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NSF NCAR Research Applications Laboratory

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Research works
28
▼ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
1k
37.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: NSF NCAR Research Applications Laboratory is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Computer Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 23.96× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.47× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceDecision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.16× 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, 24.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at NSF NCAR Research Applications Laboratory?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Data Assimilation, Remote Sensing, Probabilistic Forecasting, Global Warming, Boundary Layer, Ensemble Kalman Filter 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 all years 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 35 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 35 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change10▲ 13×24 topics
  2. Data Assimilation4▲ 86×4 topics
  3. Probabilistic Forecasting4▲ 118×2 topics
  4. Remote Sensing4▲ 14×10 topics
  5. Boundary Layer4▲ 110×2 topics
  6. Global Warming4▲ 42×7 topics
  7. Ensemble Kalman Filter4▲ 123×2 topics
  8. Hydrological Cycle4▲ 129×2 topics
  9. Hydrological Modeling4▲ 68×4 topics
  10. Renewable Energy4▲ 13×7 topics
  11. Convective Parameterization3▲ 203×1 topic
  12. Mesoscale Modeling3▲ 203×1 topic
  13. Ocean Circulation3▲ 74×2 topics
  14. Climate Modeling3▲ 141×1 topic
  15. Extreme Events3▲ 116×2 topics
  16. Precipitation Extremes3▲ 141×1 topic
  17. Air Quality2▲ 46×3 topics
  18. Machine Learning2▲ 3.9×7 topics
  19. Satellite Observations2▲ 70×3 topics
  20. Water Resources2▲ 34×4 topics
  21. Land Use Change2▲ 22×3 topics
  22. Sediment Transport2▲ 38×3 topics
  23. Model Evaluation2▲ 57×2 topics
  24. Sea Level Rise2▲ 49×2 topics
  25. Forecasting2▲ 44×3 topics
  26. Global Hydrology2▲ 97×1 topic
  27. Uncertainty Assessment2▲ 97×1 topic
  28. Hydrology2▲ 49×3 topics
  29. Artificial Neural Networks1▲ 12×2 topics
  30. CFD Simulation1▲ 37×2 topics
  31. Validation1▲ 43×2 topics
  32. Grid Integration1▲ 49×2 topics
  33. Neural Networks1▲ 3.8×2 topics
  34. Water Quality1▲ 9.2×3 topics
  35. Control Systems1▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does NSF NCAR Research Applications Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate variability and models, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Meteorological Phenomena…1Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 1 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 0 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 0 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 0 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 0 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 0 fractional worksPrecipitation Measurement and Analysis: 0 fractional worksWind and Air Flow Studies: 0 fractional worksUrban Heat Island Mitigation: 0 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 0 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeEnvironmental EngineeringWater Science and Technology

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

  1. 1 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 1 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  3. 3 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 0 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  5. 5 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 0 works
  6. 6 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  7. 7 Precipitation Measurement and Analysis Atmospheric Science 0 works
  8. 8 Wind and Air Flow Studies Environmental Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Urban Heat Island Mitigation Environmental Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 0 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 available56.5%not open43.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.4%domestic only67.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has NSF NCAR Research Applications Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% lower 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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