2026 William M. Smethie: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	57	3477	3324	1330	1231	119	11019

Overview

William M. Smethie is affiliated with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a notable emphasis on Oceanography and Atmospheric Science within these fields.

Their body of work touches on several specialized subfields including Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, and General Health Professions. Smethie's research topics include:

Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Marine and coastal ecosystems
Climate change and permafrost
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

The scientist has contributed to multiple recent papers, many published in the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. Notable papers include:

A Changing Arctic Ocean: How Measured and Modeled ¹²⁹I Distributions Indicate Fundamental Shifts in Circulation Between 1994 and 2015, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
Synoptic ¹²⁹I and CFC-SF₆ Transit Time Distribution (TTD) Sections Across the Central Arctic Ocean From the 2015 GEOTRACES Cruises, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
Dissolved gases in the deep North Atlantic track ocean ventilation processes, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Decadal Changes in Ventilation and Anthropogenic Carbon in the Nordic Seas, 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
Decrease in ²³⁰ Th in the Amundsen Basin since 2007: far-field effect of increased scavenging on the shelf?, 2020, Ocean science

William M. Smethie has also published book material, including a 2021 contribution titled Some aspects of the temperature, oxygen and nutrient distributions in Monterey Bay, California. Annual Report, Part 1, 1973, published by UNESCO.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Núria Casacuberta, J. N. Smith, Angelica Pasqualini, Peter Schlösser, and R. Newton.

The common venues for Smethie's publications reflect their focus and include:

Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Ocean science
Open Access Server of the Woods Hole Scientific Community (Woods Hole Scientific Community)

Best Publications

Oceanic radiocarbon: Separation of the natural and bomb components

Wallace S. Broecker;Stewart Sutherland;William Smethie;Tsung-Hung Peng

1305
Citations
Thermocline and intermediate water communication between the south Atlantic and Indian oceans

Arnold L. Gordon;Ray F. Weiss;William M. Smethie;Mark J. Warner

530
Citations
The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2017

Reiner Schlitzer;Robert F. Anderson;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Maeve Lohan

352
Citations
On the total input of Antarctic waters to the deep ocean: A preliminary estimate from chlorofluorocarbon measurements

Alejandro H. Orsi;William M. Smethie;John L. Bullister

335
Citations
Dating of shallow groundwater: Comparison of the transient tracers 3H/3He, chlorofluorocarbons, and 85Kr

Brenda Ekwurzel;Peter Schlosser;William M. Smethie;L. Niel Plummer

328
Citations
The Labrador Sea Deep Convection Experiment

J. Marshall;F. Dobson;K. Moore;P. Rhines

317
Citations
Interstitial water chemistry in the sediments of Saanich Inlet

James W. Murray;Varis Grundmanis;William M. Smethie

296
Citations
Dissolved organic carbon export and subsequent remineralization in the mesopelagic and bathypelagic realms of the North Atlantic basin

Craig A. Carlson;Dennis A. Hansell;Norman B. Nelson;David A. Siegel

288
Citations
Changes in ocean heat, carbon content, and ventilation : a review of the first decade of GO-SHIP Global Repeat Hydrography

Lynne D. Talley;Richard A. Feely;Bernadette M. Sloyan;Rik Wanninkhof

277
Citations
Gas exchange and CO2 flux in the tropical Atlantic Ocean determined from 222Rn and pCO2 measurements

William M. Smethie;Taro Takahashi;David W. Chipman;James R. Ledwell

270
Citations
Labrador Sea Water: Pathways, CFC Inventory, and Formation Rates

Monika Rhein;Jürgen Fischer;W. M. Smethie;D. Smythe-Wright

240
Citations
Tracing the flow of North Atlantic Deep Water using chlorofluorocarbons

William M. Smethie;Rana A. Fine;Alfred Putzka;E. Peter Jones

239
Citations
Rates of North Atlantic Deep Water formation calculated from chlorofluorocarbon inventories

William M. Smethie;Rana A. Fine

226
Citations
Hydrography of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in the North Atlantic

Norman B. Nelson;David A. Siegel;Craig. A. Carlson;Chantal Swan

201
Citations
Tracer applications of noble gas radionuclides in the geosciences

Z.-T. Lu;Z.-T. Lu;P. Schlosser;W.M. Smethie;N.C. Sturchio

173
Citations
Radiocarbon decay and oxygen utilization in the Deep Atlantic Ocean

Wallace S. Broecker;Sean Blanton;William M. Smethie;Gote Ostlund

172
Citations
Water mass analysis for the U.S. GEOTRACES (GA03) North Atlantic sections

W.J. Jenkins;W.M. Smethie;E.A. Boyle;G.A. Cutter

164
Citations
Ventilation of the Arctic Ocean: Mean ages and inventories of anthropogenic CO2 and CFC‐11

Toste Tanhua;E. Peter Jones;Emil Jeansson;Emil Jeansson;Sara Jutterström

161
Citations
Pacific ventilation of the Arctic Ocean's lower halocline by upwelling and diapycnal mixing over the continental margin

Rebecca A. Woodgate;Knut Aagaard;James H. Swift;Kelly K. Falkner

153
Citations
Chlorofluoromethanes in the Arctic mediterranean seas: evidence for formation of bottom water in the Eurasian Basin and deep-water exchange through Fram Strait

W.M. Smethie;D.W. Chipman;J.H. Swift;K.P. Koltermann

145
Citations
The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2014

Edward Mawji;Reiner Schlitzer;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Cyril Abadie

137
Citations
Sources to the East Greenland Current and its contribution to the Denmark Strait Overflow

Emil Jeansson;Sara Jutterström;Bert Rudels;Bert Rudels;Leif G. Anderson

81
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Schlosser Arizona State University

James H. Swift University of California, San Diego

Robert S. Pickart Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Laura F. Robinson University of Bristol

Pere Masqué Edith Cowan University

Stephen R. Rintoul CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research

Sabrina Speich École Normale Supérieure

Jingfeng Wu University of Miami

Jessica N. Fitzsimmons Texas A&M University

Craig A. Carlson University of California, Santa Barbara

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