B. E. Smith

B. E. Smith's research focuses on using satellite and airborne laser altimetry (especially NASA's ICESat-2 mission) to measure changes in the height and mass of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets and sea ice over time. This work involves both analyzing ice-sheet dynamics, such as glacier flow and subglacial lakes, and improving the technical accuracy of the measurement instruments themselves, including correcting for biases caused by light scattering in snow and ice. Prospective students would be exposed to methods combining remote sensing data processing, glaciology, and climate-related ice-sheet mass balance studies.

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, with peaks around 2018-2019 and 2022/2024, a notable dip in 2021, and a recent average of about 8-9 papers per year, suggesting steady but variable activity rather than a clear growth or decline trend.

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