva, H. M. Goodman, and P. J. Morin. 2015. The Use of NASA LANCE Imagery and Data for Near Real-Time Applications Time-Sensitive Remote Sensing 165-182 [10.1007/978-1-4939-2602-2_11]

Braun, S. A., and C.-L. Shie. 2008. The Saharan Air Layer and improved understanding of Atlantic hurricane formation and intensification: hope or hype? The 62nd Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference, 3-7 March 2008, Charleston, SC, 2008

Pu, Z., W.-K. Tao, J. Simpson, et al. S. A. Braun, J. Halverson, A. Y. Hou, and W. S. Olson. 2001. The Impact of TRMM Data on Mesoscale Numerical Simulation of Super Typhoon Paka 9th Conference Mesoscale Processes

Braun, S. A., M. Montgomery, J. Fulton, and D. Nolan. 2001. Warm-Core Intensification of a Hurricane Through Horizontal Eddy Heat Transports Inside the Eye USWRP Science Symposium

Braun, S. A., M. Montgomery, J. Fulton, and D. Nolan. 2001. Warm-Core Intensification through Horizontal Eddy Heat Transports into the Eye Ninth Conference Mesoscale Processes

Pu, Z.-X., and S. A. Braun. 2001. Evaluation of Bogus Vortex Techniques Using Four-Demensional Variational Data Assimilation 14th and 18th Conference

Braun, S. A., J. Simpson, and W.-K. Tao. 2000. Kinematic and Thermodynamic Structures of Hurricane Bob (1991) Determined from a 13-KM Resolution Numerical Simulation AMS Spring Meeting

Pu, Z.-X., S. A. Braun, and W.-K. Tao. 1999. Four-Dimensional Data Assimulation and Numerical Simulation of Hurricanes 3rd WMO Symposium on Data Assimilation

Pu, Z.-X., S. A. Braun, and W.-K. Tao. 1999. Four-Dimensional Data Assimulation and Numerical Simulation of Hurricane George (1998) 9th MM5 Users Workshop

Braun, S. A., and W.-K. Tao. 1998. Evaluation of the Goddard and Reisner Cloud Microphysical Parameterizations in a Simulation of Hurricane Bob (1991) MM5 Users Workshop 49-52

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