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Research in College Park

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in College Park. The largest by output are NOAA Climate Prediction Center, NOAA Environmental Modeling Center and NOAA Weather Prediction Center.

Research institutions
6
Research works
483
▼ 21% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
23.1%
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 College Park?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1NOAA Climate Prediction CenterGovernment institution 251 #7,179 all time
2NOAA Environmental Modeling CenterGovernment institution 167 #9,499 all time
3NOAA Weather Prediction CenterGovernment institution 41 not ranked
4NOAA National Water CenterGovernment institution 12 not ranked
5NOAA Ocean Prediction CenterGovernment institution 9 not ranked
6Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and SecurityResearch facility 4 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.

NOAA Climate Prediction Center: 51.9%NOAA Environmental Modeling Center: 34.5%NOAA Weather Prediction Center: 8.5%NOAA National Water Center: 2.5%2 others listed: 2.7%52%largest
NOAA Climate Prediction Center251 · 51.9%NOAA Environmental Modeling Center167 · 34.5%NOAA Weather Prediction Center41 · 8.5%NOAA National Water Center12 · 2.5%2 others listed13 · 2.7%

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

What is College Park strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in College Park is most concentrated in Earth and Planetary Sciences (30.8× the world share in Earth and Planetary Sciences).

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 23.3 works31×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

Which keywords describe research in College Park?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Ocean Circulation, Data Assimilation, Hydrological Cycle, Extreme Events, Climate Modeling and Precipitation Extremes.

▲ 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 Change20▲ 15×23 topics
  2. Global Warming14▲ 72×8 topics
  3. Ocean Circulation13▲ 201×3 topics
  4. Data Assimilation12▲ 152×3 topics
  5. Hydrological Cycle10▲ 217×2 topics
  6. Extreme Events10▲ 226×2 topics
  7. Climate Modeling9▲ 272×1 topic
  8. Precipitation Extremes9▲ 272×1 topic
  9. Probabilistic Forecasting9▲ 99×2 topics
  10. Boundary Layer9▲ 152×2 topics
  11. Convective Parameterization9▲ 338×1 topic
  12. Ensemble Kalman Filter9▲ 182×1 topic
  13. Remote Sensing5▲ 8.1×14 topics
  14. Sea Level Rise5▲ 75×3 topics
  15. Tropical Cyclones4▲ 164×2 topics
  16. Satellite Observations3▲ 74×3 topics
  17. Hurricanes3▲ 212×1 topic
  18. Hydrological Modeling3▲ 29×5 topics
  19. Storm Surge3▲ 212×1 topic
  20. Water Quality3▲ 14×2 topics
  21. Emissions3▲ 27×1 topic
  22. Methane3▲ 107×1 topic
  23. Oceanic Modeling2▲ 154×1 topic
  24. Tidal Analysis2▲ 154×1 topic
  25. Hydrology2▲ 38×3 topics
  26. Air Quality2▲ 22×3 topics
  27. Arctic2▲ 35×3 topics
  28. Solar Wind2▲ 39×2 topics
  29. Validation1▲ 32×2 topics
  30. Precipitation1▲ 53×1 topic
  31. Satellite1▲ 127×1 topic
  32. Water Resources1▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Geopolitics1▲ 15×2 topics
  34. International Relations1▲ 9.4×2 topics
  35. Wave Modeling1▲ 43×2 topics
  36. Forecasting1▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Ionosphere1▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Magnetosphere1▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Ocean Waves1▲ 94×1 topic
  40. Wind Stress1▲ 94×1 topic

What research is done in College Park?

Climate variability and …9Climate variability and models: 9 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena…9Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 9 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 3 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 3 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmosp…2Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 2 fractional worksPrecipitation Measurement and Analysis: 1 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 1 fractional worksOcean Waves and Remote Sensing: 1 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 1 fractional worksGlobal Political and Economic Relations: 1 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric ScienceOceanographyAstronomy and Astrophysics1 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 9 works
  2. 2 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 9 works
  3. 3 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 3 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  5. 5 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 2 works
  6. 6 Precipitation Measurement and Analysis Atmospheric Science 1 works
  7. 7 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  8. 8 Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing Oceanography 1 works
  9. 9 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 1 works
  10. 10 Global Political and Economic Relations Political Science and International Relations 1 works

Research output over time

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