Question 1

What is Met Éireann known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Met Éireann stands highest in Physical Sciences (#16,201 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

Question 2

How does Met Éireann rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Met Éireann ranks #31,150 of 34,923 institutions worldwide on research quality over all time, and #93 of 109 in Ireland.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Met Éireann?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Catriona Duffy, A. McDonald and Séamus Walsh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Met Éireann.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Met Éireann?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Met Éireann is "Daily dataset of 20th‐century surface air temperature and precipitation series for the European Climate Assessment" (Albert Klein Tank et al., 2002), with 1,803 citations. Next come "Future extreme events in European climate: an exploration of regional climate model projections" (1,438) and "EC-Earth V2.2: description and validation of a new seamless earth system prediction model" (737).

Question 5

Which research topics does Met Éireann publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Hydrology and Drought Analysis and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Met Éireann?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Remote Sensing, Ocean Circulation, Extreme Events, Hydrological Cycle, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Modeling.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Met Éireann work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Met Éireann is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (39%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (21%), Engineering (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is Met Éireann's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% higher than in 2018-2021.