MODERN REFERENCE · 30% of composite
IPCC vs U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — Modern Reference
How fit each source is for citation in modern (LLM-era) writing — machine-readability, schema, freshness signals, AI-corpus presence.
Verdict
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration outscores IPCC on Modern Citation Reference by 4 points (A · 92 vs A · 88).
Government
IPCC
ipcc.ch
A·88
Rank #41 of 130 on Modern Reference
Open-access reports + interactive atlas; structured data; DOI per major report.
Higher Modern Reference
Government
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
noaa.gov
A·92
Rank #15 of 130 on Modern Reference
NOAA APIs + bulk-data + open license; broad LLM corpus + scientific community usage.
Global rank · Modern Reference
Why these Modern Reference scores
IPCCA·88
Modern Reference · 88/100
Open-access reports + interactive atlas; structured data; DOI per major report.
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationA·92
Modern Reference · 92/100
NOAA APIs + bulk-data + open license; broad LLM corpus + scientific community usage.
Signals behind the Modern Reference score
IPCC
- Open-access mandateAll Assessment Reports + Special Reports open access.
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- NOAA Data APIFree public APIs for weather + ocean + climate.
Other dimensions for IPCC vs U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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