Ronald B. Smith

13.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
157 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Ronald B. Smith is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald B. Smith has authored 157 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Atmospheric Science, 68 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 31 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ronald B. Smith's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (80 papers), Climate variability and models (45 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (27 papers). Ronald B. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (80 papers), Climate variability and models (45 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (27 papers). Ronald B. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Ronald B. Smith's co-authors include Xuhui Lee, Prasad S. Thenkabail, Eddy De Pauw, Keith W. Oleson, Lei Zhao, Qingfang Jiang, Idar Barstad, Christoph Schär, James D. Doyle and Jason P. Evans and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Ronald B. Smith

153 papers receiving 9.0k 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.

Strong contributions of local background climate to urban heat islands

2014 1.1k citations Lei Zhao, Xuhui Lee et al. Nature profile →
Hyperspectral Vegetation Indices and Their Relationships with Agricultural Crop Characteristics

2000 1.0k citations Ronald B. Smith et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The wind farm pressure field 2024 ·Wind energy science ·Ronald B. Smith	5
2	Global patterns of offshore wind variability 2021 ·Wind Energy ·(unknown), Ronald B. Smith	16
3	Large‐Amplitude Mountain Waves in the Mesosphere Accompanying Weak Cross‐Mountain Flow During DEEPWAVE Research Flight RF22 2018 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·David C. Fritts, Simon Vosper, B. P. Williams, Katrina Bossert, J. M. C. Plane, M. J. Taylor, Pierre‐Dominique Pautet, Stephen D. Eckermann, Christopher G. Kruse, Ronald B. Smith, Andreas Dörnbrack, Markus Rapp, Tyler Mixa, Iain M. Reid, D. J. Murphy	27
4	The Impact of Hurricane Maria on the Vegetation of Dominica and Puerto Rico Using Multispectral Remote Sensing 2018 ·Remote Sensing ·Tangao Hu, Ronald B. Smith	93
5	Review of wave‐turbulence interactions in the stable atmospheric boundary layer 2015 ·Reviews of Geophysics ·Jielun Sun, Carmen J. Nappo, L. Mahrt, Danijel Belušić, Branko Grisogono, D. Stauffer, Manuel Pulido, Chantal Staquet, Qingfang Jiang, A. Pouquet, Carlos Yagüe, Boris Galperin, Ronald B. Smith, John Finnigan, Shane D. Mayor, Gunilla Svensson, Andrey A. Grachev, W. D. Neff	122
6	Gravity Wave Diagnostics and Characteristics in Mesoscale Fields 2015 ·Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences ·Christopher G. Kruse, Ronald B. Smith	43
7	Strong contributions of local background climate to urban heat islands breakdown → 2014 ·Nature ·Lei Zhao, Xuhui Lee, Ronald B. Smith, Keith W. Oleson	1122
8	Three-Dimensional Characteristics of Stratospheric Mountain Waves during T-REX 2010 ·Monthly Weather Review ·James D. Doyle, Qingfang Jiang, Ronald B. Smith, Vanda Grubı̆sı́c	31
9	Gravity wave effects on wind farm efficiency 2009 ·Wind Energy ·Ronald B. Smith	57
10	Regional Impact of an Elevated Heat Source: The Zagros Plateau of Iran 2007 ·Journal of Climate ·Benjamin F. Zaitchik, Jason P. Evans, Ronald B. Smith	56
11	Orographic Precipitation and Oregon’s Climate Transition 2005 ·Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences ·Ronald B. Smith, Idar Barstad, Laurent R. Bonneau	80
12	The nature of the mistral: Observations and modelling of two MAP events 2003 ·Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society ·Qingfang Jiang, Ronald B. Smith, James A. Doyle	59
13	The MAP Special Observing Period 2001 ·Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society ·Philippe Bougeault, Peter Binder, A. Buzzi, Richard A. Dirks, (unknown), (unknown), Ronald B. Smith, Reinhold Steinacker, Hans Volkert	353
14	Ideal shocks in 2-layer flow - Part I: Under a rigid lid 2001 ·Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography ·Qingfang Jiang, Ronald B. Smith	9
15	Stable isotope composition of water vapor in the atmospheric boundary layer above the forests of New England 1999 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·(unknown), Ronald B. Smith	67
16	The Wake of St. Vincent 1997 ·Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences ·Ronald B. Smith, Arthur C. R. Gleason, (unknown), Vanda Grubı̆sı́c	89
17	Stagnation points and bifurcation in 3-D mountain airflow 1993 ·Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography ·Ronald B. Smith, Sigbjørn Grønås	64
18	Upstream stagnation points in stratified flow past obstacles 1993 ·Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans ·Peter G. Baines, Ronald B. Smith	21
19	British policy and the transfer of power in Asia : documentary perspectives : papers from a symposium at the India Office Library and Records Division of the British Library, September 1985 1988 ·Ronald B. Smith, A. J. Stockwell, (unknown)	0
20	Aerial Observations of the Yugoslavian Bora 1987 ·Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences ·Ronald B. Smith	134

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