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Murat Türkeş

Murat Türkeş

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
43
Citations
8328
World Ranking
7020
National Ranking
10

Overview

Murat Türkeş is affiliated with Boğaziçi University in Turkey and has a research portfolio primarily focused on environmental and earth sciences. Their work spans multiple fields of study, including Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. They have contributed substantially to the subfields of Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, as well as Soil Science.

The scientist's research topics cover a variety of themes related to climate and environmental phenomena. These include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Landslides and related hazards

Murat Türkeş has published extensively in notable venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Theoretical and Applied Climatology
  • Coğrafi Bilimler Dergisi
  • International Journal of Climatology
  • Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology
  • Earth-Science Reviews

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Murat Türkeş include:

  • "Challenges for drought assessment in the Mediterranean region under future climate scenarios," 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Mid-Term Impact of Climate Change on Hazelnut Yield," 2020, Agriculture
  • "High temporal variability not trend dominates Mediterranean precipitation," 2025, Nature
  • "Landslide susceptibility mapping for the Black Sea Region with spatial fuzzy multi-criteria decision analysis under semi-humid and humid terrestrial ecosystems," 2020, Theoretical and Applied Climatology
  • "Observed changes and trends in heatwave characteristics in Turkey since 1950," 2021, Theoretical and Applied Climatology

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Orhan Dengi̇z
  • İnci Demırağ Turan
  • Ecmel Erlat
  • Volkan Dede
  • Soner Serın

Best Publications

  • SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF ANNUAL RAINFALL VARIATIONS IN TURKEY

    Murat Türkeş

  • Challenges for drought assessment in the Mediterranean region under future climate scenarios

    Yves Tramblay;Aristeidis Koutroulis;Luis Samaniego;Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano

  • Heat wave changes in the eastern Mediterranean since 1960

    F. G. Kuglitsch;F. G. Kuglitsch;A. Toreti;A. Toreti;E. Xoplaki;E. Xoplaki;P. M. Della-Marta

  • Re-evaluation of trends and changes in mean, maximum and minimum temperatures of Turkey for the period 1929-1999

    Murat Türkeş;Utku M. Sümer;İsmai̇l Demi̇r

  • Precipitation changes and variability in Turkey linked to the North Atlantic oscillation during the period 1930–2000

    Murat Türkeş;Ecmel Erlat

  • Influence of geopotential heights, cyclone frequency and southern oscillation on rainfall variations in Turkey

    Murat Türkeş

  • A high-resolution late Holocene lake isotope record from Turkey and links to North Atlantic and monsoon climate

    Matthew D. Jones;C. Neil Roberts;Melanie J. Leng;Murat Türkeş

  • Heat Wave Changes in the Eastern Mediterranean since 1960

    Franz G. Kuglitsch;Andrea Toreti;Elena Xoplaki;Paul M. Della Marta

  • Vulnerability of Turkey to Desertification With Respect to Precipitation and Aridity Conditions

    Murat Türkeş

  • Spatiotemporal variability of precipitation total series over Turkey

    Murat Türkeş;Telat Koç;Faize Sariş

  • Mediterranean climate variability over the last centuries: a review

    Jürg Luterbacher;Elena Xoplaki;Carlo Casty;Heinz Wanner

  • Palaeolimnological evidence for an east-west climate see-saw in the Mediterranean since AD 900

    Neil Roberts;Ana Moreno;Blas L. Valero-Garcés;Juan Pablo Corella

  • Climatological responses of winter precipitation in Turkey to variability of the North Atlantic Oscillation during the period 1930-2001

    M. Türkeş;E. Erlat

  • Use of the standardized precipitation index (SPI) and a modified SPI for shaping the drought probabilities over Turkey

    Murat Türkeş;Hasan Tatlı

  • Projections of climate change in the Mediterranean Basin by using downscaled global climate model outputs

    Tugba Ozturk;Tugba Ozturk;Zeynep Pelin Ceber;Murat Türkeş;M. Levent Kurnaz

  • Spatial and temporal patterns of trends and variability in diurnal temperature ranges of Turkey

    M. Türkeş;U. M. Sümer

  • North Sea – Caspian Pattern (NCP) – an upper level atmospheric teleconnection affecting the eastern Mediterranean – implications on the regional climate

    H. Kutiel;P. Maheras;M. Türkeş;S. Paz

  • Spatial and Temporal Variations in Precipitation and Aridity Index Series of Turkey

    M. Türkeş

  • Clustering current climate regions of Turkey by using a multivariate statistical method

    Cem Iyigun;Murat Türkeş;İnci Batmaz;Ceylan Yozgatligil

  • Projected changes in temperature and precipitation climatology of Central Asia CORDEX Region 8 by using RegCM4.3.5

    Tugba Ozturk;Tugba Ozturk;M. Tufan Turp;Murat Türkeş;M. Levent Kurnaz

  • Variations and trends in annual mean air temperatures in Turkey with respect to climatic variability

    Murat Türkeş;Utku M. Sümer;Gönül Kiliç

Frequent Co-Authors

Elena Xoplaki
Elena Xoplaki University of Giessen
Jürg Luterbacher
Jürg Luterbacher University of Giessen
Andrea Toreti
Andrea Toreti University of Giessen
Melanie J. Leng
Melanie J. Leng University of Nottingham
Christos Zerefos
Christos Zerefos Academy of Athens
Ricardo M. Trigo
Ricardo M. Trigo University of Lisbon
Michele Brunetti
Michele Brunetti Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Eduardo Zorita
Eduardo Zorita Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Luis Gimeno
Luis Gimeno Universidade de Vigo
Maurizio Maugeri
Maurizio Maugeri University of Milan

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