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Istanbul Technical University: Istanbul, TR

2017-07-15 to present | Associate professor (Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences)
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Mehmet Ilicak

Uni Research AS: Bergen, NO

2012-03-15 to 2017-07-15 | Senior Scientist (Norce climate)
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Mehmet Ilicak

Princeton University: Princeton, NJ, US

2009-08-15 to 2012-03-15 | Postdoc (Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences)
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University of Miami: Coral Gables, FL, US

2005-01-05 to 2009-05-15 | Research Assistant (RSMAS-MPO)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Miami: Coral Gables, FL, US

2005-01-05 to 2009-05-15 | PhD (Meteorology and Physical Oceanography)
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Bogazici Üniversitesi - Güney Kampüsü: Istanbul, TR

2001-09-15 to 2003-05-15 | M.S. (Mechanical Engineering)
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Bogazici Üniversitesi - Güney Kampüsü: Istanbul, TR

1996-09-15 to 2001-05-15 | B.Sc (Mechanical Engineering)
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Funding (5)

Infrastruktur for norsk jordsystemmodellering

2018-01-01 to 2026-12-31 | Grant
The Research Council of Norway (Oslo, NO)
GRANT_NUMBER: 270061
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Inter-comparison of NorESM and NEMO in idealized and coupled simulations

2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | Grant
The Research Council of Norway (Oslo, NO)
GRANT_NUMBER: 249738
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Arctic Sea Ice and Greenland Ice Sheet Sensitivity

2014-08-01 to 2019-07-31 | Grant
European Research Council (Brussels, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER: 610055
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An Integrated Earth System Approach to Explore Natural Variability and Climate Sensitivity

2010-01-01 to 2014-12-31 | Grant
The Research Council of Norway (Oslo, NO)
GRANT_NUMBER: 207711
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NorClim - Climate of Norway and the Arctic in the 21st Century

2006-01-01 to 2011-12-31 | Grant
The Research Council of Norway (Oslo, NO)
GRANT_NUMBER: 178246
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Works (49)

A New High-Resolution Black Sea Physics Reanalysis

2025-03-18 | Preprint
Contributors: Leonardo Lima; Diana Azevedo; Mehmet Ilicak; Filipe Costa; Adil Sözer; Sergio Cretì; Salvatore Causio; Pietro Miraglio; Eric Jansen; Emanuela Clementi
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Advancements in the Ongoing Development of the Black Sea Physical Analysis and Forecasting System

2025-01-20 | Preprint
Contributors: Mehmet Ilicak; Diana Azevedo; Eric Jansen; Salvatore Causio; Leonardo Lima; Adil Sozer; Aljaz Maslo; Sergio Creti; Francesco Trotta; Giovanni Coppini et al.
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Sensitivity Simulations of Wind-driven Water Circulation in İzmit Bay

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
2024-05-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Sabri Mutlu; Barış Önol; Mehmet Ilıcak; Hüsne Altıok
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Exploring Regional Climate of the Euro-Mediterranean Using a Variable-Resolution Configuration of the Global Community Earth System Model (VR-CESM)

2024-04-16 | Preprint
Contributors: Burcu Boza; Adam R Herrington; Mehmet Ilicak; Gokhan Danabasoglu; Omer Lutfi Sen
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An investigation of Marine Heatwaves in the Black Sea in 2022

2023-08-11 | Preprint
Contributors: Leonardo Lima; Salvatore Causio; Mehmet Ilicak; Ronan McAdam; Eric Jansen
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Black Sea Physics Analysis and Forecasting System

2022-03-28 | Preprint
Contributors: Stefania Ciliberti; Eric Jansen; Diana Azevedo; Salvatore Causio; Mehmet Ilicak; Murat Gunduz; Marius Matreata; Laura Stefanizzi; Sergio Creti'; Rita Lecci et al.
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Monitoring the Black Sea climate: recent advancements for building ocean indicators

2022-03-28 | Preprint
Contributors: Leonardo Lima; Mehmet Ilicak; Murat Gunduz; Salvatore Causio; Elisaveta Peneva; Stefania Angela Ciliberti; Ali Aydoğdu; Diana Azevedo; Laura Stefanizzi; Emanuela Clementi et al.
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The Impacts of SST-Nudging on Performance of Community Earth System Model (CESM) in Representing the Euro-Mediterranean Climate

2022-03-28 | Preprint
Contributors: Emir Toker; Mehmet Ilicak; Gokhan Danabasoglu; Omer Lutfi Sen
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The Black Sea Physics Analysis and Forecasting System within the Framework of the Copernicus Marine Service

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
2022-01 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Stefania Angela Ciliberti; Eric JANSEN; Giovanni Coppini; Elisaveta Peneva; Diana Azevedo; salvatore causio; Laura Stefanizzi; Sergio Creti’; Rita LECCI; Leonardo Lima et al.
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Monitoring and Forecasting the Ocean State and Biogeochemical Processes in the Black Sea: Recent Developments in the Copernicus Marine Service

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
2021-10 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Stefania Angela Ciliberti; Marilaure Grégoire; Joanna Staneva; Atanas Palazov; Giovanni Coppini; Rita LECCI; Elisaveta Peneva; Marius Matreata; Veselka Marinova; Simona Masina et al.
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Modeling of the Turkish Strait System Using a High Resolution Unstructured Grid Ocean Circulation Model

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
2021-07-14 | Journal article
Contributors: Mehmet Ilicak; Ivan Federico; Ivano Barletta; Sabri Mutlu; Haldun Karan; Stefania Angela Ciliberti; Emanuela Clementi; Giovanni Coppini; Nadia Pinardi
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Evaluation of the new high resolution unstructured grid Marmara Sea model

2021-03-04 | Other
Contributors: Mehmet Ilicak; Ivan Federico; Ivano Barletta; Nadia Pinardi; Stefania Angela Ciliberti; Emanuela Clementi; Giovanni Coppini; Rita Lecci; Sabri Mutlu
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Evolution of the Black Sea Physical Analysis and Forecasting System within CMEMS

2021-03-04 | Other
Contributors: Stefania Angela Ciliberti; Eric Jansen; Diana Azevedo; Murat Gunduz; Mehmet Ilicak; Nadia Pinardi; Giovanni Coppini; Simona Masina; Rita Lecci; Salvatore Causio et al.
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Investigation of Mechanical and Thermal Wind Sensitivity on the Mesoscale Eddies in the Southern Ocean

2021-03-04 | Other
Contributors: Bilge Tutak; Mehmet Ilicak; Matthew Mazloff
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Tools and technologies for NEMO models: the case of the Generic Interfaces developed in the framework of IMMERSE

2021-03-04 | Other
Contributors: Laura Stefanizzi; Stefania Ciliberti; Mehmet Ilicak; Giovanni Coppini
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Arctic Ocean Response to Greenland Sea Wind Anomalies in a Suite of Model Simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
2019-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Morven Muilwijk; Mehmet Ilicak; Sam B. Cornish; Sergey Danilov; Renske Gelderloos; Rüdiger Gerdes; Verena Haid; Thomas W. N. Haine; Helen L. Johnson; Yavor Kostov et al.
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Tracing the Imprint of River Runoff Variability on Arctic Water Mass Transformation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
2019-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Erwin Lambert; Aleksi Nummelin; Per Pemberton; Mehmet Ilıcak
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Description and evaluation of NorESM1-F: a fast version of the Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM)

Geoscientific Model Development
2019-01-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Chuncheng Guo; Mats Bentsen; Ingo Bethke; Mehmet Ilicak; Jerry Tjiputra; Thomas Toniazzo; Jörg Schwinger; Odd Helge Otterå
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Causes of the large warm bias in the Angola–Benguela Frontal Zone in the Norwegian Earth System Model

Climate Dynamics
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85029540713

Contributors: Koseki, S.; Keenlyside, N.; Demissie, T.; Toniazzo, T.; Counillon, F.; Bethke, I.; Ilicak, M.; Shen, M.-L.
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JRA-55 based surface dataset for driving ocean–sea-ice models (JRA55-do)

Ocean Modelling
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85052446747

Contributors: Tsujino, H.; Urakawa, S.; Nakano, H.; Small, R.J.; Kim, W.M.; Yeager, S.G.; Danabasoglu, G.; Suzuki, T.; Bamber, J.L.; Bentsen, M. et al.
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Variability along the Atlantic water pathway in the forced Norwegian Earth System Model

Climate Dynamics
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85044480363

Contributors: Langehaug, H.R.; Sandø, A.B.; Årthun, M.; Ilıcak, M.
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Atlantic Water Heat Transport Variability in the 20th Century Arctic Ocean From a Global Ocean Model and Observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
2018-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Morven Muilwijk; Lars H. Smedsrud; Mehmet Ilicak; Helge Drange
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Description and evaluation of NorESM1-F: A fast version of the Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM)

2018-09-20 | Preprint
Contributors: Chuncheng Guo; Mats Bentsen; Ingo Bethke; Mehmet Ilicak; Jerry Tjiputra; Thomas Toniazzo; Jörg Schwinger; Odd Helge Otterå
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Supplementary material to "Description and evaluation of NorESM1-F: A fast version of the Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM)"

2018-09-20 | Preprint
Contributors: Chuncheng Guo; Mats Bentsen; Ingo Bethke; Mehmet Ilicak; Jerry Tjiputra; Thomas Toniazzo; Jörg Schwinger; Odd Helge Otterå
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An assessment of the Arctic Ocean in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations. Part I: Sea ice and solid freshwater

Ocean Modelling
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84954100391

Contributors: Wang, Q.; Ilicak, M.; Gerdes, R.; Drange, H.; Aksenov, Y.; Bailey, D.A.; Bentsen, M.; Biastoch, A.; Bozec, A.; Böning, C. et al.
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An assessment of the Arctic Ocean in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations. Part II: Liquid freshwater

Ocean Modelling
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84957584203

Contributors: Wang, Q.; Ilicak, M.; Gerdes, R.; Drange, H.; Aksenov, Y.; Bailey, D.A.; Bentsen, M.; Biastoch, A.; Bozec, A.; Böning, C. et al.
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An assessment of the Arctic Ocean in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations. Part III: Hydrography and fluxes

Ocean Modelling
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84961170246

Contributors: Ilicak, M.; Drange, H.; Wang, Q.; Gerdes, R.; Aksenov, Y.; Bailey, D.; Bentsen, M.; Biastoch, A.; Bozec, A.; Böning, C. et al.
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Characteristics of the Nordic Seas overflows in a set of Norwegian Earth System Model experiments

Ocean Modelling
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84974816740

Contributors: Guo, C.; Ilicak, M.; Bentsen, M.; Fer, I.
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Consequences of future increased Arctic runoff on Arctic Ocean stratification, circulation, and sea ice cover

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84959552690

Contributors: Nummelin, A.; Ilicak, M.; Li, C.; Smedsrud, L.H.
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Evaluation of NorESM-OC (versions 1 and 1.2), the ocean carbon-cycle stand-alone configuration of the Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM1)

Geoscientific Model Development
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84982719919

Contributors: Schwinger, J.; Goris, N.; Tjiputra, J.F.; Kriest, I.; Bentsen, M.; Bethke, I.; Ilicak, M.; Assmann, K.M.; Heinze, C.
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North and equatorial Pacific Ocean circulation in the CORE-II hindcast simulations

Ocean Modelling
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84975455413

Contributors: Tseng, Y.-H.; Lin, H.; Chen, H.-C.; Thompson, K.; Bentsen, M.; Böning, C.W.; Bozec, A.; Cassou, C.; Chassignet, E.; Chow, C.H. et al.
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North Atlantic simulations in Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments phase II (CORE-II). Part II: Inter-annual to decadal variability

Ocean Modelling
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84954110225

Contributors: Danabasoglu, G.; Yeager, S.G.; Kim, W.M.; Behrens, E.; Bentsen, M.; Bi, D.; Biastoch, A.; Bleck, R.; Böning, C.; Bozec, A. et al.
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Quantifying spatial distribution of spurious mixing in ocean models

Ocean Modelling
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84996920937

Contributors: Ilıcak, M.
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Evaluation of NorESM-OC (versions 1 and 1.2), the ocean carbon-cycle stand-alone configuration of the Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM1)

2016-01-15 | Preprint
Contributors: J. Schwinger; N. Goris; J. Tjiputra; I. Kriest; M. Bentsen; I. Bethke; M. Ilicak; K. Assmann; C. Heinze
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An assessment of Southern Ocean water masses and sea ice during 1988–2007 in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations

Ocean Modelling
2015-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Stephanie M. Downes; Riccardo Farneti; Petteri Uotila; Stephen M. Griffies; Simon J. Marsland; David Bailey; Erik Behrens; Mats Bentsen; Daohua Bi; Arne Biastoch et al.
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An assessment of Antarctic Circumpolar Current and Southern Ocean meridional overturning circulation during 1958–2007 in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations

Ocean Modelling
2015-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Riccardo Farneti; Stephanie M. Downes; Stephen M. Griffies; Simon J. Marsland; Erik Behrens; Mats Bentsen; Daohua Bi; Arne Biastoch; Claus Böning; Alexandra Bozec et al.
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Energetics and mixing efficiency of lock-exchange flow

Ocean Modelling
2014-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Mehmet Ilıcak
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A framework for parameterization of heterogeneous ocean convection

Ocean Modelling
2014-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Mehmet Ilıcak; Alistair J. Adcroft; Sonya Legg
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Baroclinic Instability of the Faroe Bank Channel Overflow*

J. Phys. Oceanogr.
2014-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Chuncheng Guo; Mehmet Ilicak; Ilker Fer; Elin Darelius; Mats Bentsen
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An assessment of global and regional sea level for years 1993–2007 in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations

Ocean Modelling
2014-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Stephen M. Griffies; Jianjun Yin; Paul J. Durack; Paul Goddard; Susan C. Bates; Erik Behrens; Mats Bentsen; Daohua Bi; Arne Biastoch; Claus W. Böning et al.
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Simulations and scaling of horizontal convection

Tellus Series a-Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography
2012 | Journal article
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10.3402/tellusa.v64i0.18377

Contributors: Ilicak, Mehmet; Vallis, Geoffrey K.
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Spurious dianeutral mixing and the role of momentum closure

Ocean Modelling
2012 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.ocemod.2011.10.003

Contributors: Ilicak, Mehmet; Adcroft, Alistair J.; Griffies, Stephen M.; Hallberg, Robert W.
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Dynamics of a dense gravity current flowing over a corrugation

Ocean Modelling
2011 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.ocemod.2011.02.004

Contributors: Ilicak, Mehmet; Legg, Sonya; Adcroft, Alistair; Hallberg, Robert
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How does the Red Sea outflow water interact with Gulf of Aden Eddies?

Ocean Modelling
2011 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.ocemod.2010.10.006

Contributors: Ilicak, Mehmet; Oezgoekmen, Tamay M.; Johns, William E.
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Comparison between a non-hydrostatic numerical model and analytic theory for the two-layer exchange flows

Ocean Modelling
2010 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.ocemod.2010.05.002

Contributors: Ilicak, Mehmet; Armi, Laurence
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Non-hydrostatic Modeling of Exchange Flows Across Complex Geometries

Ocean Modelling
2009 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.04.002

Contributors: Ilicak, Mehmet; Oezgoekmen, Tamay M.; Oezsoy, Emin; Fischer, Paul F.
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Performance of two-equation turbulence closures in three-dimensional simulations of the Red Sea overflow

Ocean Modelling
2008 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.06.001

Contributors: Ilicak, Mehmet; Ozgokmen, Tamay M.; Peters, Hartmut; Baumert, Helmut Z.; Iskandarani, Mohamed
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Very large eddy simulation of the Red Sea overflow

Ocean Modelling
2008 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.ocemod.2007.08.002

Contributors: Ilicak, Mehmet; Oezgoekmen, Tamay M.; Peters, Hartmut; Baumert, Helmut Z.; Iskandarani, Mohamed
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Operator splitting techniques for the numerical analysis of natural convection heat transfer

International Journal of Computer Mathematics
2007 | Journal article
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10.1080/00207160701458278

Contributors: Ilicak, Mehmet; Ecder, Ali; Turan, Erhan
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Peer review (3 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Geophysical research letters. (2)
Review activity for Journal of climate. (1)