Walter H. F. Smith

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Walter H. F. Smith is a

GEBCO from 2003 to 2013.[1]

Smith earned a BSc at the University of Southern California, and an MA, MPhil and PhD degrees at Columbia University. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography until joining NOAA in 1992.[2] Smith is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union, nominated for his contributions to marine geodesy.[3]

Along with Pål Wessel, Smith created the Generic Mapping Tools, an open-source collection of computer software tools for processing and displaying geographic and Cartesian datasets.[4] Smith and Wessel developed and maintain the Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Geography Database.[5]

Selected research

  • Wessel, P.; Smith, W. H. F. (1991). "Free software helps map and display data". Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 72 (41). American Geophysical Union (AGU): 441.
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  • Smith, Walter H. F.; Sandwell, David T. (1997). "Global Sea Floor Topography from Satellite Altimetry and Ship Depth Soundings". Science. 277 (5334). American Association for the Advancement of Science: 1956–1962. .
  • Wessel, Paul; Smith, Walter H. F. (November 24, 1998). "New, improved version of generic mapping tools released". Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 79 (47). American Geophysical Union (AGU): 579.
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  • Wessel, Paul; Smith, Walter H. F.; Scharroo, Remko; Luis, Joaquim; Wobbe, Florian (November 5, 2013). "Generic Mapping Tools: Improved Version Released". Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 94 (45). American Geophysical Union (AGU): 409–410. .

References

  1. ^ "Technical Sub-Committee of Ocean Mapping (TSCOM)". GEBCO. 2013. Archived from the original on December 20, 2022. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "Walter H.F. Smith - Satellite Oceanography & Climatology Division". NOAA. Archived from the original on November 17, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  3. ^ "UNION FELLOWS". American Geophysical Union. Archived from the original on March 10, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
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