Ian A. Smith

Boston University — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

12h-index602citations36works0.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Urban Heat Island Mitigation(15), Urban Green Space and Health(14), Land Use and Ecosystem Services(8), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics(6), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics(6)

Publications36 total

Disruption of the oak tree microbiome with urbanization
Nature Cities·2025
Modification and Comparison of Two Urban Vegetation Models Over Southern Ontario, Canada
Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences·2025Open Access
Arbres urbains ou toitures réfléchissantes : quelle est la meilleure solution pour les villes afin de lutter contre la chaleur ?
2025Open Access
Urban trees vs. cool roofs: What’s the best way for cities to beat the heat?
2025Open Access
Integrated tree canopy expansion and cool roofs can optimize air temperature and heat exposure reductions in Boston
Communications Earth & Environment·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Diurnal and seasonal dynamics of regional CO2 drawdown at Harvard Forest: Integrating remote sensing and modeling perspectives
The Science of The Total Environment·2025
Copyright Page
2025
Preface
2025
Dysbiosis in the urban tree microbiome
2025Open Access
Shifts in belowground processes along a temperate forest edge
Landscape Ecology·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Biogenic Fluxes of Carbon Dioxide in and Around the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area
2024Open Access
NIST: Soil Respiration, Moisture, Temperature, Chemistry; and Fine Root Measurements from a Transect Through a Forest Edge, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 2017-2021
OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)·2024Open Access
Water sources for street trees in mesic urban environments
The Science of The Total Environment·2023· 7 cited
Urban green space and albedo impacts on surface temperature across seven United States cities
The Science of The Total Environment·2022· 105 cited
Mapping the gaps between cooling benefits of urban greenspace and population heat vulnerability
The Science of The Total Environment·2022· 35 citedOpen Access
Quantification of Urban Forest and Grassland Carbon Fluxes Using Field Measurements and a Satellite‐Based Model in Washington DC/Baltimore Area
Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences·2021· 27 cited
Reducing Urban Heat Island Effects While Providing Affordable Housing in Bunker Hill
Journal of Science Policy & Governance·2021· 1 citedOpen Access
A Satellite-Based Model for Estimating Latent Heat Flux From Urban Vegetation
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution·2021· 20 citedOpen Access
Influence of landscape management practices on urban greenhouse gas budgets
Carbon Balance and Management·2021· 27 citedOpen Access
Towards enabling spatially varying rates of change of Antarctic freshwater fluxes in HadGEM3-GC3.1
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts·2020
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Frequent Co-authors

Lucy R. Hutyra(28), Andrew B. Reinmann(12), Jonathan R. Thompson(6), Joy B. Winbourne(6), Pamela H. Templer(5), C. Gately(4), David W. Allen(4), M. Patricia Fabian(3), Koen F. Tieskens(3), Kathryn F. Atherton(3), Julia Marrs(2), Wiley J. Hundertmark(2), Marissa Lee(2), Ashley H. Y. Bang(2), Vivien Chen(2), Taylor Jones(2), Dan Li(2), Rose Abramoff(2), J. M. Warren(2), J. J. Harris(2)