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  • 2017 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Walter H. F. Smith is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant body of work in Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, and Aerospace Engineering. Additional subfields include Earth-Surface Processes and Molecular Biology.

The main topics in their research encompass:

  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • GNSS positioning and interference
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques
  • Geological formations and processes

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Paul Wessel
  • Alejandro Egido
  • David T. Sandwell
  • Christopher Buchhaupt
  • Remko Scharroo

Walter H. F. Smith has contributed to several scientific publications, often appearing in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Remote Sensing, Advances in Space Research, Earth and Space Science, and the Journal of Geodesy.

Notable recent papers include:

  • The Copernicus Sentinel-6 mission: Enhanced continuity of satellite sea level measurements from space, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • The SARAL/AltiKa mission: A step forward to the future of altimetry, 2020, Advances in Space Research
  • Improved Bathymetric Prediction Using Geological Information: SYNBATH, 2022, Earth and Space Science
  • The Unique Role of the Jason Geodetic Missions for high Resolution Gravity Field and Mean Sea Surface Modelling, 2021, Remote Sensing
  • Conditional sea surface statistics and their impact on geophysical sea surface parameters retrieved from SAR altimetry signals, 2023, Advances in Space Research

Their work involves the use of satellite altimetry and remote sensing techniques to analyze sea level measurements, gravity fields, and ocean surface parameters. This includes contributions to missions such as Copernicus Sentinel-6, SARAL/AltiKa, and the Jason Geodetic Missions, linking geophysical data with atmospheric and oceanographic processes.

Walter H. F. Smith was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • New, improved version of generic mapping tools released

    Paul Wessel;Walter H. F. Smith

  • Global Sea Floor Topography from Satellite Altimetry and Ship Depth Soundings

    Walter H. F. Smith;David T. Sandwell;David T. Sandwell

  • Free software helps map and display data

    Paul Wessel;Walter H. F. Smith

  • Generic Mapping Tools: Improved Version Released

    Paul Wessel;Walter H. F. Smith;Remko Scharroo;Joaquim Luis

  • New version of the generic mapping tools

    Paul Wessel;Walter H. F. Smith

  • The Generic Mapping Tools Version 6

    P. Wessel;J. F. Luis;L. Uieda;R. Scharroo

  • Marine gravity anomaly from Geosat and ERS 1 satellite altimetry

    David T. Sandwell;Walter H. F. Smith

  • Gridding with continuous curvature splines in tension

    W. H. F. Smith;P. Wessel

  • Global Bathymetry and Elevation Data at 30 Arc Seconds Resolution: SRTM30_PLUS

    J. J. Becker;D. T. Sandwell;W. H. F. Smith;J. Braud

  • A global, self‐consistent, hierarchical, high‐resolution shoreline database

    Pill Wessel;Walter H. F. Smith

  • New global marine gravity model from CryoSat-2 and Jason-1 reveals buried tectonic structure

    David T. Sandwell;R. Dietmar Müller;Walter H. F. Smith;Emmanuel Garcia

  • Global marine gravity from retracked Geosat and ERS‐1 altimetry: Ridge segmentation versus spreading rate

    David T. Sandwell;Walter H. F. Smith

  • Global Bathymetry and Topography at 15 Arc Sec: SRTM15+

    B. Tozer;D. T. Sandwell;W. H. F. Smith;C. Olson

  • Bathymetric prediction from dense satellite altimetry and sparse shipboard bathymetry

    Walter H. F. Smith;David T. Sandwell

  • Toward 1-mGal accuracy in global marine gravity from CryoSat-2, Envisat, and Jason-1

    David Sandwell;Emmanuel Garcia;Khalid Soofi;Paul Wessel

  • An empirical thermal history of the Earth's upper mantle

    Dallas Helen Abbott;Lee Burgess;John Longhi;Walter H. F. Smith

  • Altimetry for the future: building on 25 years of progress

    Saleh Abdalla;Abdolnabi Abdeh Kolahchi;Michaël Ablain;Susheel Adusumilli

  • The longevity of the South Pacific isotopic and thermal anomaly

    Hubert Staudigel;Hubert Staudigel;K.-H. Park;M. Pringle;J.L. Rubenstone

  • On the accuracy of digital bathymetric data

    Walter H. F. Smith

  • Gravity field recovery from geodetic altimeter missions

    David T. Sandwell;Hugh Harper;Brook Tozer;Walter H.F. Smith

  • Observational hints for a plume-fed, suboceanic asthenosphere and its role in mantle convection

    Jason Phipps Morgan;W. Jason Morgan;Yu-Shen Zhang;Walter H. F. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

David T. Sandwell
David T. Sandwell University of California, San Diego
Paul Wessel
Paul Wessel University of Hawaii at Manoa
Ole Baltazar Andersen
Ole Baltazar Andersen Technical University of Denmark
Brian K. Arbic
Brian K. Arbic University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Sarah T. Gille
Sarah T. Gille University of California, San Diego
C. K. Shum
C. K. Shum The Ohio State University
R. Dietmar Müller
R. Dietmar Müller University of Sydney
Jason Phipps Morgan
Jason Phipps Morgan Royal Holloway University of London
Paolo Cipollini
Paolo Cipollini Natural Environment Research Council
Jacques Verron
Jacques Verron Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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