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Remote Sensing Systems (United States)

In research, Remote Sensing Systems (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,486 of 21,541 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#750 of 2,661 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#5,804
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#1,350
of 8,685
Research works
201
▼ 57% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
59.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Remote Sensing Systems (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #3,486 of 21,541 29.3%197
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #750 of 2,661 31.2%122

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Remote Sensing Systems (United States) 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).

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: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 36.02× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.39× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.12× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× 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, 36.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Remote Sensing Systems (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, F. J. Wentz, Chelle Gentemann and Thomas Meißner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Remote Sensing Systems (United States).

  1. 1 F. J. Wentz United States · #37,926 worldwide 498 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Chelle Gentemann United States · #431,197 worldwide 89 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Thomas Meißner United States · #514,976 worldwide 108 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Frank Wentz United States · #1,475,430 worldwide 41 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Kyle Hilburn United States · #1,554,118 worldwide 17 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Remote Sensing Systems (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Remote Sensing Systems (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Data Assimilation, Climate Change, Ocean Circulation, Remote Sensing, Hydrological Modeling, Validation, Tropical Cyclones and Global Warming.

▲ 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 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. Data Assimilation62▲ 168×4 topics
  2. Climate Change47▲ 8.7×33 topics
  3. Ocean Circulation46▲ 161×3 topics
  4. Remote Sensing40▲ 18×19 topics
  5. Hydrological Modeling38▲ 96×5 topics
  6. Validation34▲ 173×2 topics
  7. Tropical Cyclones31▲ 250×2 topics
  8. Global Warming26▲ 35×8 topics
  9. Wave Modeling24▲ 195×2 topics
  10. Ensemble Kalman Filter23▲ 98×2 topics
  11. Convective Parameterization23▲ 183×1 topic
  12. Mesoscale Modeling23▲ 183×1 topic
  13. Satellite Observations22▲ 97×3 topics
  14. Climate Change Impact22▲ 56×2 topics
  15. Ocean Waves21▲ 379×1 topic
  16. Wind Stress21▲ 379×1 topic
  17. Oceanic Modeling21▲ 238×1 topic
  18. Tidal Analysis21▲ 238×1 topic
  19. Soil Moisture18▲ 88×2 topics
  20. Global Monitoring18▲ 380×1 topic
  21. Microwave Retrieval18▲ 380×1 topic
  22. Precipitation16▲ 173×2 topics
  23. Spatial Interpolation16▲ 199×2 topics
  24. Estimation16▲ 231×1 topic
  25. Satellite16▲ 419×1 topic
  26. Sea Level Rise16▲ 61×3 topics
  27. Hydrological Cycle16▲ 74×2 topics
  28. Extreme Events15▲ 82×2 topics
  29. Greenhouse Gas Emissions15▲ 36×2 topics
  30. Climate Modeling14▲ 101×1 topic
  31. Precipitation Extremes14▲ 101×1 topic
  32. Arctic11▲ 52×3 topics
  33. Decline10▲ 193×1 topic
  34. Sea Ice10▲ 193×1 topic
  35. Hurricanes10▲ 142×1 topic
  36. Storm Surge10▲ 142×1 topic
  37. Ozone Depletion4▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Stratospheric Water Vapor4▲ 38×1 topic
  39. GRACE4▲ 41×1 topic
  40. groundwater depletion4▲ 41×1 topic

Which research topics does Remote Sensing Systems (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing and Precipitation Measurement and Analysis.

Soil Moisture and Remote…2Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing: 2 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 2 fractional worksOcean Waves and Remote Sensing: 2 fractional worksPrecipitation Measuremen…1Precipitation Measurement and Analysis: 1 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice…1Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 1 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 1 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 0 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 0 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 0 fractional worksRadio Wave Propagation Studies: 0 fractional works
Environmental EngineeringOceanographyAtmospheric ScienceAerospace Engineering

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

  1. 1 Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing Environmental Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 2 works
  3. 3 Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing Oceanography 2 works
  4. 4 Precipitation Measurement and Analysis Atmospheric Science 1 works
  5. 5 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 1 works
  6. 6 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 1 works
  7. 7 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 0 works
  8. 8 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 0 works
  9. 9 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 0 works
  10. 10 Radio Wave Propagation Studies Aerospace Engineering 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 available27.1%not open72.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Remote Sensing Systems (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 57% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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