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Walter H. F. Smith | Researchclopedia

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Walter H. F. Smith

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ORCID

194

Works

40,787

Citations

47

h-index

83

i10-index

Research Topics

Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing

Affiliations

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration1979–2025

NOAA National Ocean Service1993–1996

Johns Hopkins University2004–2004

Scripps Institution of Oceanography1991–1997

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory1990–1991

Top Works

New, improved version of generic mapping tools released

Paul Wessel,Walter H. F. Smith

19987,412 citations

Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies

Global Sea Floor Topography from Satellite Altimetry and Ship Depth Soundings

Walter H. F. Smith,David T. Sandwell

19974,688 citations

Free software helps map and display data

Paul Wessel,Walter H. F. Smith

19914,139 citations

Generic Mapping Tools: Improved Version Released

Paul Wessel,Walter H. F. Smith,et al.

20134,026 citations

The Generic Mapping Tools Version 6

Paul Wessel,Joaquim Luís,et al.

20192,988 citations

New version of the generic mapping tools

Paul Wessel,Walter H. F. Smith

19952,176 citations

Marine gravity anomaly from Geosat and ERS 1 satellite altimetry

David T. Sandwell,Walter H. F. Smith

19971,802 citations

New global marine gravity model from CryoSat-2 and Jason-1 reveals buried tectonic structure

David T. Sandwell,R. Dietmar Müller,et al.

20141,610 citations

A global, self‐consistent, hierarchical, high‐resolution shoreline database

Pål Wessel,Walter H. F. Smith

19961,582 citations