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William L. Smith

William L. Smith publishes mostly in Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Aerospace Engineering, on topics such as Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations.

World rank
#127,823
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#54,625
of 358,040
Works
130
Citations
759
Citations per work
5.8

What does William L. Smith research?

Atmospheric Science: 30.6%Global and Planetary Change: 30.0%Aerospace Engineering: 15.3%Astronomy and Astrophysics: 4.1%other fields: 20.0%31%top field
Atmospheric Science30.6%Global and Planetary Change30.0%Aerospace Engineering15.3%Astronomy and Astrophysics4.1%other fields20.0%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Atmospheric Science31% of their works
  2. 2Global and Planetary Change30% of their works
  3. 3Aerospace Engineering15% of their works
  4. 4Astronomy and Astrophysics4% of their works
  5. 5Oceanography4% of their works
  6. 6Environmental Engineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William L. Smith's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Satellite Observations, Air Quality, Hydrological Cycle, Aerosols, Climate, Data Assimilation, Ozone Depletion and Stratospheric Water Vapor.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Satellite Observations452 topics
  2. Air Quality332 topics
  3. Hydrological Cycle312 topics
  4. Aerosols271 topic
  5. Climate271 topic
  6. Data Assimilation222 topics
  7. Ozone Depletion191 topic
  8. Stratospheric Water Vapor191 topic
  9. Convective Parameterization181 topic
  10. Emissions181 topic
  11. Ensemble Kalman Filter181 topic
  12. Methane181 topic
  13. On-Orbit Performance181 topic
  14. Radiometric Calibration181 topic
  15. Ocean Circulation82 topics
  16. Atmospheric Aerosols61 topic
  17. Black Carbon61 topic
  18. Climate Change41 topic
  19. Global Warming41 topic
  20. Oceanic Modeling41 topic
  21. Tidal Analysis41 topic

Where does William L. Smith work?

William L. Smith's main affiliation in the publication record is Langley Research Center, United States.

How many publications and citations does William L. Smith have?

Science Explorer counts 130 works and 759 citations for William L. Smith, ranking #127,823 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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