Walter H. F. Smith

40.8k total citations · 13 hit papers
112 papers, 32.1k citations indexed

About

Walter H. F. Smith is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter H. F. Smith has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 32.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Oceanography, 24 papers in Atmospheric Science and 23 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Walter H. F. Smith's work include Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (58 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (31 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (19 papers). Walter H. F. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (58 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (31 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (19 papers). Walter H. F. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Walter H. F. Smith's co-authors include Paul Wessel, David T. Sandwell, Remko Scharroo, Joaquim Luís, Florian Wobbe, Pål Wessel, E. S. M. Garcia, Dongdong Tian, Leonardo Uieda and R. Dietmar Müller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Walter H. F. Smith

109 papers receiving 30.4k citations

Hit Papers

New, improved version of generic mapping tools released 1990 2026 2002 2014 1998 1997 1991 2013 1995 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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.

  1. New, improved version of generic mapping tools released
    1998 6.3k citations Paul Wessel, Walter H. F. Smith Eos profile →
  2. Global Sea Floor Topography from Satellite Altimetry and Ship Depth Soundings
    1997 3.9k citations Walter H. F. Smith, David T. Sandwell Science profile →
  3. Free software helps map and display data
    1991 3.6k citations Paul Wessel, Walter H. F. Smith Eos profile →
  4. Generic Mapping Tools: Improved Version Released
    2013 3.2k citations Paul Wessel, Walter H. F. Smith et al. Eos profile →
  5. New version of the generic mapping tools
    1995 2.0k citations Paul Wessel, Walter H. F. Smith Eos profile →
  6. The Generic Mapping Tools Version 6
    2019 1.9k citations Paul Wessel, Remko Scharroo et al. profile →
  7. Marine gravity anomaly from Geosat and ERS 1 satellite altimetry
    1997 1.5k citations David T. Sandwell, Walter H. F. Smith Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
  8. Global Bathymetry and Elevation Data at 30 Arc Seconds Resolution: SRTM30_PLUS
    2009 1.2k citations David T. Sandwell, Walter H. F. Smith et al. profile →
  9. Gridding with continuous curvature splines in tension
    1990 1.2k citations Walter H. F. Smith, Paul Wessel Geophysics profile →
  10. New global marine gravity model from CryoSat-2 and Jason-1 reveals buried tectonic structure
    2014 1.1k citations David T. Sandwell, R. Dietmar Müller et al. Science profile →
  11. A global, self‐consistent, hierarchical, high‐resolution shoreline database
    1996 1.1k citations Pål Wessel, Walter H. F. Smith Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
  12. Global marine gravity from retracked Geosat and ERS‐1 altimetry: Ridge segmentation versus spreading rate
    2009 652 citations David T. Sandwell, Walter H. F. Smith Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
  13. Global Bathymetry and Topography at 15 Arc Sec: SRTM15+
    2019 595 citations B. Tozer, David T. Sandwell et al. Earth and Space Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Walter H. F. Smith United States 40 20.7k 7.9k 5.7k 3.7k 2.9k 112 32.1k
David T. Sandwell United States 64 11.2k 0.5× 6.0k 0.8× 4.5k 0.8× 3.1k 0.9× 2.3k 0.8× 254 20.4k
Paul Wessel United States 38 18.8k 0.9× 3.1k 0.4× 3.0k 0.5× 2.1k 0.6× 1.4k 0.5× 114 24.0k
J. X. Mitrovica United States 77 7.0k 0.3× 6.7k 0.8× 12.2k 2.2× 966 0.3× 4.2k 1.4× 286 21.5k
G. D. Egbert United States 49 6.2k 0.3× 7.3k 0.9× 4.0k 0.7× 770 0.2× 1.2k 0.4× 160 14.5k
Péter Molnár United States 108 37.4k 1.8× 944 0.1× 10.0k 1.8× 3.9k 1.0× 3.5k 1.2× 290 44.4k
Kurt Lambeck Australia 84 5.8k 0.3× 7.0k 0.9× 16.4k 2.9× 1.8k 0.5× 7.6k 2.6× 281 26.9k
R. Dietmar Müller Australia 80 19.5k 0.9× 1.5k 0.2× 5.3k 0.9× 6.5k 1.8× 3.6k 1.2× 351 26.8k
Donald F. Argus United States 41 11.0k 0.5× 3.1k 0.4× 2.7k 0.5× 738 0.2× 784 0.3× 83 14.6k
Dan McKenzie United Kingdom 89 38.6k 1.9× 1.5k 0.2× 4.5k 0.8× 5.6k 1.5× 2.9k 1.0× 223 44.1k
R. S. J. Sparks United Kingdom 111 28.6k 1.4× 572 0.1× 11.0k 1.9× 1.3k 0.4× 4.7k 1.6× 466 38.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Egido, Alejandro, et al.. (2023). Conditional sea surface statistics and their impact on geophysical sea surface parameters retrieved from SAR altimetry signals. Advances in Space Research. 71(5). 2332–2347. 8 indexed citations
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Egido, Alejandro, et al.. (2023). Towards the Mitigation of Discrepancies in Sea Surface Parameters Estimated from Low- and High-Resolution Satellite Altimetry. Remote Sensing. 15(17). 4206–4206. 5 indexed citations
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Sandwell, David T., John A. Goff, H. Harper, et al.. (2022). Improved Bathymetric Prediction Using Geological Information: SYNBATH. Earth and Space Science. 9(2). 41 indexed citations
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Marks, K. M. & Walter H. F. Smith. (2021). Comparison of Stacked Sentinel‐3 A&B and AltiKa Repeat Cycle Data. Earth and Space Science. 9(4). 4 indexed citations
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Andersen, Ole, Shengjun Zhang, David T. Sandwell, et al.. (2021). The Unique Role of the Jason Geodetic Missions for high Resolution Gravity Field and Mean Sea Surface Modelling. Remote Sensing. 13(4). 646–646. 20 indexed citations
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Quartly, Graham D., Walter H. F. Smith, & Marcello Passaro. (2019). Removing Intra-1-Hz Covariant Error to Improve Altimetric Profiles of $\sigma^{0}$ and Sea Surface Height. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 57(6). 3741–3752. 20 indexed citations
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Tozer, B., et al.. (2019). Global Bathymetry and Topography at 15 Arc Sec: SRTM15+. Earth and Space Science. 6(10). 1847–1864. 595 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kleinherenbrink, Marcel, Marc Naeije, Cornelis Slobbe, Alejandro Egido, & Walter H. F. Smith. (2019). The performance of CryoSat-2 fully-focussed SAR for inland water-level estimation. Remote Sensing of Environment. 237. 111589–111589. 38 indexed citations
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Marks, K. M. & Walter H. F. Smith. (2018). A Method of Stacking AltiKa Repeat Cycle Data that May Reveal 75,000+ Possible Small Seamounts. Earth and Space Science. 5(12). 964–969. 4 indexed citations
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Sandwell, David T., R. Dietmar Müller, Walter H. F. Smith, E. S. M. Garcia, & R. Francis. (2014). New global marine gravity model from CryoSat-2 and Jason-1 reveals buried tectonic structure. Science. 346(6205). 65–67. 1130 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sandwell, David T., et al.. (2013). Towards 1 MilliGal Global Marine Gravity Accuracy from CryoSat-2, Jason-1, and Envisat. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Scharroo, Remko, Walter H. F. Smith, E. W. Leuliette, & John Lillibridge. (2012). The performance of CryoSat-2 as an ocean altimeter. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Walter H. F.. (2012). Pulse-to-pulse correlation in CryoSat SAR mode radar altimeter echoes from the sea surface. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 1 indexed citations
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Timmermann, R., A. M. Le Brocq, T. Deen, et al.. (2010). A consistent data set of Antarctic ice sheet topography, cavity geometry, and global bathymetry. Earth system science data. 2(2). 261–273. 128 indexed citations
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Lillibridge, John, Walter H. F. Smith, David T. Sandwell, et al.. (2006). 20 Years of Improvements to GEOSAT Altimetry. ESASP. 614. 75. 3 indexed citations
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Lillibridge, John, Walter H. F. Smith, Remko Scharroo, & David T. Sandwell. (2004). The Geosat Geodetic Mission Twentieth Anniversary Edition Data Product. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 6 indexed citations
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Wessel, Paul & Walter H. F. Smith. (1998). New, improved version of generic mapping tools released. Eos. 79(47). 579–579. 6327 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sandwell, David T. & Walter H. F. Smith. (1997). Global seafloor topography from dense satellite altimetry and sparse ship soundings. 414. 1879–1884. 31 indexed citations
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Wessel, Pål & Walter H. F. Smith. (1996). A global, self‐consistent, hierarchical, high‐resolution shoreline database. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 101(B4). 8741–8743. 1101 indexed citations breakdown →
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Smith, Walter H. F. & Paul Wessel. (1990). Gridding with continuous curvature splines in tension. Geophysics. 55(3). 293–305. 1174 indexed citations breakdown →

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