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NOAA Global Systems Laboratory

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Research works
43
▲ 5194% vs 2013–17
Citations
523
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
75%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: NOAA Global Systems Laboratory is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

What does NOAA Global Systems Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physical Sciences takes 2.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physical SciencesDomain · 24.6 works2.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Chemistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 29.86× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.01× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 3.23× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 29.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at NOAA Global Systems Laboratory?

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

▲ 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 institution's work against its share of the world's. The 27 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 27 words, with their numbers
  1. Data Assimilation7▲ 167×3 topics
  2. Boundary Layer7▲ 209×2 topics
  3. Climate Change6▲ 9.4×16 topics
  4. Probabilistic Forecasting6▲ 130×3 topics
  5. Convective Parameterization6▲ 454×1 topic
  6. Ensemble Kalman Filter6▲ 244×1 topic
  7. Remote Sensing5▲ 15×11 topics
  8. Hydrological Cycle4▲ 172×2 topics
  9. Air Quality4▲ 80×3 topics
  10. Satellite Observations4▲ 147×3 topics
  11. Global Warming3▲ 32×4 topics
  12. Ocean Circulation3▲ 80×3 topics
  13. Greenhouse Gas Emissions3▲ 38×4 topics
  14. Climate Modeling2▲ 128×1 topic
  15. Extreme Events2▲ 105×1 topic
  16. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 32×5 topics
  17. Aerosols2▲ 108×1 topic
  18. Climate2▲ 84×1 topic
  19. Sea Level Rise2▲ 51×3 topics
  20. Atmospheric Aerosols2▲ 112×1 topic
  21. Black Carbon2▲ 112×1 topic
  22. Emissions2▲ 30×1 topic
  23. Methane2▲ 122×1 topic
  24. Water Quality2▲ 15×2 topics
  25. Machine Learning1▲ 1.46×8 topics
  26. Ecosystem Resilience1▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Validation1▲ 47×2 topics

Which research topics does NOAA Global Systems Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate variability and models, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Meteorological Phenomena…6Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 6 fractional worksClimate variability and …2Climate variability and models: 2 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and…2Atmospheric aerosols and clouds: 2 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environm…2Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 2 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry an…2Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 2 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems1Fire effects on ecosystems: 1 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 1 fractional worksPrecipitation Measurement and Analysis: 1 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Climate: 1 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 1 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary Change

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

  1. 1 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 6 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  3. 3 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 2 works
  6. 6 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  7. 7 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 1 works
  8. 8 Precipitation Measurement and Analysis Atmospheric Science 1 works
  9. 9 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 1 works
  10. 10 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available75.2%not open24.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.5%domestic only75.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has NOAA Global Systems Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5194% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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