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NSF NCAR Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory

In research, NSF NCAR Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,884 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Atmospheric Science is 73.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,330
of 28,054 · #2,275 all time
Rank in United States
#474
of 4,192
Research works
391
▲ 47% vs 2013–17
Citations
38k
96.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
40.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is NSF NCAR Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #1,884 of 12,888 39.5%84 #1497

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where NSF NCAR Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does NSF NCAR Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 73.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 28.9 works73×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 29.9 works44×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 40.3 works29×
  4. Environmental ScienceField · 40.7 works9.2×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 28.81× its world share, 40 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.19× its world share, 41 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 28.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at NSF NCAR Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ocean Circulation, Global Warming, Hydrological Cycle, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 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 institution'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 Change46▲ 19×50 topics
  2. Ocean Circulation22▲ 195×3 topics
  3. Global Warming22▲ 60×11 topics
  4. Hydrological Cycle17▲ 202×2 topics
  5. Greenhouse Gas Emissions16▲ 66×5 topics
  6. Extreme Events16▲ 199×2 topics
  7. Climate Modeling15▲ 240×1 topic
  8. Precipitation Extremes15▲ 240×1 topic
  9. Remote Sensing12▲ 11×15 topics
  10. Data Assimilation12▲ 88×4 topics
  11. Satellite Observations8▲ 93×3 topics
  12. Boundary Layer8▲ 69×2 topics
  13. Ensemble Kalman Filter7▲ 80×2 topics
  14. Probabilistic Forecasting7▲ 41×2 topics
  15. Convective Parameterization7▲ 148×1 topic
  16. Mesoscale Modeling7▲ 148×1 topic
  17. Hydrology6▲ 54×4 topics
  18. Water Quality6▲ 17×3 topics
  19. Emissions6▲ 31×1 topic
  20. Methane6▲ 126×1 topic
  21. Shale Gas6▲ 50×2 topics
  22. Sea Level Rise6▲ 49×3 topics
  23. Air Quality5▲ 33×3 topics
  24. Arctic5▲ 50×4 topics
  25. Climate Change Impact5▲ 25×3 topics
  26. Oceanic Modeling5▲ 159×1 topic
  27. Tidal Analysis5▲ 159×1 topic
  28. Paleoclimatology4▲ 59×2 topics
  29. Holocene4▲ 41×2 topics
  30. Hydrological Modeling4▲ 20×5 topics
  31. Sea Level4▲ 49×2 topics
  32. Glacial Cycles4▲ 69×1 topic
  33. Monsoon Dynamics4▲ 69×1 topic
  34. Ozone Depletion4▲ 132×1 topic
  35. Stratospheric Water Vapor4▲ 132×1 topic
  36. Ecosystem Resilience3▲ 26×5 topics
  37. Glacier3▲ 83×1 topic
  38. Water Availability3▲ 83×1 topic
  39. Atmospheric Aerosols3▲ 60×1 topic
  40. Black Carbon3▲ 60×1 topic

Which research topics does NSF NCAR Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory publish most on?

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

Climate variability and …15Climate variability and models: 15 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena…7Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 7 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environm…6Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 6 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 5 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 4 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Cl…4Atmospheric Ozone and Climate: 4 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 3 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 3 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 3 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and clouds: 2 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric ScienceOceanography

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

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 15 works
  2. 2 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 7 works
  3. 3 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  4. 4 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 5 works
  5. 5 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 4 works
  6. 6 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 4 works
  7. 7 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 3 works
  8. 8 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 3 works
  9. 9 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 3 works
  10. 10 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 2 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 available71.0%not open29.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.9%domestic only59.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has NSF NCAR Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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