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Turkey
2025

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Earth Science

D-Index
39
Citations
7884
World Ranking
6029
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Turkey Leader Award

Overview

Emin Özsoy is affiliated with Middle East Technical University in Turkey. Their research spans several areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, focusing particularly on Oceanography, Computational Mechanics, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, and Paleontology.

The scientist has contributed to academic topics including Marine and environmental studies, Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Aquatic and Environmental Studies, Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology, Geological formations and processes, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Marine Biology and Ecology Research.

Recent publications by Emin Özsoy include:

  • "A model of Black Sea circulation with strait exchange (2008-2018)," 2020, published in Geoscientific Model Development
  • "Benthic biology influences sedimentation in submarine channel bends: Coupling of biology, sedimentation and flow," 2024, The Depositional Record
  • "A Brief Review of Algebra and Calculus," 2020, Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment
  • "Sustainable approach to ecotourism for cultural heritage conservation in Kano, Nigeria," 2025, Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU

Emin Özsoy's frequent co-authors include Murat Gündüz, Robinson Hordoir, Maria Azpiroz-Zabala, E. J. Sumner, and Matthieu Cartigny.

The scientist's work has been published in venues such as Geoscientific Model Development, The Depositional Record, Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment, and Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU.

In addition to journal articles, Emin Özsoy has published books with Springer International Publishing. Notable titles include "Geophysical Fluid Dynamics I" (2020) and "Geophysical Fluid Dynamics II" (2021).

Best Publications

  • The circulation and hydrography of the Marmara Sea

    Şükrü T. Beşiktepe;Halil I. Sur;Emin Özsoy;M. Abdul Latif

  • On the Physical Oceanography of the Turkish Straits

    Ü. Ünlülata;T. Oğuz;M. A. Latif;E. Özsoy

  • Oceanography of the Black Sea: A review of some recent results

    Emin Özsoy;Ümit Ünlüata

  • Interactive dust‐radiation modeling: A step to improve weather forecasts

    Carlos Pérez;Slobodan Nickovic;Slobodan Nickovic;Goran Pejanovic;José María Baldasano

  • Circulation in the surface and intermediate layers of the Black Sea

    T. Oguz;V.S. Latun;M.A. Latif;V.V. Vladimirov

  • General Circulation of the Eastern Mediterranean

    A.R. Robinson;P. Malanotte-Rizzoli;A. Hecht;A. Michelato

  • Hydrographic properties and ventilation of the Black Sea

    James W. Murray;Zafer Top;Emin Özsoy

  • The Eastern Mediterranean in the 80s and in the 90s: the big transition in the intermediate and deep circulations

    Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli;Beniamino B. Manca;Maurizio Ribera d'Alcala;Alexander Theocharis

  • The diffusive regime of double-diffusive convection

    D.E. Kelley;H.J.S. Fernando;A.E. Gargett;J. Tanny

  • Modeling of Hydraulically Controlled Exchange Flow in the Bosphorus Strait

    Temel Oguz;Emin Özsoy;Mohammed A. Latif;Halil I. Sur

  • Boundary current instabilities, upwelling, shelf mixing and eutrophication processes in the Black Sea

    Hali̇l I Sur;Emi̇n Özsoy;Ümi̇t Ünlüata

  • Circulation and hydrography of the Levantine Basin. Results of POEM coordinated experiments 1985–1986

    E. Özsoy;A. Hecht;Ü. Ünlüata

  • Physical forcing and physical/biochemical variability of the Mediterranean Sea: a review of unresolved issues and directions for future research

    P. Malanotte-Rizzoli;V. Artale;G. L. Borzelli-Eusebi;S. Brenner

  • Observations of the Mediterranean inflow into the Black Sea

    M.A. Latif;E. Özsoy;T. Oguz;Ü. Ünlüata

  • A synthesis of the Levantine Basin circulation and hydrography, 1985–1990

    E. Özsoy;A. Hecht;Ü. Ünlüata;S. Brenner

  • Mixing in the Bosphorus Strait and the Black Sea continental shelf: observations and a model of the dense water outflow

    Emin Özsoy;Daniela Di Iorio;Michael C Gregg;Jan O Backhaus

  • Coastal/deep ocean interactions in the Black Sea and their ecological/environmental impacts

    H.i̇. Sur;E. Özsoy;Y.P. Ilyin;Ü. Ünlüata

  • Seasonal variability of the Caspian Sea three-dimensional circulation, sea level and air-sea interaction

    R. A. Ibrayev;R. A. Ibrayev;E. Özsoy;C. Schrum;H. I. Sur

  • Flow, water mass changes, and hydraulics in the Bosphorus

    Michael C. Gregg;Emin Özsoy

  • The evolution of Mediterranean water in the Black Sea: interior mixing and material transport by double diffusive intrusions

    Emin Özsoy;Ümit Ünlüata;Zafer Top

Frequent Co-Authors

Nadia Pinardi
Nadia Pinardi University of Bologna
Gianmaria Sannino
Gianmaria Sannino National Agency For New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
Temel Oguz
Temel Oguz Middle East Technical University
Michael C. Gregg
Michael C. Gregg University of Washington
Wolfgang Roether
Wolfgang Roether University of Bremen
Allan R. Robinson
Allan R. Robinson Harvard University
Jordi Font
Jordi Font Spanish National Research Council
Miroslav Gačić
Miroslav Gačić National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics
Nurit Kress
Nurit Kress Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research

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