William L. Smith

12.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
288 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

William L. Smith is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, William L. Smith has authored 288 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 210 papers in Atmospheric Science, 205 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 88 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in William L. Smith's work include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (146 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (106 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (93 papers). William L. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (146 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (106 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (93 papers). William L. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. William L. Smith's co-authors include Patrick Minnis, Henry E. Revercomb, H. M. Woolf, Daniel K. Zhou, Yuriy M. Timofeyev, L. Larrabee Strow, H. E. Revercomb, Allen M. Larar, Eugenia Kalnay and Hartmut H. Aumann and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

William L. Smith

271 papers receiving 7.6k citations

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AIRS/AMSU/HSB on the aqua mission: design, science objectives, data products, and processing systems

2003 1.2k citations H. E. Revercomb, William L. Smith et al. profile →
Surface Irradiances of Edition 4.0 Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) Data Product

2018 334 citations Seiji Kato, Fred G. Rose et al. Journal of Climate profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Long‐Term Trends in Aerosols, Low Clouds, and Large‐Scale Meteorology Over the Western North Atlantic From 2003 to 2020 2024 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·(unknown), Allison McComiskey, David Painemal, William L. Smith	6
2	Identification of ice-over-water multilayer clouds using multispectral satellite data in an artificial neural network 2024 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Sunny Sun‐Mack, Patrick Minnis, Yan Chen, Gang Hong, William L. Smith	1
3	VIIRS Edition 1 Cloud Properties for CERES, Part 2: Evaluation with CALIPSO 2023 ·Remote Sensing ·Christopher R. Yost, Patrick Minnis, Sunny Sun‐Mack, William L. Smith, Qing Z. Trepte	2
4	Impact of COVID‐19‐Related Air Traffic Reductions on the Coverage and Radiative Effects of Linear Persistent Contrails Over Conterminous United States and Surrounding Oceanic Routes 2023 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·David P. Duda, William L. Smith, Sarah T. Bedka, Douglas A. Spangenberg, Thad Chee, Patrick Minnis	8
5	The effect of low-level thin arctic clouds on shortwave irradiance: evaluation of estimates from spaceborne passive imagery with aircraft observations 2021 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Hong Chen, K. Sebastian Schmidt, Michael D. King, G. Wind, Anthony Bucholtz, Elizabeth A. Reid, Michal Segal‐Rozenhaimer, William L. Smith, Patrick C. Taylor, Seiji Kato, Peter Pilewskie	5
6	Evaluation of MODIS and Himawari‐8 Low Clouds Retrievals Over the Southern Ocean With In Situ Measurements From the SOCRATES Campaign 2021 ·Earth and Space Science ·Litai Kang, Roger Marchand, William L. Smith	19
7	An Overview of Atmospheric Features Over the Western North Atlantic Ocean and North American East Coast—Part 2: Circulation, Boundary Layer, and Clouds 2021 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·David Painemal, Andrea F. Corral, Armin Sorooshian, Michael A. Brunke, Seethala Chellappan, Vesta Afzali Gorooh, Seung‐Hee Ham, Larry W. O’Neill, William L. Smith, George Tselioudis, Hailong Wang, Xubin Zeng, Paquita Zuidema	33
8	Estimates of entrainment in closed cellular marine stratocumulus clouds from the MAGIC field campaign 2019 ·Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society ·Virendra P. Ghate, David B. Mechem, Maria Cadeddu, E. W. Eloranta, Michael Jensen, Michele L. Nordeen, William L. Smith	2
9	Shortwave Radiative Effect of Arctic Low-Level Clouds: Evaluation of Imagery-Derived Irradiance with Aircraft Observations 2019 ·Hong Chen, K. Sebastian Schmidt, Michael D. King, G. Wind, Anthony Bucholtz, Elizabeth A. Reid, Michal Segal‐Rozenhaimer, William L. Smith, Patrick C. Taylor, Seiji Kato, Peter Pilewskie	1
10	Surface Irradiances of Edition 4.0 Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) Data Product breakdown → 2018 ·Journal of Climate ·Seiji Kato, Fred G. Rose, David A. Rutan, Tyler J. Thorsen, Norman G. Loeb, David R. Doelling, Xianglei Huang, William L. Smith, Wenying Su, (unknown)	334
11	A prototype method for diagnosing high ice water content probability using satellite imager data 2018 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Christopher R. Yost, Kristopher M. Bedka, Patrick Minnis, Louis Nguyen, J. W. Strapp, Rabindra Palikonda, Konstantin Khlopenkov, Douglas A. Spangenberg, William L. Smith, Alain Protat, Julien Delanoe͏̈	25
12	A Prototype Method for Diagnosing High Ice Water Content Probability Using Satellite Imager Data 2017 ·Christopher R. Yost, Kristopher M. Bedka, Patrick Minnis, Louis Nguyen, J. W. Strapp, Rabindra Palikonda, Konstantin Khlopenkov, Douglas A. Spangenberg, William L. Smith, Alain Protat, Julien Delanoe͏̈	1
13	On the Dependence of Satellite Soundings on Instrument Field-of-View Size — A Study to Support Improvements in the CrIS Sensor Design 2017 ·William L. Smith	1
14	Evaluation of cloud parameters and in-flight icing estimates derived from satellite using the NASA Glenn Icing Remote Sensing System 2010 ·William L. Smith	0
15	Technical Note: Evolution, current capabilities, and future advance in satellite nadir viewing ultra-spectral IR sounding of the lower atmosphere 2009 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·William L. Smith, Henry E. Revercomb, Gail E. Bingham, Allen M. Larar, H.‐L. Huang, Daniel K. Zhou, Jun Li, X. Liu, Stanislav Kireev	63
16	Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Remote Sensing Technology, Techniques, and Applications 2006 ·William L. Smith, Allen M. Larar, Tadao Aoki, (unknown)	5
17	14.4 INFRARED HYPERSPECTRAL SOUNDING MODELING AND PROCESSING: AN OVERVIEW 2003 ·Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society ·(unknown), (unknown), Jun Li, Elisabeth Weisz, (unknown), J. Davies, John R. Mecikalski, Bormin Huang, (unknown), Steven A. Ackerman, Erik R. Olson, Robert O. Knuteson, D. Tobin, L. Moy, Jason A. Otkin, Derek J. Posselt, H. E. Revercomb, William L. Smith	0
18	Comparison of Stratus Cloud Properties Deduced from Surface, GOES, and Aircraft Data during the March 2000 ARM Cloud IOP 2002 ·Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences ·Xiquan Dong, Gerald G. Mace, Patrick Minnis, William L. Smith, Michael R. Poellot, Roger Marchand, Anita D. Rapp	103
19	Combining Suborbital Measurements of Aerosol Optical Depth and Columnar Water Vapor for Satellite Sensor Validations in the CLAMS (Chesapeake Lighthouse and Aircraft Measurements for Satellites) Experiment, 2001 2002 ·AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts ·Jens Redemann, B. Schmid, J. M. Livingston, P. B. Russell, J. Eilers, Peter V. Hobbs, Ralph A. Kahn, William L. Smith, B. N. Holben, (unknown), M. C. Pitts, Michael I. Mishchenko, Jacek Chowdhary, J. Vanderlei Martins, Artemio Plana‐Fattori, Thomas P. Charlock	1
20	Remote sensing of carbon monoxide over the continental United States on September 12–13, 1993 1997 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·W. W. McMillan, L. Larrabee Strow, William L. Smith, Henry E. Revercomb, H.‐L. Huang, Anne M. Thompson, D. P. McNamara, William F. Ryan	12

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