B. E. Smith

10.1k citations

68 papers · 5.2k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 30

Atmospheric Science top 0.2%
- Cryospheric studies and observations 59
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics 21
- Climate change and permafrost 12
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 6
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law top 0.2%
- Landslides and related hazards 15
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine top 0.5%
- Winter Sports Injuries and Performance 47
Oceanography top 5%
Global and Planetary Change top 5%
Ecology
- Polar Research and Ecology 5
Social Psychology
- Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking 4

Co-authors: Ian Joughin Ian M. Howat Brooke Medley Claire Porter Paul Morin Adelaide Negrete David Shean H. A. Fricker
Cited by: Atmospheric Science Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Journals: The cryosphere (20 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (7 papers)Journal of Glaciology (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Netherlands

In The Last Decade

B. E. Smith

66 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

2019 The cryosphere
2016 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
2014 Science
2014 The cryosphere

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All Works

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1	Understanding biases in ICESat-2 data due to subsurface scattering using Airborne Topographic Mapper waveform data The cryosphere ·B. E. Smith,M. Studinger,Tyler Sutterley,聰沖崎,T. Neumann	2025	0
2	Quantifying Volumetric Scattering Bias in ICESat‐2 and Operation IceBridge Altimetry Over Greenland Firn and Aged Snow Earth and Space Science ·聰沖崎,M. Flanner,H. J. Thomson,Carrie Vuyovich,B. E. Smith,Sulaiha Ali	2024	5
3	Simulations of firn processes over the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets: 1980–2021 The cryosphere ·Brooke Medley,T. Neumann,H. Jay Zwally,B. E. Smith,C. Max Stevens	2022	34
4	Abrupt Common Era hydroclimate shifts drive west Greenland ice cap change Nature Geoscience ·Matthew Osman,B. E. Smith,Luke D. Trusel,Sarah B. Das,Joseph R. McConnell,Nathan Chellman,Monica M. Arienzo,Harald Sodemann	2021	14
5	Forty-year Simulations of Firn Processes over the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets Brooke Medley,T. Neumann,H. Jay Zwally,B. E. Smith	2020	14
6	Comparisons of Satellite and Airborne Altimetry With Ground‐Based Data From the Interior of the Antarctic Ice Sheet Geophysical Research Letters ·Kelly M. Brunt,B. E. Smith,Tyler Sutterley,N. T. Kurtz,T. Neumann	2020	43
7	Ice shelf basal melt rates from a high-resolution digital elevation model (DEM) record for Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica The cryosphere ·David Shean,Ian Joughin,Pierre Dutrieux,B. E. Smith,Étienne Berthier	2019	61
8	Assessment of ICESat‐2 Ice Sheet Surface Heights, Based on Comparisons Over the Interior of the Antarctic Ice Sheet Geophysical Research Letters ·Kelly M. Brunt,T. Neumann,B. E. Smith	2019	133
9	Regularized Coulomb Friction Laws for Ice Sheet Sliding: Application to Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica Geophysical Research Letters ·Ian Joughin,B. E. Smith,Christian Schoof	2019	113
10	Ice shelf basal melt rates from a high-resolution DEM record for Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union) ·David Shean,Ian Joughin,Pierre Dutrieux,B. E. Smith,Étienne Berthier	2018	7
11	Observed rapid bedrock uplift in Amundsen Sea Embayment promotes ice-sheet stability Science ·Valentina R. Barletta,Michael Bevis,B. E. Smith,T. J. Wilson,Abel Brown,Andrea Bordoni,M. J. Willis,Shfaqat Abbas Khan,Marc Rovira‐Navarro,Ian W. D. Dalziel,R. Smalley,Eric Kendrick,S. A. Konfal,Dana J. Caccamise,R. C. Aster,Ming-jing Zhao,Douglas A. Wiens	2018	176
12	ICESat2 subsurface-scattering biases estimated based on the 2015 SIMPL/AVRIS campaign AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Alex Gardner,B. E. Smith,Kelly M. Brunt,David J. Harding,T. Neumann,Manish Kumar Kakhani	2015	4
13	Constraining the recent mass balance of Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers, West Antarctica, with airborne observations of snow accumulation The cryosphere ·Brooke Medley,Ian Joughin,B. E. Smith,Sarah B. Das,Eric J. Steig,H. Conway,Prasad Gogineni,Cameron Lewis,Alison S. Criscitiello,Joseph R. McConnell,M. R. van den Broeke,Jan T. M. Lenaerts,David H. Bromwich,Julien P. Nicolas,C. Leuschen	2014	101
14	Processing Earth Observing images with Ames Stereo Pipeline AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·R. A. Beyer,Z. M. Moratto,Oleg Alexandrov,Terry Fong,David Shean,B. E. Smith	2013	1
15	Finding clouds, dunes, crevasses and subglacial valleys with surface-texture maps of Antarctica AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·B. E. Smith,T. M. Haran,Paul Morin,Claire Porter,T. A. Scambos	2013	1
16	Quantifying Ice-sheet/Ice-shelf Dynamics and Variability with Meter-scale DEM and Velocity Timeseries AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·David Shean,Ian Joughin,B. E. Smith,Z. M. Moratto,Claire Porter,Paul Morin	2012	1
17	DEM Extraction from High-Resolution Stereoscopic Worldview 1 & 2 Imagery of Polar Outlet Glaciers AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Claire Porter,Paul Morin,Ian M. Howat,Estefanía Ángel-Hernández,B. E. Smith	2011	2
18	Subglacial water transport throughout Antarctica from ICESAT laser altimetry AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·B. E. Smith,Ian Joughin,H. A. Fricker,Sławek Tulaczyk	2007	2
19	Kilometer-scale texture of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet AGUFM ·B. E. Smith	2004	0
20	Measurements of maximum pressure at the soil-tyre interface of a rubber-tyred skidder. Paper - American Society of Agricultural Engineers ·B. E. Smith,Ralph Matthes,正一松原	1990	1

About B. E. Smith

B. E. Smith is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, having authored 68 papers that have together received 5.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cryospheric studies and observations (59 papers), Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (47 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (21 papers), Landslides and related hazards (15 papers), Climate change and permafrost (12 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (6 papers), Polar Research and Ecology (5 papers) and Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (4.7k citations), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (1.2k citations) and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (2.3k citations). B. E. Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Ian Joughin, Ian M. Howat, Brooke Medley, Claire Porter, Paul Morin, Adelaide Negrete, David Shean, H. A. Fricker, G. S. Hamilton and L. A. Stearns. Their work appears in journals such as The cryosphere, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Glaciology, Annals of Glaciology and Science.

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