University of Maryland Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science (formerly the Department of Meteorology) is an academic department at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Affiliated institutions[edit]
The Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) is a joint center between the Departments of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, Geology, and Geographical Science at the University of Maryland, in cooperation with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. ESSIC also administers the Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies, which is a joint center with the NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) and the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS).[1]
The NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction, which houses NCEP's Weather Prediction Center, the Climate Prediction Center, the Ocean Prediction Center, and the Environmental Modeling Center, as well as the Air Resources Laboratory, is located in the University of Maryland's research park M Square. The department has various collaborations with NOAA laboratories as well as NASA Goddard.[2]
Rankings[edit]
In 2019, UMD was ranked 14th globally in the Academic Ranking of World Universities in atmospheric science. In 2018, it was ranked 9th.[3] In the U.S. News & World Report rankings for best global universities in geosciences, UMD was ranked 12th in 2019.[4] In the 2010 United States National Research Council rankings, the department was ranked in the top 10 national doctoral programs by both the average regression rank and the average survey rank.[5]
Faculty[edit]
Former faculty[edit]
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "About ESSIC". Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ↑ "Program Overview". Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ↑ "ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2019 - Atmospheric Science".
- ↑ "Best Global Universities for Geosciences". Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ↑ "External Rankings and Comparisons" (PDF).
- ↑ Carton, James A. "History of the AOSC Academic Program" (PDF). Retrieved 23 November 2019.
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