William Smythe
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American physicist
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William Smythe 's Degrees
- PhD Physics Princeton University
- Bachelors Physics University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, William Ralph Smythe was a physicist at California Institute of Technology. Early life A native of Canon City, Colorado, he graduated from Colorado College and spent some time in Dartmouth College before his studies were interrupted by World War I. He eventually completed his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in 1921 under Nobel laureate Albert Michelson and Henry Gale.
William Smythe 's Published Works
Published Works
- Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer experiment on Galileo (1992) (203)
- Carbon Dioxide Clathrate in the Martian Ice Cap (1970) (176)
- Organics and other molecules in the surfaces of Callisto and Ganymede. (1997) (169)
- Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Spectral Mapping of Jupiter and the Galilean Satellites: Results from Galileo's Initial Orbit (1996) (159)
- Galileo Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy Measurements at Venus (1991) (157)
- The cause of the hot spot in vegetation canopies and soils: Shadow-hiding versus coherent backscatter (1996) (133)
- Spectral evidence for SO2 frost or adsorbate on Io's surface (1979) (126)
- The distribution of sulfur dioxide and other infrared absorbers on the surface of Io (1997) (91)
- Photometry from Voyager 2: Initial Results from the Neptunian Atmosphere, Satellites, and Rings (1986) (74)
- Hot spots on Io: Initial results from Galileo's near infrared mapping spectrometer (1997) (59)
- Temperature and area constraints of the South Volund Volcano on Io from the NIMS and SSI instruments during the Galileo G1 orbit (1997) (52)
- Spectra of hydrate frosts: Their application to the outer solar system (1975) (40)
- Frost spectra: Comparison with Jupiter's Satellites (1974) (37)
- Galileo Infrared Observations of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 G and R Fireballs and Splash (1994) (34)
- Atmospheric water vapor at South Pole. (1977) (22)
- On the effect of X rays on the color of elemental sulfur - Implications for Jupiter's satellite Io (1990) (18)
- Spectral reflectance of solid sulfur trioxide (0.25–5.2 μm): Implications for Jupiter's satellite Io (1986) (16)
- Non-Water-Ice Constituents in the Surface Material of the Icy Galilean Satellites from the Galileo NIMS Investigation (1997) (15)
- Spectral geometric albedo and bolometric Bond albedo of Neptune's satellite Triton from Voyager observations (1990) (14)
- Long-period gravity tides at the South Pole (1979) (14)
- EQUIPMENT AND DESIGN—A Cobalt-60 Irradiation Facility (1960) (12)
- The Brightness of Jupiter's Satellite Io Following Emergence from Eclipse: Selected Observations, 1981-1989 (1993) (10)
- Earth global mosaic observations with NIMS-Galileo (1993) (10)
- Spectrogoniometer for measuring planetary surface materials at small phase angles. (1988) (9)
- Triton's surface properties: A preliminary analysis from ground-based, Voyager photopolarimeter subsystem, and laboratory measurements (1991) (7)
- A COBALT-60 IRRADIATION FACILITY (1960) (6)
- Hermes Global Orbiter: A Discovery Mission in Gestation (1995) (5)
- Galileo infrared imaging spectrometry measurements at the Moon (1994) (5)
- Relative computer speeds for surface-wave dispersion computations (1980) (4)
- The Lunar Opposition Effect Revisited (1996) (4)
- Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy of Asteroid 243 Ida and Discovery Spectra of Satellite 1993 (243) 1 (1994) (3)
- New Gravity Data Over the Southwestern Portion of the Chicxulub Impact Feture, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico (1995) (3)
- Spectral Reflectance of Sulfur Trioxide (0.25-5.2 microns): Implication for Resurfacing of Jupiter's Satellite Io (1985) (3)
- The Establishment of a Set of Standardized Spectral Reflectivity Curves for the Meteorite Classes with Applications to the Interpretation of Asteroid Spectra (1973) (3)
- A Multi-Instrument Spectral View of Europa from Galileo (1997) (2)
- Coherent Backscatter Opposition Effect from Saturn Ring Particles and Their Regoliths (1996) (2)
- Thermal Modelling of Asteroid 951 Gaspra (1992) (2)
- Opposition Effect and Negative Polarization: Laboratory Studies (1992) (1)
- Galileo's Europa Polar Region Observations by the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) and the Ultraviolet Spectrometer (UVS) (1997) (1)
- The Nature of the Opposition Effect in Frost, Vegetation and Soils (1996) (1)
- Compositional Mapping of Jupiter's Satellite Io Utilizing High Speed Multifilter Photometry During Mutual Satellite Occultations, 1990-1991 (1996) (1)
- Ida Results From the Galileo Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (1994) (1)
- Studies of the Opposition Effect and Negative Polarization with the JPL Photopolarimeters (1995) (1)
- Galileo Infrared Observations of the Shoemaker/Levy-9 Impacts of Jupiter (1994) (1)
- NIMS - Callisto Science Objectives and Observational Plans (1995) (0)
- Discovery Missions in the Jovian System: Watching Ionian Vocanic Eruptions (1994) (0)
- Galileo's Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) Science Observations Designs for Europa (1995) (0)
- Mapping Temperatures on Ganymede with a Temperature Dependent Water Band (1996) (0)
- Bidirectional Reflectances of Regoliths with Grain Sizes of the Order of the Wavelength (1997) (0)
- Galileo NIMS Thermal Observations of Asteroid 243 Ida and 1993(243)1 (1994) (0)
- Multiple-Temperature Component FITS to a Silicate Eruption at South Volund, Io, from Galileo NIMS and SSI observations. (1997) (0)
- Thermodynamic Behavior of SO 3 : Implications for Io (1983) (0)
- Galileo NIMS Direct Observations of the SL-9 Fireballs (1995) (0)
- Io and Europa: Science Plans and Expected Data Return from Galileo's Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) (1995) (0)
- Possibilities for an Atmosphere of Ganymede (1997) (0)
- Galileo's Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) Science Objectives and Observational Plans for Io (1994) (0)
- Scattered Light at Triton (1992) (0)
- Laboratory Testing of Coherent Backscattering Theory: Relevance to the Regolith Texture of Airless Bodies (1995) (0)
- Hermes-The Mercury Orbiter Discovery Mission (1994) (0)
- A First Analysis of Callisto Using Galileo NIMS and SSI Measurements (1997) (0)
- Analysis of Gravity and Topographic/Bathymetric Data Over the Chicxulub Impact Structure: A Look at Details (1996) (0)
- The coherent backscattering opposition effect (1993) (0)
- Galileo's Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS )Science at Io: Objectives, Plans, and Predictions (1996) (0)
- Bidirectional reflectance properties of planetary surface materials (1987) (0)
- Surficial Iron Conversion Mechanisms for the Surface of Mercury (1995) (0)
- abstract) Galileo NIMS Thermal Observations of Asteroid 951 Gaspra (1993) (0)
- (abstract) Hermes Global Orbiter: Mission to Mercury (1993) (0)
- Effects of the Jovian Radiation Environment on the Galileo NIMS Instrument (1997) (0)
- The Coherent Backscattering Opposition Effect: Measurements at Very Small Phase Angles (1993) (0)
- Sulfur-oxygen processes on Io (1985) (0)
- Galileo NIMS Direct Observation of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 Fireballs and Fall Back (1995) (0)
- Callisto and Ganymede observation plans for the Galileo Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) investigation (1995) (0)
- Hermes Global Orbiter: Mission to Mercury (1993) (0)
- Can Coherent Backscattering Principles Form the Basis of a New Remote Sensing Technique for Measuring Particle Size in a Planetary Regolith (1996) (0)
- Ida: Preliminary Results from the Galileo Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (1993) (0)
- NIMS Science Objectives and Observational Plans for Ganymede during the Galileo Tour (1995) (0)
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