R. N. B. Smith

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
13 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

R. N. B. Smith is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, R. N. B. Smith has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Atmospheric Science, 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 3 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in R. N. B. Smith's work include Climate variability and models (8 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (8 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (3 papers). R. N. B. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (8 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (8 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (3 papers). R. N. B. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Austria and Denmark. R. N. B. Smith's co-authors include Mike Bush, Gill Martin, Adrian Lock, A. R. Brown, Brian Golding, Susan Ballard, Ralf Lindau, Gunnar Elgered, Bent Hansen Sass and R. Podzun and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Chemistry - A European Journal and Monthly Weather Review.

In The Last Decade

R. N. B. Smith

13 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

A scheme for predicting layer clouds and their water content in a general circulation model

1990 699 citations R. N. B. Smith Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society profile →
A New Boundary Layer Mixing Scheme. Part I: Scheme Description and Single-Column Model Tests

2000 657 citations Adrian Lock, A. R. Brown et al. Monthly Weather Review profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. N. B. Smith United Kingdom	11	1.8k	1.8k	232	206	69	13	2.0k
A. Beljaars United Kingdom	15	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	241 1.0×	230 1.1×	43 0.6×	19	1.6k
Susan Ballard United Kingdom	18	1.6k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	167 0.7×	257 1.2×	58 0.8×	43	1.9k
Suzanne L. Gray United Kingdom	35	2.6k 1.4×	2.8k 1.6×	405 1.7×	243 1.2×	33 0.5×	122	3.0k
Sean Milton United Kingdom	24	1.7k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	202 0.9×	114 0.6×	34 0.5×	59	1.9k
Zhe Feng United States	30	2.9k 1.6×	2.8k 1.6×	222 1.0×	180 0.9×	125 1.8×	129	3.2k
Daniel J. Kirshbaum Canada	27	1.6k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	106 0.5×	264 1.3×	45 0.7×	69	1.9k
Mark T. Stoelinga United States	22	1.4k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	168 0.7×	137 0.7×	56 0.8×	47	1.6k
Guixing Chen China	26	1.8k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	216 0.9×	152 0.7×	63 0.9×	71	2.1k
Byung-Ju Sohn South Korea	24	1.7k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	201 0.9×	143 0.7×	31 0.4×	108	2.0k
Gary M. Lackmann United States	30	2.3k 1.3×	2.6k 1.5×	566 2.4×	142 0.7×	50 0.7×	89	2.8k

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13 of 13 papers shown

Lang, Feifan, et al.. (2022). Metal–ligand Lability and Ligand Mobility Enables Framework Transformation via Ligand Release in a Family of Crystalline 2D Coordination Polymers. Chemistry - A European Journal. 28(51). e202201408–e202201408. 4 indexed citations

Smith, R. N. B., Íñigo J. Vitórica‐Yrezábal, A.H. Hill, & Lee Brammer. (2016). Arene guest selectivity and pore flexibility in a metal–organic framework with semi-fluorinated channel walls. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 375(2084). 20160031–20160031. 5 indexed citations

Smith, R. N. B., et al.. (2006). Soil state and surface hydrology diagnosis based on MOSES in the Met Office Nimrod nowcasting system. Meteorological Applications. 13(2). 89–109. 29 indexed citations

Jacob, Daniela, Bart van den Hurk, Gunnar Elgered, et al.. (2001). A comprehensive model inter-comparison study investigating the water budget during the BALTEX-PIDCAP period. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. 77(1-4). 19–43. 248 indexed citations

Lock, Adrian, A. R. Brown, Mike Bush, Gill Martin, & R. N. B. Smith. (2000). A New Boundary Layer Mixing Scheme. Part I: Scheme Description and Single-Column Model Tests. Monthly Weather Review. 128(9). 3187–3199. 657 indexed citations breakdown →

Martin, Gill, Mike Bush, Andy Brown, Adrian Lock, & R. N. B. Smith. (2000). A New Boundary Layer Mixing Scheme. Part II: Tests in Climate and Mesoscale Models. Monthly Weather Review. 128(9). 3200–3217. 59 indexed citations

Gregory, D. & R. N. B. Smith. (1996). CANOPY, SURFACE AND SOIL HYDROLOGY. 12 indexed citations

Smith, R. N. B.. (1996). SUBSURFACE, SURFACE AND BOUNDARY LAYER PROCESSES. 14 indexed citations

Boer, G. J., K. Arpe, M. Blackburn, et al.. (1992). Some results from an intercomparison of the climates simulated by 14 atmospheric general circulation models. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 97(D12). 12771–12786. 128 indexed citations

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Ballard, Susan, Brian Golding, & R. N. B. Smith. (1991). Mesoscale Model Experimental Forecasts of the Haar of Northeast Scotland. Monthly Weather Review. 119(9). 2107–2123. 112 indexed citations

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Boer, G. J., K. Arpe, M. Blackburn, et al.. (1991). An intercomparison of the climates simulated by 14 atmospheric general circulation models. CentAUR (University of Reading). 30 indexed citations

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Smith, R. N. B.. (1990). A scheme for predicting layer clouds and their water content in a general circulation model. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 116(492). 435–460. 699 indexed citations breakdown →

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Slingo, A., et al.. (1989). Effect of improved physical parameterizations on simulations of cloudiness and the Earth's radiation budget. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 94(D2). 2281–2301. 39 indexed citations

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