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Research in Boulder

Science Explorer records 9 research institutions in Boulder. The largest by output are National Snow and Ice Data Center, Sinton Instruments and NOAA Global Systems Laboratory.

Research institutions
9
Research works
272
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
19.0%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Boulder?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1National Snow and Ice Data CenterNonprofit 92 not ranked
2Sinton InstrumentsCompany 62 not ranked
3NOAA Global Systems LaboratoryGovernment institution 43 not ranked
4NOAA Space Weather Prediction CenterGovernment institution 38 not ranked
5North Central Climate Adaptation Science CenterResearch facility 13 not ranked
6Edgewise Therapeutics (United States)Company 10 not ranked
7National Integrated Drought Information SystemGovernment institution 7 not ranked
8Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth system scienceResearch facility 5 not ranked
9NSF UnidataNonprofit 1 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

National Snow and Ice Data Center: 33.9%Sinton Instruments: 22.9%NOAA Global Systems Laboratory: 15.9%NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center: 14.0%5 others listed: 13.3%34%largest
National Snow and Ice Data Center92 · 33.9%Sinton Instruments62 · 22.9%NOAA Global Systems Laboratory43 · 15.9%NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center38 · 14.0%5 others listed36 · 13.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which keywords describe research in Boulder?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Data Assimilation, Probabilistic Forecasting, Boundary Layer, Ensemble Kalman Filter, Convective Parameterization and Mesoscale Modeling.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change16▲ 9.6×34 topics
  2. Remote Sensing7▲ 9.8×15 topics
  3. Data Assimilation7▲ 76×4 topics
  4. Probabilistic Forecasting7▲ 59×3 topics
  5. Boundary Layer7▲ 93×2 topics
  6. Convective Parameterization7▲ 201×1 topic
  7. Ensemble Kalman Filter7▲ 109×2 topics
  8. Mesoscale Modeling7▲ 201×1 topic
  9. Global Warming7▲ 26×10 topics
  10. Greenhouse Gas Emissions5▲ 31×5 topics
  11. Hydrological Cycle5▲ 89×2 topics
  12. Renewable Energy4▲ 4.8×11 topics
  13. Hydrological Modeling4▲ 28×5 topics
  14. Ocean Circulation4▲ 50×3 topics
  15. Satellite Observations4▲ 67×3 topics
  16. Air Quality4▲ 34×3 topics
  17. Sea Level Rise4▲ 45×3 topics
  18. Extreme Events3▲ 64×2 topics
  19. Climate Modeling3▲ 76×1 topic
  20. Precipitation Extremes3▲ 76×1 topic
  21. Solar Wind3▲ 51×2 topics
  22. Hydrology2▲ 29×3 topics
  23. Solar Energy2▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Tropical Cyclones2▲ 64×2 topics
  25. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 22×3 topics
  26. Solar Cells2▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Water Quality2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  28. Aerosols2▲ 45×1 topic
  29. Atmospheric Dust2▲ 126×1 topic
  30. Climate2▲ 36×2 topics
  31. Efficiency2▲ 10.0×1 topic
  32. Land Use Change2▲ 10×3 topics
  33. Silicon2▲ 85×1 topic
  34. Emissions2▲ 14×1 topic
  35. Hurricanes2▲ 87×1 topic
  36. Ionosphere2▲ 49×1 topic
  37. Magnetosphere2▲ 49×1 topic
  38. Methane2▲ 56×1 topic
  39. Storm Surge2▲ 87×1 topic
  40. Atmospheric Aerosols2▲ 47×1 topic

What research is done in Boulder?

  1. 1 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 7 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  3. 3 Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  5. 5 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 2 works
  6. 6 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  7. 7 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  8. 8 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 2 works
  9. 9 Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability Environmental Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Muscle Physiology and Disorders Molecular Biology 1 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.