Scott A. Braun

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Scott A. Braun is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott A. Braun has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Atmospheric Science, 50 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 34 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Scott A. Braun's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (62 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (45 papers) and Climate variability and models (37 papers). Scott A. Braun is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (62 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (45 papers) and Climate variability and models (37 papers). Scott A. Braun collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Scott A. Braun's co-authors include Wei‐Kuo Tao, Michael T. Montgomery, Zhaoxia Pu, Robert A. Houze, Liguang Wu, Jason A. Sippel, Gerald M. Heymsfield, Liguang Wu, William S. Olson and Christian D. Kummerow and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Remote Sensing of Environment and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Scott A. Braun

81 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Scott A. Braun United States	31	3.4k	2.4k	1.1k	324	93	84	3.6k
Gary M. Lackmann United States	30	2.6k 0.8×	2.3k 1.0×	566 0.5×	142 0.4×	53 0.6×	89	2.8k
Suzanne L. Gray United Kingdom	35	2.8k 0.8×	2.6k 1.1×	405 0.4×	243 0.8×	53 0.6×	122	3.0k
Vijay Tallapragada United States	31	2.7k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	971 0.9×	164 0.5×	57 0.6×	98	2.8k
Rémy Roca France	30	2.8k 0.8×	2.7k 1.1×	377 0.3×	185 0.6×	37 0.4×	93	3.2k
Richard E. Carbone United States	32	3.2k 0.9×	2.9k 1.2×	313 0.3×	299 0.9×	107 1.2×	63	3.4k
David E. Kingsmill United States	28	2.4k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	193 0.2×	329 1.0×	68 0.7×	54	2.6k
William S. Olson United States	37	4.7k 1.4×	3.1k 1.3×	408 0.4×	1.1k 3.3×	32 0.3×	85	4.9k
John F. Gamache United States	21	2.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	107 0.3×	197 2.1×	26	2.4k
Kenneth S. Gage United States	23	2.0k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	873 0.8×	289 0.9×	33 0.4×	43	2.4k
Sim D. Aberson United States	31	2.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	904 0.8×	116 0.4×	87 0.9×	56	2.4k

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Yang, John Xun, Shuyan Liu, Christopher Grassotti, et al.. (2024). Evaluating rainfall and graupel retrieval performance of the NASA TROPICS pathfinder through the NOAA MiRS system. Remote Sensing of Environment. 318. 114570–114570. 1 indexed citations

Matsui, Toshi, Daniel Hernández‐Deckers, Scott Giangrande, et al.. (2024). A thermal-driven graupel generation process to explain dry-season convective vigor over the Amazon. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 24(18). 10793–10814. 1 indexed citations

Yang, John Xun, Yong‐Keun Lee, Christopher Grassotti, et al.. (2023). Atmospheric humidity and temperature sounding from the CubeSat TROPICS mission: Early performance evaluation with MiRS. Remote Sensing of Environment. 287. 113479–113479. 7 indexed citations

You, Yalei, George J. Huffman, Chris Kidd, et al.. (2023). Evaluating and Improving TROPICS Millimeter‐Wave Sounder's Precipitation Estimate Over Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 128(16). 4 indexed citations

Matsui, Toshi, David B. Wolff, S. Lang, et al.. (2023). Systematic Validation of Ensemble Cloud‐Process Simulations Using Polarimetric Radar Observations and Simulator Over the NASA Wallops Flight Facility. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 128(16). 1 indexed citations

Kidd, Chris, et al.. (2022). Precipitation Estimation from the NASA TROPICS Mission: Initial Retrievals and Validation. Remote Sensing. 14(13). 2992–2992. 10 indexed citations

Shi, Jainn J., Scott A. Braun, Zhining Tao, & Toshihisa 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(10). 3541–3562. 5 indexed citations

Braun, Scott A., Christopher S. Velden, Derrick Herndon, et al.. (2018). Overview of the NASA TROPICS CubeSat Constellation Mission. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 7–7. 7 indexed citations

Dunkerton, Timothy J., et al.. (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. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Fuqing, et al.. (2016). Dynamics and Predictability of the Intensification of Hurricane Edouard (2014). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 74(2). 573–595. 55 indexed citations

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Abarca, Sergio F., Michael T. Montgomery, Scott A. Braun, & Jason Dunion. (2016). On the Secondary Eyewall Formation of Hurricane Edouard (2014). Monthly Weather Review. 144(9). 3321–3331. 18 indexed citations

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Cecil, Daniel J., Edward J. Zipser, Gerald M. Heymsfield, et al.. (2014). Weather Avoidance Guidelines for NASA Global Hawk High-Altitude Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). 1 indexed citations

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Braun, Scott A., Jason A. Sippel, Chung‐Lin Shie, & R. A. Boller. (2013). The Evolution and Role of the Saharan Air Layer during Hurricane Helene (2006). Monthly Weather Review. 141(12). 4269–4295. 11 indexed citations

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Braun, Scott A., Ramesh K. Kakar, Edward J. Zipser, et al.. (2012). NASA's Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) Field Experiment. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 94(3). 345–363. 92 indexed citations

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Braun, Scott A., Jason A. Sippel, & David S. Nolan. (2011). The Impact of Dry Midlevel Air on Hurricane Intensity in Idealized Simulations with No Mean Flow. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 69(1). 236–257. 76 indexed citations

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Han, Mei, Scott A. Braun, William S. Olson, Ola Persson, & Jian‐Wen Bao. (2010). Application of TRMM PR and TMI Measurements to Assess Cloud Microphysical Schemes in the MM5 for a Winter Storm. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 49(6). 1129–1148. 10 indexed citations

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Allen, B. Danette, Scott A. Braun, J. H. Crawford, et al.. (2010). Proposed investigations from NASA's Earth Venture-1 (EV-1) airborne science selections. 2575–2578. 4 indexed citations

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Braun, Scott A., et al.. (2006). A Numerical Study of Hurricane Erin (2001). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 63(1). 22 indexed citations

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Olson, William S., Christian D. Kummerow, Song Yang, et al.. (2004). Precipitation and Latent Heating Distributions from Satellite Passive Microwave Radiometry. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 45. 20 indexed citations

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Braun, Scott A. & Robert A. Houze. (1994). The Transition Zone and Secondary Maximum of Radar Reflectivity behind a Midlatitude Squall Line: Results Retrieved from Doppler Radar Data. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 51(19). 2733–2755. 69 indexed citations

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