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Ronald B. Smith

Ronald B. Smith

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Earth Science

D-Index
67
Citations
16594
World Ranking
1217
National Ranking
551

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1989 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Ronald B. Smith is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily centers on environmental science, earth and planetary sciences, and engineering, with a focus on subfields including global and planetary change, atmospheric science, aerospace engineering, environmental engineering, and oceanography.

Their work encompasses topics such as wind energy research and development, wind and air flow studies, climate variability and models, tropical and extratropical cyclones research, ocean waves and remote sensing, solar radiation and photovoltaics, and fluid dynamics and vibration analysis.

Recent publications by Ronald B. Smith include:

  • "Global patterns of offshore wind variability," 2021, Wind Energy
  • "A mechanistic investigation of the oasis effect in the Zhangye cropland in semiarid western China," 2020, Journal of Arid Environments
  • "A Linear Theory of Wind Farm Efficiency and Interaction," 2022, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • "The wind farm pressure field," 2024, Wind energy science

Frequent co-authors associated with their research are:

  • Chris G. West
  • Sophie Ruehr
  • Xuhui Lee
  • Xin Li
  • Ziwei Xu

Smith has published in various venues including:

  • Wind Energy
  • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Wind energy science
  • Journal of Arid Environments

Among awards received, Ronald B. Smith is recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) since 1989 and a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Hyperspectral Vegetation Indices and Their Relationships with Agricultural Crop Characteristics

    Prasad S Thenkabail;Ronald B Smith;Eddy De Pauw

  • The Influence of Mountains on the Atmosphere

    Ronald B. Smith

  • Strong contributions of local background climate to urban heat islands

    Lei Zhao;Xuhui Lee;Xuhui Lee;Ronald B. Smith;Keith Oleson

  • The MAP special observing period

    Philippe Bougeault;Peter Binder;Andrea Buzzi;Richard Dirks

  • Linear theory of stratified hydrostatic flow past an isolated mountain

    Ronald B. Smith

  • On Severe Downslope Winds

    Ronald B. Smith

  • A Linear Theory of Orographic Precipitation

    Ronald B. Smith;Idar Barstad

  • Formation of folds, boudinage, and mullions in non-Newtonian materials

    R. B. Smith

  • Hydrostatic airflow over mountains

    Ronald B. Smith

  • Shallow-water flow past isolated topography. Part I: Vorticity production and wake formation

    Christoph Schär;Ronald B. Smith

  • Remotely sensing the cooling effects of city scale efforts to reduce urban heat island

    Christopher W. Mackey;Xuhui Lee;Ronald B. Smith

  • Unified theory of the onset of folding, boudinage, and mullion structure

    R. B. Smith

  • Europe's 2003 heat wave: a satellite view of impacts and land–atmosphere feedbacks

    Benjamin F. Zaitchik;Alison K. Macalady;Laurent R. Bonneau;Ronald B. Smith

  • The deep propagating gravity wave experiment (deepwave): an airborne and ground-based exploration of gravity wave propagation and effects from their sources throughout the lower and middle atmosphere

    David C. Fritts;Ronald B. Smith;Michael J. Taylor;James D. Doyle

  • The terrain-induced rotor experiment: A field campaign overview including observational highlights

    Vanda Grubišić;James D. Doyle;Joachim Kuettner;Stephen Mobbs

  • Aerial Observations of the Yugoslavian Bora

    Ronald B. Smith

  • In Situ Measurement of the Water Vapor 18O/16O Isotope Ratio for Atmospheric and Ecological Applications

    Xuhui Lee;Steve Sargent;Ronald Smith;Bert Tanner

  • Review of wave-turbulence interactions in the stable atmospheric boundary layer

    Jielun Sun;Carmen J. Nappo;Larry Mahrt;Danijel Belušić

  • Middle east climate simulation and dominant precipitation processes

    Jason P. Evans;Ronald B. Smith;Robert J. Oglesby

  • Orographic Precipitation and Water Vapor Fractionation over the Southern Andes

    Ronald B. Smith;Jason P. Evans

Frequent Co-Authors

James D. Doyle
James D. Doyle United States Naval Research Laboratory
Xuhui Lee
Xuhui Lee Yale University
Michael J. Taylor
Michael J. Taylor Utah State University
Stephen D. Eckermann
Stephen D. Eckermann United States Naval Research Laboratory
David C. Fritts
David C. Fritts G & A Technical Software (United States)
Andreas Dörnbrack
Andreas Dörnbrack German Aerospace Center
Jason P. Evans
Jason P. Evans University of New South Wales
Markus Rapp
Markus Rapp German Aerospace Center
Benjamin F. Zaitchik
Benjamin F. Zaitchik Johns Hopkins University

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