B. E. Smith

10.1k citations

68 papers · 5.2k · 4 hit papers · h-index 30

Impact in

Atmospheric Science top 0.2%
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Climate change and permafrost
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law top 0.2%
- Landslides and related hazards

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 59
- Cryospheric studies and observations 59
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics 21
- Climate change and permafrost 12
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 6
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 47
- Winter Sports Injuries and Performance 47

Co-authors: Ian Joughin (30 shared papers)Ian M. Howat (10 shared papers)Brooke Medley (6 shared papers)Claire Porter (7 shared papers)Paul Morin (6 shared papers)Adelaide Negrete (1 shared paper)David Shean (10 shared papers)H. A. Fricker (3 shared papers)
Journals: The cryosphere (20 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (7 papers)Journal of Glaciology (5 papers)Annals of Glaciology (3 papers)Science (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Netherlands

In The Last Decade

B. E. Smith

66 papers receiving 5.1k citations

B. E. Smith's Hit Papers

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The Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica 2019 · 434 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 The cryosphere
2016 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
2014 Science
2014 The cryosphere

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1	Marine Ice Sheet Collapse Potentially Under Way for the Thwaites Glacier Basin, West Antarctica Science ·Ian Joughin, B. E. Smith, Brooke Medley Hit paper breakdown →	2014	626
2	An automated, open-source pipeline for mass production of digital elevation models (DEMs) from very-high-resolution commercial stereo satellite imagery ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing ·David Shean, Oleg Alexandrov, Z. M. Moratto, B. E. Smith, Ian Joughin, Claire Porter, Paul Morin Hit paper breakdown →	2016	485
3	The Greenland Ice Mapping Project (GIMP) land classification and surface elevation data sets The cryosphere ·Ian M. Howat, Adelaide Negrete, B. E. Smith Hit paper breakdown →	2014	444
4	The Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica The cryosphere ·Ian M. Howat, Claire Porter, B. E. Smith, Myoung-Jong Noh, Paul Morin Hit paper breakdown →	2019	434
5	An inventory of active subglacial lakes in Antarctica detected by ICESat (2003–2008) Journal of Glaciology ·B. E. Smith, H. A. Fricker, Ian Joughin, Sławek Tulaczyk	2009	284
6	21st-Century Evolution of Greenland Outlet Glacier Velocities Science ·Twila Moon, Ian Joughin, B. E. Smith, Ian M. Howat	2012	272
7	Increased flow speed on a large East Antarctic outlet glacier caused by subglacial floods Nature Geoscience ·L. A. Stearns, B. E. Smith, G. S. Hamilton	2008	245
8	Synchronous retreat and acceleration of southeast Greenland outlet glaciers 2000–06: ice dynamics and coupling to climate Journal of Glaciology ·Ian M. Howat, Ian Joughin, M. A. Fahnestock, B. E. Smith, T. A. Scambos	2008	207
9	Sensitivity of 21st century sea level to ocean‐induced thinning of Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica Geophysical Research Letters ·Ian Joughin, B. E. Smith, David M. Holland	2010	198
10	Observed rapid bedrock uplift in Amundsen Sea Embayment promotes ice-sheet stability Science ·Valentina R. Barletta, Michael Bevis, B. E. Smith, T. J. Wilson, Abel Brown, Andrea Bordoni, M. J. Willis, Shfaqat Abbas Khan, Marc Rovira‐Navarro, Ian W. D. Dalziel, R. Smalley, Eric Kendrick, S. A. Konfal, Dana J. Caccamise, R. C. Aster, Andy Nyblade, Douglas A. Wiens	2018	176
11	Land ice height-retrieval algorithm for NASA's ICESat-2 photon-counting laser altimeter Remote Sensing of Environment ·B. E. Smith, H. A. Fricker, Nicholas Holschuh, Alex Gardner, Susheel Adusumilli, Kelly M. Brunt, B. M. Csathó, Kaitlin Harbeck, Alex Huth, T. Neumann, Johan Nilsson, Matthew R. Siegfried	2019	164
12	Committed sea-level rise for the next century from Greenland ice sheet dynamics during the past decade Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Stephen Price, A. J. Payne, Ian M. Howat, B. E. Smith	2011	160
13	Assessment of ICESat‐2 Ice Sheet Surface Heights, Based on Comparisons Over the Interior of the Antarctic Ice Sheet Geophysical Research Letters ·Kelly M. Brunt, T. Neumann, B. E. Smith	2019	133
14	Airborne‐radar and ice‐core observations of annual snow accumulation over Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica confirm the spatiotemporal variability of global and regional atmospheric models Geophysical Research Letters ·Brooke Medley, Ian Joughin, Sarah B. Das, Eric J. Steig, H. Conway, S. Gogineni, Alison S. Criscitiello, Joseph R. McConnell, B. E. Smith, M. R. van den Broeke, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, David H. Bromwich, Julien P. Nicolas	2013	115
15	Regularized Coulomb Friction Laws for Ice Sheet Sliding: Application to Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica Geophysical Research Letters ·Ian Joughin, B. E. Smith, Christian Schoof	2019	113
16	Brief Communication: Further summer speedup of Jakobshavn Isbræ The cryosphere ·Ian Joughin, B. E. Smith, David Shean, Dana Floricioiu	2014	110
17	Constraining the recent mass balance of Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers, West Antarctica, with airborne observations of snow accumulation The cryosphere ·Brooke Medley, Ian Joughin, B. E. Smith, Sarah B. Das, Eric J. Steig, H. Conway, Prasad Gogineni, Cameron Lewis, Alison S. Criscitiello, Joseph R. McConnell, M. R. van den Broeke, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, David H. Bromwich, Julien P. Nicolas, C. Leuschen	2014	101
18	Using surface velocities to calculate ice thickness and bed topography: a case study at Columbia Glacier, Alaska, USA Journal of Glaciology ·Robert McNabb, Regine Hock, S. O’Neel, L. A. Rasmussen, Yushin Ahn, Matthias Braun, H. Conway, Sam Herreid, Ian Joughin, W. T. Pfeffer, B. E. Smith, Martin Truffer	2012	92
19	Connected subglacial lake drainage beneath Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica The cryosphere ·B. E. Smith, Noël Gourmelen, Alex Huth, Ian Joughin	2017	81
20	Influence of ice-sheet geometry and supraglacial lakes on seasonal ice-flow variability The cryosphere ·Ian Joughin, Sarah B. Das, Gwenn E. Flowers, M. D. Behn, Richard B. Alley, Matt A. King, B. E. Smith, Jonathan Bamber, M. R. van den Broeke, J. H. van Angelen	2013	77

About B. E. Smith

B. E. Smith is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology and Social Psychology, having authored 68 papers that have together received 5.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cryospheric studies and observations (59 papers), Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (47 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (21 papers), Landslides and related hazards (15 papers), Climate change and permafrost (12 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (6 papers), Polar Research and Ecology (5 papers) and Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (4.7k citations), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (1.2k citations), Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (2.3k citations), Oceanography (290 citations) and Global and Planetary Change (487 citations). B. E. Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Ian Joughin, Ian M. Howat, Brooke Medley, Claire Porter, Paul Morin, Adelaide Negrete, David Shean, H. A. Fricker, G. S. Hamilton and L. A. Stearns. Their work appears in journals such as The cryosphere, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Glaciology, Annals of Glaciology and Science.

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