Ernest K. Smith

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 913 citations indexed

About

Ernest K. Smith is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ernest K. Smith has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 913 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 15 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 11 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Ernest K. Smith's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (11 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (8 papers) and Radio Wave Propagation Studies (7 papers). Ernest K. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (11 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (8 papers) and Radio Wave Propagation Studies (7 papers). Ernest K. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. Ernest K. Smith's co-authors include Sadami Matsushita, Kim Davies, J. A. Thomas, Henry G. Booker, W.J. Vogel, C. D. Ellyett, J. W. Waters, J. M. Watts, Satoki Matsushita and E. G. Njoku and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.

In The Last Decade

Ernest K. Smith

36 papers receiving 741 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.

The Constants in the Equation for Atmospheric Refractive Index at Radio Frequencies

1953 506 citations Ernest K. Smith et al. Proceedings of the IRE profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ernest K. Smith United States	11	512	476	335	254	123	41	913
J. Lavergnat France	12	190 0.4×	229 0.5×	186 0.6×	106 0.4×	182 1.5×	52	659
B. H. Briggs Australia	17	629 1.2×	1.2k 2.5×	368 1.1×	403 1.6×	44 0.4×	39	1.4k
C. H. Liu United States	13	184 0.4×	367 0.8×	184 0.5×	147 0.6×	59 0.5×	35	618
D. D. Crombie United States	13	426 0.8×	257 0.5×	151 0.5×	660 2.6×	79 0.6×	37	1.1k
E. J. Fremouw United States	17	767 1.5×	1.1k 2.3×	126 0.4×	319 1.3×	72 0.6×	61	1.3k
R. P. Linfield United States	15	593 1.2×	1.4k 2.9×	645 1.9×	430 1.7×	32 0.3×	73	1.7k
Michael Exner United States	8	727 1.4×	935 2.0×	508 1.5×	595 2.3×	17 0.1×	12	1.2k
Emanoel Costa Brazil	19	572 1.1×	662 1.4×	130 0.4×	248 1.0×	152 1.2×	62	908
H. E. Whitney United States	19	810 1.6×	1.2k 2.5×	158 0.5×	306 1.2×	57 0.5×	44	1.3k
Zhengwen Xu China	15	377 0.7×	326 0.7×	95 0.3×	78 0.3×	59 0.5×	88	729

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Smith, Ernest K.. (2018). Worldwide Occurrence of Sporadic E. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 28(13). 9199–9200. 8 indexed citations

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Smith, Ernest K.. (2007). Propagation Corner. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine. 49(4). 161–161.

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Ho, C. M., et al.. (2002). Terrestrial Propagation of 2-Gigahertz Emissions Transmitted from the Deep Space Network 70-Meter Antenna at Robledo. 152. 1. 1 indexed citations

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Davies, Kim & Ernest K. Smith. (2002). Ionospheric effects on satellite land mobile systems. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine. 44(6). 24–31. 41 indexed citations

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Smith, Ernest K.. (1995). Propagation Corner. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Ernest K., et al.. (1990). A comparison of cloud models (EM wavescattering). IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine. 32(5). 32–38. 6 indexed citations

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Smith, Ernest K., et al.. (1986). Propagation through Martian dust at 8.5 and 32 GHz. 87. 291–299. 2 indexed citations

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Vogel, W.J. & Ernest K. Smith. (1985). Propagation considerations in land mobile satellite transmission. Microwave journal. 28. 111. 8 indexed citations

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Smith, Ernest K. & J. W. Waters. (1981). Microwave attenuation and brightness temperature due to the gaseous atmosphere: A comparison of JPL and CCIR values. NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 82. 13300. 5 indexed citations

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Smith, Ernest K., et al.. (1981). Consumer electronics: Wind-induced ions thwart TV reception: High-altitude ionized layers can bounce a signal up to 1500 kilometers outside its normal area of coverage. IEEE Spectrum. 18(2). 52–55. 2 indexed citations

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Smith, Ernest K., et al.. (1980). Radio propagation through solar and other extraterrestrial ionized media. STIN. 80. 24513. 4 indexed citations

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Smith, Ernest K.. (1978). Temperate zone sporadic‐E maps (ƒ₀E_s > 7 MHz). Radio Science. 13(3). 571–575. 26 indexed citations

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Smith, Ernest K.. (1976). World Maps of Sporadic E (foEs > 7 MHz) for Use in Prediction of VHF Oblique-Incidence Propagation. 3 indexed citations

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Smith, Ernest K.. (1975). Pilot Two-Way CATV Systems. IRE Transactions on Communications Systems. 23(1). 111–120. 4 indexed citations

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Smith, Ernest K., et al.. (1974). The International Radio Consultative Committee (CCIR): Part 2. 12(5). 12–19. 2 indexed citations

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Smith, Ernest K.. (1966). Some Introductory and Background Comments on Our State of Knowledge of Sporadic E. Radio Science. 1(2). 129–131. 2 indexed citations

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Smith, Ernest K., et al.. (1960). Peculiarities of the ionosphere in the Far East: A report on IGY observations of sporadicEandF-region scatter. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 65(3). 885–892. 10 indexed citations

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Smith, Ernest K., et al.. (1959). IGY observations of F-layer scatter in the far east. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 64(4). 403–405. 11 indexed citations

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Smith, Ernest K., et al.. (1953). The Constants in the Equation for Atmospheric Refractive Index at Radio Frequencies. Proceedings of the IRE. 41(8). 1035–1037. 506 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smith, Ernest K.. (1952). The effect of sporadic e on television reception. 2(1). 54–61. 1 indexed citations

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