Question 1

What is Hong Kong Observatory known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Hong Kong Observatory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,603 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences (Atmospheric Science is 76.2× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Hong Kong Observatory rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Hong Kong Observatory ranks #21,474 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#28,856 all time), and #2,408 of 2,481 in China.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Hong Kong Observatory?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Tsz-cheung Lee, Tsz‐Cheung Lee and Hing Yim Mok lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hong Kong Observatory.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Hong Kong Observatory?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Hong Kong Observatory is "Convolutional LSTM Network: A Machine Learning Approach for Precipitation Nowcasting" (Xingjian Shi, Zhourong Chen, Hao Wang et al., 2015), with 6,650 citations. Next come "The Twentieth Century Reanalysis Project" (3,728) and "Towards a more reliable historical reanalysis: Improvements for version 3 of the Twentieth Century Reanalysis system" (1,067).

Question 5

Which research topics does Hong Kong Observatory publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Wind and Air Flow Studies and Climate variability and models.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Hong Kong Observatory?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

Which fields of science does Hong Kong Observatory work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 96% of research at Hong Kong Observatory is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (40%), Environmental Science (32%), Engineering (19%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is Hong Kong Observatory's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 80% higher than in 2018-2021.