Gaffin, David M., and Matt Hinkin. "Severe Winds due to Mountain Waves along the Western Foothills of the Southern  Appalachian Mountains." In 41st Conference on Broadcast Meteorology. Nashville, TN: American Meteorological Society, 2013.

Gaffin, David M.. "The Influence of Terrain during the 27 April 2011 Super Tornado Outbreak and 5 July 2012  Derecho around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park." In 26th Conference on Severe Local Storms. Nashville, TN: American Meteorological Society, 2012.

Gaffin, David M.. Southern Appalachian Weather. New York: Vantage Press, 2012.

Gaffin, David M.. What are mountain waves?. Morristown, TN: National Weather Service, 2012.

Gaffin, David M.. "An examination of the areal extent of high winds associated with mountain waves along the western foothills of the southern Appalachian mountains." National Weather Digest 35, no. 1 (2011): 47-55.

Gaffin, David M.. "Foehn Winds That Produced Large Temperature Differences near the Southern Appalachian Mountains." Weather and Forecasting 22, no. 1 (2007): 145-159.

Gaffin, David M., and Stephen S. Parker. "A Climatology of Synoptic Conditions Associated with Significant Tornadoes across the Southern Appalachian Region." Weather  and Forecasting 21, no. 5 (2006): 735-751.

Gaffin, David M., David G. Hotz, and Terry I. Getz. An Evaluation of Temperature Variations around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park  and their Associated Synoptic Weather Patterns. NOAA Technical Memorandum. Fort Worth, TX: National Weather Service, 2002.

Gaffin, David M., and David G. Hotz. "A precipitation and flood climatology with synoptic features of heavy rainfall across the southern Appalachian mountains." National Weather Digest 24, no. 3 (2000): 3-15.