L. C. Smith

17.3k citations

202 papers · 12.1k · 5 hit papers · h-index 57

Impact in

Atmospheric Science top 0.1%
- Climate change and permafrost
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Global and Planetary Change top 0.2%
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 147
- Cryospheric studies and observations 99
- Climate change and permafrost 91
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics 61
Global and Planetary Change 63
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management 36

Co-authors: Tamlin M. Pavelsky (32 shared papers)Glen M. MacDonald (12 shared papers)Karen E. Frey (17 shared papers)Scott R. Stephenson (6 shared papers)Yongwei Sheng (17 shared papers)Sarah Cooley (21 shared papers)Mia M. Bennett (3 shared papers)Colin J. Gleason (23 shared papers)
Journals: Water Resources Research (11 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (11 papers)The cryosphere (10 papers)Remote Sensing of Environment (9 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States China Denmark

In The Last Decade

L. C. Smith

198 papers receiving 11.7k citations

L. C. Smith's Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Human alteration of global surface water storage variability 2021 · 346 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.

2021 Nature
2017 Remote Sensing of Environment
2013 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2005 Science
1997 Hydrological Processes

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1	Disappearing Arctic Lakes Science ·L. C. Smith, Yongwei Sheng, Glen M. MacDonald, L. D. Hinzman Hit paper breakdown →	2005	776
2	Satellite remote sensing of river inundation area, stage, and discharge: a review Hydrological Processes ·L. C. Smith Hit paper breakdown →	1997	574
3	New Trans-Arctic shipping routes navigable by midcentury Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·L. C. Smith, Scott R. Stephenson Hit paper breakdown →	2013	510
4	Advances in using multitemporal night-time lights satellite imagery to detect, estimate, and monitor socioeconomic dynamics Remote Sensing of Environment ·Mia M. Bennett, L. C. Smith Hit paper breakdown →	2017	406
5	Climatic and anthropogenic factors affecting river discharge to the global ocean, 1951–2000 Global and Planetary Change ·(unknown), Katherine L. Farnsworth, P. D. Jones, Kehui Xu, L. C. Smith	2008	377
6	Human alteration of global surface water storage variability Nature ·Sarah Cooley, Jonathan C. Ryan, L. C. Smith Hit paper breakdown →	2021	346
7	Siberian Peatlands a Net Carbon Sink and Global Methane Source Since the Early Holocene Science ·L. C. Smith, Glen M. MacDonald, А.А. Величко, David W. Beilman, О. К. Борисова, Karen E. Frey, K. V. Kremenetski, Yongwei Sheng	2004	339
8	Rapid Early Development of Circumarctic Peatlands and Atmospheric CH ₄ and CO ₂ Variations Science ·Glen M. MacDonald, David W. Beilman, Konstantine V. Kremenetski, Yongwei Sheng, L. C. Smith, Andrei Velichko	2006	316
9	Methane bubbling from northern lakes: present and future contributions to the global methane budget Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ·K. M. Walter, L. C. Smith, F. Stuart Chapin	2007	299
10	Amplified carbon release from vast West Siberian peatlands by 2100 Geophysical Research Letters ·Karen E. Frey, L. C. Smith	2005	299
11	Interferometric radar measurements of water level changes on the Amazon flood plain Nature ·Douglas Alsdorf, John M. Mélack, Thomas Dunne, Leal A. K. Mertes, Laura L. Hess, L. C. Smith	2000	252
12	Toward global mapping of river discharge using satellite images and at-many-stations hydraulic geometry Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Colin J. Gleason, L. C. Smith	2014	247
13	Stream flow characterization and feature detection using a discrete wavelet transform Hydrological Processes ·L. C. Smith, Donald L. Turcotte, Bryan L. Isacks	1998	234
14	Estimating discharge in rivers using remotely sensed hydraulic information Journal of Hydrology ·David M. Bjerklie, Delwyn Moller, L. C. Smith, Stephen Dingman	2005	231
15	Estimation of Discharge From Three Braided Rivers Using Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite Imagery: Potential Application to Ungaged Basins Water Resources Research ·L. C. Smith, Bryan L. Isacks, A. L. Bloom, A. Brad Murray	1996	205
16	Estimation of river discharge, propagation speed, and hydraulic geometry from space: Lena River, Siberia Water Resources Research ·L. C. Smith, Tamlin M. Pavelsky	2008	192
17	RivWidth: A Software Tool for the Calculation of River Widths From Remotely Sensed Imagery IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters ·Tamlin M. Pavelsky, L. C. Smith	2008	189
18	Divergent long-term trajectories of human access to the Arctic Nature Climate Change ·Scott R. Stephenson, L. C. Smith, John Agnew	2011	188
19	Rising minimum daily flows in northern Eurasian rivers: A growing influence of groundwater in the high‐latitude hydrologic cycle Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·L. C. Smith, Tamlin M. Pavelsky, Glen M. MacDonald, A. I. Shiklomanov, Richard B. Lammers	2007	174
20	A high‐resolution GIS‐based inventory of the west Siberian peat carbon pool Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Yongwei Sheng, L. C. Smith, Glen M. MacDonald, Konstantine V. Kremenetski, Karen E. Frey, Andrei Velichko, Mary Lee, David W. Beilman, Peter Dubinin	2004	170

About L. C. Smith

L. C. Smith is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Water Science and Technology, having authored 202 papers that have together received 12.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cryospheric studies and observations (99 papers), Climate change and permafrost (91 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (61 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (36 papers), Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (29 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (25 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (21 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (6.6k citations), Global and Planetary Change (4.8k citations), Water Science and Technology (2.8k citations), Ecology (3.5k citations) and Environmental Engineering (1.4k citations). L. C. Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Denmark. Frequent co-authors include Tamlin M. Pavelsky, Glen M. MacDonald, Karen E. Frey, Scott R. Stephenson, Yongwei Sheng, Sarah Cooley, Mia M. Bennett, Colin J. Gleason, Jonathan C. Ryan and L. D. Hinzman. Their work appears in journals such as Water Resources Research, Geophysical Research Letters, The cryosphere, Remote Sensing of Environment and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

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