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Overview

Thomas M. Smith is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences with extensive work also in Environmental Science. Within these fields, their subfields of specialty include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Aerospace Engineering, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics centered around climate and atmospheric phenomena. Major research themes include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Calibration and Measurement Techniques
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

Thomas M. Smith has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed articles published in well-known scientific venues. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Improved Estimation of Proxy Sea Surface Temperature in the Arctic," 2020, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
  • "The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer: Contributing to Earth Observations for over 40 Years," 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Understanding Differences in Sea Surface Temperature Intercomparisons," 2023, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
  • "Changes to Sea Surface Temperatures and Vertical Wind Shear and Their Influence on Tropical Cyclone Activity in the Caribbean and the Main Developing Region," 2023, Atmosphere
  • "Mesozoic Tectono-Thermal Event of the Qinshui Basin, Central North China Craton: Insights From Illite Crystallinity and Vitrinite Reflectance," 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Boyin Huang
  • Huai-Min Zhang
  • Chun-Ying Liu
  • James A. Carton
  • Ligang Chen

Thomas M. Smith's publications have appeared often in these scientific journals and magazines:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
  • Journal of Climate
  • Atmosphere
  • Frontiers in Earth Science

Best Publications

  • An Improved In Situ and Satellite SST Analysis for Climate

    Richard W. Reynolds;Nick A. Rayner;Thomas M. Smith;Diane C. Stokes

  • Daily High-Resolution-Blended Analyses for Sea Surface Temperature

    Richard W. Reynolds;Thomas M. Smith;Chunying Liu;Dudley B. Chelton

  • Improvements to NOAA’s Historical Merged Land–Ocean Surface Temperature Analysis (1880–2006)

    Thomas M. Smith;Richard W. Reynolds;Thomas C. Peterson;Jay Lawrimore

  • Improved Global Sea Surface Temperature Analyses Using Optimum Interpolation

    Richard W. Reynolds;Thomas M. Smith

  • Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature, Version 5 (ERSSTv5): Upgrades, Validations, and Intercomparisons

    Boyin Huang;Peter W. Thorne;Viva F. Banzon;Tim Boyer

  • Improved Extended Reconstruction of SST (1854–1997)

    Thomas M. Smith;Richard W. Reynolds

  • PLANT SUCCESSION: LIFE HISTORY AND COMPETITION

    Michael A. Huston;Thomas Smith

  • Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature Version 4 (ERSST.v4). Part I: Upgrades and Intercomparisons

    Boyin Huang;Viva F. Banzon;Eric Freeman;Jay Lawrimore

  • Improvements of the Daily Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature (DOISST) Version 2.1

    Boyin Huang;Chunying Liu;Viva Banzon;Eric Freeman

  • Reconstruction of Historical Sea Surface Temperatures Using Empirical Orthogonal Functions

    Thomas M. Smith;Richard W. Reynolds;Robert E. Livezey;Diane C. Stokes

  • Extended Reconstruction of Global Sea Surface Temperatures Based on COADS Data (1854–1997)

    Thomas M. Smith;Richard W. Reynolds

  • A long-term record of blended satellite and in situ sea-surface temperature for climate monitoring, modeling and environmental studies

    Viva Banzon;Thomas M. Smith;Toshio Mike Chin;Chunying Liu

  • Plant functional types : their relevance to ecosystem properties and global change

    T. M. Smith;Herman H. Shugart;F. I. Woodward

  • A global land primary productivity and phytogeography model

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  • A High-Resolution Global Sea Surface Temperature Climatology

    Richap W. Reynolds;Thomas M. Smith

  • Global temperature change and its uncertainties since 1861

    C K Folland;N A Rayner;S J Brown;T M Smith

  • A Global Merged Land–Air–Sea Surface Temperature Reconstruction Based on Historical Observations (1880–1997)

    Thomas M. Smith;Richard W. Reynolds

  • Interdecadal Changes of 30-Yr SST Normals during 1871–2000

    Yan Xue;Thomas M. Smith;Richard W. Reynolds

  • Territory Size Variation in the Ovenbird: The Role of Habitat Structure

    T. M. Smith;H. H. Shugart

  • NOAA's Merged Land-Ocean Surface Temperature Analysis

    Russell S. Vose;Derek Arndt;Viva F. Banzon;David R. Easterling

  • Scale and resolution of forest structural pattern

    Thomas M. Smith;Dean L. Urban;Dean L. Urban

  • Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature Version 4 (ERSST.v4), Part I. Upgrades and Intercomparisons

    B. Huang;E. Freeman;J. H. Lawrimore;W. Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard W. Reynolds
Richard W. Reynolds National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Phillip A. Arkin
Phillip A. Arkin University of Maryland, College Park
Jay H. Lawrimore
Jay H. Lawrimore National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Thomas C. Peterson
Thomas C. Peterson National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ralph Ferraro
Ralph Ferraro University of Maryland, College Park
Peter Thorne
Peter Thorne National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Wei Liu
Wei Liu University of California, Riverside
Nick Rayner
Nick Rayner Met Office
Thomas R. Karl
Thomas R. Karl National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Michael Steele
Michael Steele University of Washington

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