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Kerim H. Nisancioglu

Kerim H. Nisancioglu

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Earth Science

D-Index
35
Citations
6070
World Ranking
7492
National Ranking
110

Overview

Kerim H. Nisancioglu is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular emphasis on Environmental Science. Their scholarly output includes work in various intersecting subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, and Geology.

The focal areas of Nisancioglu's research encompass:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Climate variability and models
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Geological Studies and Exploration

Frequent collaborators in Nisancioglu's research include Chuncheng Guo, Gerrit Lohmann, Zhongshi Zhang, Bette L. Otto-Bliesner, and Ayako Abe-Ouchi. These established partnerships have contributed to a robust interdisciplinary approach within their scientific inquiries.

Several recent publications exemplify their research contributions, including:

  • "The Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2: large-scale climate features and climate sensitivity" (2020, Climate of the Past)
  • "Past perspectives on the present era of abrupt Arctic climate change" (2020, Nature Climate Change)
  • "Large-scale features of Last Interglacial climate: results from evaluating the lig127k simulations for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6)-Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP4)" (2021, Climate of the Past)
  • "Lessons from a high-CO 2 world: an ocean view from ∼3 million years ago" (2020, Climate of the Past)
  • "Global Cenozoic Paleobathymetry with a focus on the Northern Hemisphere Oceanic Gateways" (2020, Gondwana Research)

Nisancioglu's research articles have been published across several notable scientific venues, including:

  • Climate of the Past
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Cryosphere
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)

The body of work generated by Nisancioglu addresses multiple aspects of climate science, paleoclimatology, and environmental systems with an emphasis on understanding past and present climate variability. Their involvement in studies on Arctic climate change and paleoclimate modeling indicates a specialized focus on high-latitude climatic processes and long-term environmental change.

Best Publications

  • Chinese stalagmite δ 18 O controlled by changes in the Indian monsoon during a simulated Heinrich event

    Francesco S. R. Pausata;Francesco S. R. Pausata;David S. Battisti;David S. Battisti;Kerim H. Nisancioglu;Cecilia M. Bitz

  • Plio-Pleistocene Ice Volume, Antarctic Climate, and the Global δ18O Record

    M. E. Raymo;L. E. Lisiecki;Kerim H. Nisancioglu

  • The 41 kyr world: Milankovitch's other unsolved mystery

    Maureen E. Raymo;Kerim H. Nisancioglu

  • Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles: Interactions between ocean and sea ice intrinsic to the Nordic seas

    Trond Martin Dokken;Kerim Hestnes Nisancioglu;Kerim Hestnes Nisancioglu;Camille Li;Camille Li;David Stephen Battisti;David Stephen Battisti

  • The PMIP4 Contribution to CMIP6-Part 4: Scientific Objectives and Experimental Design of the PMIP4-CMIP6 Last Glacial Maximum Experiments and PMIP4 Sensitivity Experiments

    Masa Kageyama;Samuel Albani;Pascale Braconnot;Sandy P Harrison

  • The Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2: large-scale climate features and climate sensitivity

    Alan M. Haywood;Julia C. Tindall;Harry J. Dowsett;Aisling M. Dolan

  • A multi-model assessment of last interglacial temperatures

    Daniel J Lunt;A Abe-Ouchi;P Bakker;A Berger

  • Reorganization of Miocene deep water circulation in response to the shoaling of the Central American Seaway

    Kerim H. Nisancioglu;Maureen E. Raymo;Peter H. Stone

  • Sea Surface Temperature of the mid-Piacenzian Ocean: A Data-Model Comparison

    Harry J. Dowsett;Kevin M. Foley;Danielle K. Stoll;Mark A. Chandler

  • Past perspectives on the present era of abrupt Arctic climate change

    Eystein Jansen;Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen;Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen;Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen;Trond Dokken;Kerim H. Nisancioglu;Kerim H. Nisancioglu

  • The key role of topography in altering North Atlantic atmospheric circulation during the last glacial period

    Francesco S. R. Pausata;Francesco S. R. Pausata;Camille Li;Camille Li;Justin Wettstein;Justin Wettstein;M. Kageyama

  • Multiple causes of the Younger Dryas cold period

    Hans Renssen;Aurélien Mairesse;Hugues Goosse;Pierre Mathiot

  • The greening of Arabia: Multiple opportunities for human occupation of the Arabian Peninsula during the Late Pleistocene inferred from an ensemble of climate model simulations

    Richard P. Jennings;Joy Singarayer;Emma J. Stone;Uta Krebs-Kanzow

  • Heinrich event 1: an example of dynamical ice-sheet reaction to oceanic changes

    J. Álvarez-Solas;J. Álvarez-Solas;M. Montoya;M. Montoya;C. Ritz;G. Ramstein

  • Large-scale features of Last Interglacial climate : Results from evaluating the lig127k simulations for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6)-Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP4)

    Bette L. Otto-Bliesner;Esther C. Brady;Anni Zhao;Chris M. Brierley

  • Pre-industrial and mid-Pliocene simulations with NorESM-L

    Z. S. Zhang;Z. S. Zhang;K. Nisancioglu;M. Bentsen;J. Tjiputra

  • Global Cenozoic Paleobathymetry with a focus on the Northern Hemisphere Oceanic Gateways

    Eivind Olavson Straume;Carmen Gaina;Sergei Medvedev;Kerim Hestnes Nisancioglu;Kerim Hestnes Nisancioglu;Kerim Hestnes Nisancioglu

  • Lessons from a high CO2 world : an ocean view from ~ 3 million years ago.

    Erin L. McClymont;Heather L. Ford;Sze Ling Ho;Julia C. Tindall

  • Changes in equatorial Pacific thermocline depth in response to Panamanian seaway closure: Insights from a multi-model study

    Xiao Zhang;Matthias Prange;Silke Steph;Martin Butzin

  • The Early to Mid‐Holocene Thermal Optimum in the North Atlantic

    Eystein Jansen;Eystein Jansen;Carin Andersson;Matthias Moros;Kerim H. Nisancioglu

  • The PMIP4 contribution to CMIP6 -- Part 4: Scientific objectives and experimental design of the PMIP4-CMIP6 Last Glacial Maximum experiments and PMIP4 sensitivity experiments (in open review for Geoscientific Model Development - doi:10.5194/gmd-2017-18)

    M. Kageyama;S. Albani;P. Braconnot;S. P. Harrison

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhongshi Zhang
Zhongshi Zhang NORCE Research
Gerrit Lohmann
Gerrit Lohmann University of Bremen
Ayako Abe-Ouchi
Ayako Abe-Ouchi University of Tokyo
Daniel J. Lunt
Daniel J. Lunt University of Bristol
Trond Dokken
Trond Dokken NORCE Research
Mark A. Chandler
Mark A. Chandler Columbia University
Alan M. Haywood
Alan M. Haywood University of Leeds
Camille Li
Camille Li University of Bergen
Esther C. Brady
Esther C. Brady National Center for Atmospheric Research
David S. Battisti
David S. Battisti University of Washington

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