He studied the winds and updrafts near each hurricane’s eye to learn more about how they change in space and time. Braun found that only a very small percentage of the rainfall outside of the eye actually comes from the eye wall, although the eye wall does provide large numbers of small ice “seed” particles that can then grow into larger ice particles as they fall to the earth’s surface. His current research is focused on the possible impacts of the warm, dry and dusty Saharan air layer on the ability of hurricanes to form and intensify in the Atlantic. Braun has a doctorate in atmospheric sciences from the University of Washington,
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