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D-Index
67
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19000
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1949
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807

William L. Smith publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William L. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 579 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

William L. Smith D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William L. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

William L. Smith is affiliated with the Langley Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Aerospace Engineering. The scientist has also engaged in work related to Artificial Intelligence and Biophysics.

The core areas of study covered in their research include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, and Calibration and Measurement Techniques.

Among recent publications are several papers emphasizing climate and atmospheric observations and modeling. These include:

  • CERES MODIS Cloud Product Retrievals for Edition 4-Part I: Algorithm Changes, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • 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
  • Assimilation of GOES-16 Radiances and Retrievals into the Warn-on-Forecast System, 2020, Monthly Weather Review
  • Observational Evidence that Radiative Heating Modifies the Life Cycle of Tropical Anvil Clouds, 2020, Journal of Climate
  • CERES MODIS Cloud Product Retrievals for Edition 4-Part II: Comparisons to CloudSat and CALIPSO, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

The frequent collaborators in William L. Smith's work include Patrick Minnis, David Painemal, Douglas A. Spangenberg, Ping Yang, and Norman G. Loeb.

Smith's work has appeared often in publication venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, and Monthly Weather Review.

Best Publications

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

    H.H. Aumann;M.T. Chahine;C. Gautier;M.D. Goldberg

  • AIRS: Improving Weather Forecasting and Providing New Data on Greenhouse Gases.

    Moustafa T. Chahine;Thomas S. Pagano;Hartmut H. Aumann;Robert Atlas

  • The Safety and Efficacy of Infliximab in Moderate to Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Stephen I. Rennard;Charles Fogarty;Steven Kelsen;William Long

  • CERES Edition-2 Cloud Property Retrievals Using TRMM VIRS and Terra and Aqua MODIS Data—Part I: Algorithms

    P. Minnis;Szedung Sun-Mack;D. F. Young;P. W. Heck

  • Radiometric calibration of IR Fourier transform spectrometers: solution to a problem with the High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder.

    Henry E. Revercomb;H. Buijs;Hugh B. Howell;D. D. LaPorte

  • Surface Irradiances of Edition 4.0 Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) Data Product

    Seiji Kato;Fred G. Rose;David A. Rutan;Tyler J. Thorsen

  • Radiative Climate Forcing by the Mount Pinatubo Eruption

    P. Minnis;E. F. Harrison;L. L. Stowe;G. G. Gibson

  • Improved Cloud Motion Wind Vector and Altitude Assignment Using VAS.

    W. P. Menzel;W. L. Smith;T. R. Stewart

  • Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer. Part I: Instrument Design

    R. O. Knuteson;H. E. Revercomb;F. A. Best;N. C. Ciganovich

  • Note on the Relationship Between Total Precipitable Water and Surface Dew Point

    W. L. Smith

  • Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer. Part II: Instrument Performance

    R. O. Knuteson;H. E. Revercomb;F. A. Best;N. C. Ciganovich

  • Achieving Climate Change Absolute Accuracy in Orbit

    Bruce A. Wielicki;D. F. Young;M. G. Mlynczak;K. J. Thome

  • The 27–28 October 1986 FIRE IFO Cirrus Case Study: Spectral Properties of Cirrus Clouds in the 8–12 μm Window

    Steven A. Ackerman;W. L. Smith;H. E. Revercomb;J. D. Spinhirne

  • Emissivity of rough sea surface for 8–13 µm: modeling and verification

    Xiangqian Wu;William L. Smith

  • The Use of Eigenvectors of Statistical Covariance Matrices for Interpreting Satellite Sounding Radiometer Observations

    W. L. Smith;H. M. Woolf

  • A parameterization of ocean surface albedo

    Zhonghai Jin;Thomas P. Charlock;William L. Smith;Ken Rutledge

  • Near-Continuous Profiling of Temperature, Moisture, and Atmospheric Stability Using the Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI)

    W. F. Feltz;W. L. Smith;H. B. Howell;R. O. Knuteson

  • Principal component-based radiative transfer model for hyperspectral sensors : theoretical concept

    Xu Liu;William L. Smith;Daniel K. Zhou;Allen Larar

  • Transformation of contrails into cirrus during SUCCESS

    Patrick Minnis;David F. Young;Donald P. Garber;Louis Nguyen

  • Iterative solution of the radiative transfer equation for the temperature and absorbing gas profile of an atmosphere.

    Smith Wl

  • IRS 2000: CURRENT PROBLEMS IN ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION

    William L. Smith;Yuriy M. Timofeyev

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Minnis
Patrick Minnis Langley Research Center
Robert O. Knuteson
Robert O. Knuteson University of Wisconsin–Madison
David C. Tobin
David C. Tobin University of Wisconsin–Madison
Steven A. Ackerman
Steven A. Ackerman University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ping Yang
Ping Yang Texas A&M University
Norman G. Loeb
Norman G. Loeb Langley Research Center
Seiji Kato
Seiji Kato Langley Research Center
W. Paul Menzel
W. Paul Menzel University of Wisconsin–Madison
Christopher S. Velden
Christopher S. Velden Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
David D. Turner
David D. Turner National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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