Member Since 1973
Rafael L. Bras
Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
Professional Experience
Georgia Institute of Technology
Professor
2010 - Present
Education
Doctorate
1975
Honors & Awards
Publications
Future Hurricanes Will Increase Palm Abundance and Decrease Aboveground Biomass in a Tropical Forest
Hurricanes are expected to intensify throughout the 21st century, yet the impact of frequent major hurricanes on tropical ecosystems remains unknow...
October 05, 2022
Breaking Down the Computational Barriers to Real‐Time Urban ...
October 14, 2021
Detecting Shallow Groundwater From Spaceborne Soil Moisture ...
February 08, 2021
Hydro-geomorphic perturbations on the soil-atmosphere CO2 ex...
February 25, 2017
Soil moisture background error covariance and data assimilat...
February 08, 2017
AGU Abstracts
Integrating Satellite Retrievals, Numerical Models, and Machine Learning for Global Groundwater Recharge Estimation
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS BASED ON THE NASA SOIL MOISTURE ACTIVE PASSIVE (SMAP) SATELLITE MISSION SCIENCE DATA PRODUCTS POSTER
hydrology | 12 december 2024
Mehmet E. Soylu, Rafael L. Bras, Dara Entekhabi, Q...
To properly manage groundwater, an accurate understanding of recharge processes at a global scale is necessary. Physically based Land Surface Models (...
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Forecasting Soil Moisture Probability Distributions Using GPM and SMAP Retrievals
SPACE-BASED PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS: INNOVATIONS FOR SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS III POSTER
hydrology | 10 december 2024
Mehmet E. Soylu, Rafael L. Bras, Qing He, Taikan O...
Soil moisture (SM) mediates how water, carbon, and energy partition among the land and the atmosphere. SM dynamics are controlled by rainfall, anteced...
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Collaborative Center for Landslides Geohazards
HOW TO TRIGGER A LANDSLIDE: PREDICTIVE MODELS AND OBSERVATIONS FROM RECENT EVENTS II ORAL
earth and planetary surface processes | 14 december 2023
Rafael L. Bras, Mehmet E. Soylu, Karl A. Lang, Fra...
Landslides are a common and persistent hazard in mountainous terrain. In the US, annual landslide-related losses are estimated to exceed $2B and 25-50...
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Volunteer Experience
2013 - 2014
Director
Board of Directors
2010 - 2012
Director
Board of Directors
2008 - 2010
Member
Bowie Medal Committee
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