Full Publications List

Areas of work

2009

Kirshbaum, DJ; Smith, RB, 2009: Orographic Precipitation in the Tropics: Large-Eddy Simulations and Theory. J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 2559-2578.   PDF Journal link

Li, YP; Smith, RB; Grubišić, V, 2009: Using Surface Pressure Variations to Categorize Diurnal Valley Circulations: Experiments in Owens Valley. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 1753-1769.   PDF   Journal link

Smith, RB ; Schafer, P; Kirshbaum, DJ; Regina, E, 2009: Orographic Precipitation in the Tropics: Experiments in Dominica. J. Atmos. Sci., 66 , 1698-1716 .   PDF   Journal link

Smith, RB; Schafer, P; Kirshbaum, D; Regina, E, 2009: Orographic Enhancement of Precipitation inside Hurricane Dean. J. Hydrometeorol., 10 , 820-831.   PDF Journal link

2008

Grubišić, V; Doyle, JD; Kuettner, J; Mobbs, S; Smith, RB; Whiteman, CD; Dirks, R; Czyzyk, S; Cohn, SA; Vosper, S; Weissmann, M; Haimov, S; De Wekker, SFJ; Pan, LL; Chow, FK, 2008: The Terrain-Induced Rotor Experiment: A Field Campaign Overview Including Observational Highlights. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 89, 1513-1533.    PDF Journal link

Smith, RB, 2008: A K-Theory of Dispersion, Settling and Deposition in the Atmospheric Surface Layer. Bound.-Layer Meteor., 129, 371-393.    PDF Journal link

Kirshbaum, DJ; Smith, RB, 2008: Temperature and moist-stability effects on midlatitude orographic precipitation. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc, 134, 1183-1199 Part A.   PDF Journal link

Smith, RB; Woods, BK; Jensen, J; Cooper, WA; Doyle, JD; Jiang, QF; Grubišić, V, 2008: Mountain waves entering the stratosphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 2543-2562.   PDF Journal link

Jiang, QF; Smith, RB; Doyle, JD, 2008: Impact of the atmospheric boundary layer on mountain waves. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 592-608.    PDF Journal link

2007

Smith, RB; Doyle, JD; Jiang, QF; Smith, SA, 2007: Alpine gravity waves: Lessons from MAP regarding mountain wave generation and breaking.   Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc, 133, 917-936 Part B.    PDF Journal link

Zaitchik, BF; Evans, JP; Geerken, RA; Smith, RB, 2007: Climate and vegetation in the Middle East: Interannual variability and drought feedbacks. J. Clim., 20, 3924-3941.    PDF Journal link

Zaitchik, BF; Evans, JP; Smith, RB, 2007: Regional impact of an elevated heat The Zagros Plateau of Iran. J. Clim., 20, 4133-4146.    PDF Journal link

Smith, RB; Evans, JP, 2007: Orographic precipitation and water vapor fractionation over the southern Andes. J. Hydrometeorol., 8, 3-19.   PDF Journal link

Jiang, QF; Doyle, JD; Wang, SP; Smith, RB, 2007: On boundary layer separation in the lee of mesoscale topography. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 401-420.    PDF Journal link

Smith, RB. 2007: Interacting mountain waves and boundary layers. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 594-607.   PDF Journal link

2006

Evans, JP; Smith, RB, 2006: Water vapor transport and the production of precipitation in the eastern fertile crescent. J. Hydrometeorol., 7, 1295-1307.   PDF Journal link

Lee, X; Smith, R; Williams, J. 2006. Water vapour ¹⁸O/¹⁶O isotope ratio in surface air in New England, USA. Tellus-B, 58 (4): 293-304. PDF

Smith, R.B., 2006. Progress on the theory of orographic precipitation. Chapter 1 in Special Paper 398: Tectonics, Climate, And Landscape Evolution, edited by Sean D. Willett, Niels Hovius, Mark Brandon, and Don Fisher , Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado. PDF

Zaitchik, BF; Macalady, AK; Bonneau, LR; Smith, RB. 2006. Europe's 2003 heat wave: a satellite view of impacts and land-atmosphere feedbacks. International Journal of Climatology 26 (6): 743-769. PDF

Jiang, QF; Doyle, JD; Smith, RB. 2006. Interaction between trapped waves and boundary layers. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 63 (2): 617-633. PDF

Smith, RB; Jiang, QF; Doyle, JD. 2006. A theory of gravity wave absorption by a boundary layer. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 63 (2): 774-781. PDF

2005

Smith, R.B., 2005. Analytical approach to shear diffusion and tracer age. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 117, 383-415. PDF

Zaitchik, BF; Evans, J; Smith, RB. 2005. MODIS-derived boundary conditions for a mesoscale climate model: application to irrigated agriculture in the Euphrates basin. Monthly Weather Review 133 (6): 1727-1743. PDF

Jiang, QF; Doyle, JD; Smith, RB. 2005. Blocking, descent and gravity waves: observations and modelling of a MAP northerly foehn event. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 131 (606): 675-701, Part B. PDF

Barstad, I, Smith, RB. 2005. Evaluation of an orographic precipitation model. Journal of Hydrometeorology 6 (1):85-99. PDF

Smith, RB; Barstad, I; Bonneau, L. 2005. Orographic precipitation and Oregon's climate transition. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 62 (1): 177-191. PDF

Lee, X:., S. Sargent, RB Smith, and B Tanner. 2005. In Situ Measurement of the Water Vapor ¹⁸O/¹⁶O Isotope Ratio for Atmospheric and Ecological Applications. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 22 (5), 555-565. PDF

2004

Evans, JP; Smith, RB; Oglesby, RJ. 2004. Middle East climate simulation and dominant precipitation processes. International Journal of Climatology 24 (13): 1671-1694. PDF

Smith, RB; Barstad, I. 2004. A linear theory of orographic precipitation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 61 (12): 1377-1391. PDF

Hole, F., R.B. Smith, 2004. Arid Land agriculture in Northeastern Syria. In Land Change Science, Ed. G. Gutman, Kluwer, Netherlands, 209-222.

Smith, R.B., 2004, Mountain Meteorology and Regional Climates. Chapter 9 in Atmospheric Turbulence and Mesoscale Meteorology, Ed. E. Fedorovich, R. Rotunno, B. Stevens, Cambridge University Press, p193-222. PDF

2003

Smith, RB. 2003. A linear upslope-time-delay model for orographic precipitation. Journal of Hydrology 282 (1-4): 2-9. PDF

Jiang, QF; Smith, RB. 2003. Cloud timescales and orographic precipitation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 60 (13): 1543-1559. PDF

He, H; Smith, RB; Aylor, DE. 2003. Measurement of deuterium isotope flux ratio from an agricultural grassland. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 108 (D9):doi: doi:10.1029/2002JD002491 PDF

Jiang, QF; Smith, RB. 2003. Gravity wave breaking in two-layer hydrostatic flow. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 60 (9): 1159-1172. PDF

Smith, RB; Jiang, QF; Fearon, MG; Tabary, P; Dorninger, M; Doyle, JD; Benoit, R. 2003. Orographic precipitation and air mass transformation: An Alpine example. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 129 (588): 433-454, Part B. PDF

Doyle, JD; Smith, RB. 2003. Mountain waves over the Hohe Tauern: influence of upstream diabatic effects. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 129 (588): 799-823, Part B. PDF

Schaer, C; Sprenger, M; Luthi, D; Jiang, QF; Smith, RB; Benoit, R. 2003. Structure and dynamics of an Alpine potential-vorticity banner. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 129 (588): 825-855, Part B.    PDF Journal link

Jiang, QF; Smith, RB; Doyle, J. 2003. The nature of the Mistral: Observations and modelling of two MAP events. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 129 (588): 857-875, Part B. PDF

Smith, RB. 2003. Advection, diffusion, and deposition from distributed sources. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 107 (2): 273-287. PDF

2002

Thenkabail, PS; Smith, RB; De Pauw, E. 2002. Evaluation of narrowband and broadband vegetation indices for determining optimal hyperspectral wavebands for agricultural crop characterization. Photogrammetric Engineering And Remote Sensing 68 (6): 607-621.   PDF   Journal link

Smith, RB; Skubis, S; Doyle, JD; Broad, AS; Kiemle, C; Volkert, H. 2002. Mountain waves over Mont Blanc: influence of a stagnant boundary layer. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 59 (13): 2073-2092. PDF

Hu, XZ; Lee, X; Stevens, DE; Smith, RB. 2002. A numerical study of nocturnal wavelike motion in forests. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 102 (2): 199-223. PDF

Smith, RB., 2002. "Stratified airflow over Mountains". Chapter 5 in Environmental Stratified Flows, Edited by R. Grimshaw, Kluwer Publishing.pp119-159. PDF

2001

Jiang, QF; Smith, RB. 2001. Ideal shocks in 2-layer flow - Part I: Under a rigid lid. Tellus Series A-Dynamic Meteorology And Oceanography 53 (2): 129-145. PDF

Jiang, QF; Smith, RB. 2001. Ideal shocks in 2-layer flow - Part II: Under a passive layer. Tellus Series A-Dynamic Meteorology And Oceanography 53 (2): 146-167. PDF

He, H; Lee, XH; Smith, RB. 2001. Deuterium in water vapor evaporated from a coastal salt marsh. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 106 (D11): 12183-12191. PDF

Bougeault, P; Binder, P; Buzzi, A; Dirks, R; Houze, R; Kuettner, J; Smith, RB; Steinacker, R; Volkert, H. 2001. The MAP Special Observing Period. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 82 (3): 433-462. PDF

Smith, RB, 2001, Editorial Staff, Glossary of Meteorology. American Meteorological Society.

Smith, RB., 2002, "Mountain Meteorology". In Encyclopedia of the Geosciences, Academic Press.

2000

Jiang, QF; Smith, RB. 2000. V-waves, bow shocks, and wakes in supercritical hydrostatic flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 406: 27-53. PDF

Thenkabail, PS; Smith, RB; De Pauw, E. 2000. Hyperspectral vegetation indices and their relationships with agricultural crop characteristics. Remote Sensing of Environment 71 (2): 158-182. PDF

1999

He, H; Smith, RB. 1999. An advective-diffusive isotopic evaporation-condensation model. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 104 (D15): 18619-18630. PDF

He, H; Smith, RB. 1999. Stable isotope composition of water vapor in the atmospheric boundary layer above the forests of New England. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 104 (D9): 11657-11673. PDF

Pan, FF; Smith, RB. 1999. Gap winds and wakes: SAR observations and numerical simulations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 56 (7): 905-923. PDF

1997

Smith, RB; Li, XF; Wang, B. 1997. Scaling laws for barotropic vortex beta-drift. Tellus Series A-Dynamic Meteorology And Oceanography 49 (4): 474-485. PDF

Smith, RB; Gleason, AC; Gluhosky, PA; Grubišić, V. 1997. The wake of St. Vincent. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 54 (5): 606-623. PDF

Smith, R. B., et al. 1997. Local and remote effects of mountains on weather: Research needs and opportunities. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 78, 877-892. [missing from BAMS online]

1996

Salathé, EP; Smith, RB. 1996. Comparison of 6.7-Mu M Radiances computed from aircraft soundings and observed from GOES. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 101 (D16): 21303-21310. PDF

1995

Grubišić, V; Smith, RB; Schär, C. 1995. The effect of bottom friction on shallow-water flow past an isolated obstacle. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 52 (11): 1985-2005. PDF

Smith, RB; Smith, DF. 1995. Pseudoinviscid wake formation by mountains in shallow-water flow with a drifting vortex. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 52 (4): 436-454. PDF

1993

Smith, RB; Grubišić, V. 1993. Aerial observations of Hawaii wake. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 50 (22): 3728-3750. PDF

Smith, RB. 1993. A hurricane beta-drift law. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 50 (18): 3213-3215. PDF

Baines, PG; Smith, RB. 1993. Upstream stagnation points in stratified flow past obstacles. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans 18 (1-2): 105-113. PDF

Schär, C; Smith, RB. 1993. Shallow-water flow past isolated topography .1. Vorticity production and wake formation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 50 (10): 1373-1400. PDF

Schär, C; Smith, RB. 1993. Shallow-water flow past isolated topography .2. Transition to vortex shedding. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 50 (10): 1401-1412. PDF

Smith, RB; Grønås, S. 1993. Stagnation points and bifurcation in 3-D mountain air-flow. Tellus Series A-Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography 45a (1): 28-43. PDF

1992

Smith, RB. 1992. Deuterium In North-Atlantic storm tops. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 49 (22): 2041-2057. PDF

Salathé, EP; Smith, RB. 1992. In situ observations of temperature microstructure above and below the tropopause. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 49 (21): 2032-2036. PDF

Smith, RB. 1992. Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in severe downslope wind flow - Reply. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 49 (23): 2345-2346. PDF. [Fiedler comment PDF].

1991

Smith, RB. 1991. Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in severe downslope wind flow. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 48 (10): 1319-1324. PDF

1990

Smith, RB, 1990, Why can't stratified airflow rise over high ground? Chapter in Atmospheric processes over Complex Terrain, Ed. W. Blumen, Amer. Met. Soc. Boston, 323p.

1989

Smith, RB. 1989. Hydrostatic Air-Flow Over Mountains. Advances In Geophysics 31: 1-41. PDF

Smith, RB. 1989. Comment on: Low Froude-number flow past 3-Dimensional obstacles .1. Baroclinically generated lee vortices. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 46 (23): 3611-3613. PDF. Their reply PDF. [ Original Smolarkiewicz and Rotunno PDF]

Smith, RB. 1989. Mechanisms of orographic precipitation. Meteorological Magazine 118 (1401): 85-88.

Rottman, J. and R. B. Smith. 1989. A laboratory simulation of severe downslope winds. Tellus, 41 A, 401-415.

Smith, RB, 1989, Mountain induced stagnation points in hydrostatic flow. Tellus, 41 A, 270-274.

Kocin, P. J. and R. B. Smith., 1989. The blizzards of 1888 and 1978. Discovery Magazine. 21, 17-26 Peabody Museum, New Haven.

1988

Smith, RB. 1988. Linear-theory of stratified flow past an isolated mountain in isosteric coordinates. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 45 (24): 3889-3896. PDF

1987

Wolf, WL; Smith, RB. 1987. Length-of-day changes and mountain torque during El Niño. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 44 (24): 3656-3660. PDF

Chen, WD; Smith, RB. 1987. Blocking and deflection of air-flow by the Alps. Monthly Weather Review 115 (11): 2578-2597. PDF

Smith, RB; Sun, JL. 1987. Generalized hydraulic solutions pertaining to severe downslope winds. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 44 (20): 2934-2939. PDF

Smith, RB. 1987. Aerial observations of the Yugoslavian Bora. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 44 (2): 269-297. PDF

Tosi, E; Smith, RB; Bradford, ML. 1987. Aerial observations of stratospheric descent in a Gulf of Genoa cyclone. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 36 (1-4): 141-160. PDF

1986

Smith, RB. 1986. Further development of a theory of lee cyclogenesis. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 43 (15): 1582-1602. PDF

Smith, RB. 1986. Current status of ALPEX research in the United States. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 67 (3): 310-318. [missing from BAMS online]

Lin, YL; Smith, RB. 1986. Transient dynamics of air-flow near a local heat-source. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 43 (1): 40-49. PDF

Smith, RB, 1986. Mesoscale mountain meteorology in the Alps. In Scientific Results of the Alpine Experiment. Vol. II, GARP Publications Series No. 27, World Meteor. Soc., p. 407-423.

1985

Smith, RB. 1985. On severe downslope winds. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 42 (23): 2597-2603. PDF

Smith, RB. 1985. Comment on: Interaction of low-level flow with the Western Ghat Mountains and offshore convection in the summer monsoon. Monthly Weather Review 113 (12): 2176-2177. PDF. Their reply PDF. [Original Grossman and Durran PDF]

Hafner, TA; Smith, RB. 1985. Pressure drag on the European Alps in relation to synoptic events. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 42 (6): 562-575. PDF

1984

Smith, RB. 1984. ALPEX observations and the theory of flow over and around mountains. Rivista Di Meteorologia Aeronautica 44 (1-4): 31-35.

Smith, RB. 1984. Orographic generation of baroclinic waves. Rivista Di Meteorologia Aeronautica 44 (1-4): 219-223.

Smith, RB. 1984. A theory of lee cyclogenesis. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 41 (7): 1159-1168. PDF

1983

Smith, RB. 1983. A note on the constitutive law for sea ice. Journal of Glaciology 29 (101): 191-195.

Smith, RB, 1983. Orographic rain on the Western Ghats. Proceedings of the First Sino-American workshop on Mountain Meteorology. Editors: ER Reiter, Z Baovhen, Q. Yongfu. Science Press, Bejing China and the American Meteorological Society, pp. 71-94.

1982

Smith, RB. 1982. Joint United States-China Symposium On Mountain Meteorology Beijing, Peoples-Republic-of-China, 18-23 May 1982. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 63 (10): 1183-1183. [missing from BAMS online]

Neurath, C; Smith, RB. 1982. The effect of material properties on growth-rates of folding and boudinage : Experiments with wax models. Journal of Structural Geology 4 (2): 215-229. PDF

Smith, RB. 1982. A differential advection model of orographic rain. Monthly Weather Review 110 (4): 306-309. PDF

Smith, RB; Lin, YL. 1982. The addition of heat to a stratified airstream with application to the dynamics of orographic rain. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 108 (456): 353-378.    PDF Journal link

Smith, RB. 1982. Alpex update. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 63 (2): 186-188. [missing from BAMS online]

Smith, RB. 1982. Synoptic observations and theory of orographically disturbed wind and pressure. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 39 (1): 60-70. PDF

1981

Smith, RB. 1981. An alternative explanation for the destruction of the Hood Canal Bridge. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 62 (9): 1319-1320. [missing from BAMS online]

1980

Smith, RB. 1980. Linear-theory of stratified hydrostatic flow past an isolated mountain. Tellus 32 (4): 348-364.

1979

Smith, RB. 1979. Some Aspects of the quasi-geostrophic flow over mountains. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 36 (12): 2385-2393. PDF

Smith, RB. 1979. Folding of a strongly non-Newtonian layer. American Journal of Science 279 (3): 272-287. PDF

Smith, RB, 1979 The influence of mountains on the atmosphere. B. Saltzman, Ed., Adv Geophys., 21, 87-230. PDF

Smith, RB, 1979, The influence of the earth's rotation on mountain wave drag. J. Atmos. Sci., 36, 177-180. PDF

1978

Smith, RB. 1978. A measurement of mountain drag. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 35 (9): 1644-1654. PDF

1977

Smith, RB. 1977. Steepening of hydrostatic mountain waves. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 34 (10): 1634-1654. PDF

Smith, RB. 1977. Formation of folds, boudinage, and mullions in non-Newtonian materials. Geological Society of America Bulletin 88 (2): 312-320.   PDF   Journal link

1976

Smith, RB. 1976. Reply to comment on: Unified theory of onset of folding, boudinage, and mullion structure. Geological Society of America Bulletin 87 (11): 1663-1663.    PDF Journal link

Smith, RB. 1976. Generation of lee waves by the Blue Ridge. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 33 (3): 507-519. PDF

Smith, RB. 1976. Some aspects of finite-amplitude mountain waves. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 57 (1): 105-105.

1975

Smith, RB. 1975. Unified theory of onset of folding, boudinage, and mullion structure. Geological Society of America Bulletin 86 (11): 1601-1609.    PDF Journal link

1974

Smith, RB. 1974. Study of air-flow over a ridge. Transactions-American Geophysical Union 55 (12): 1130-1130.

1972

Smith, RB, 1972. Electron beam investigation of a hypersonic shock wave in nitrogen. Physics of Fluids, 15, 1010-1017. PDF

1968

Smith, R. B., P. Harbour and G. Bienkowski. 1968. Influence of secondary electrons on an electron beam probe. Physics of Fluids, 11, 800-803. PDF