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Nalan Koç is affiliated with the Norwegian Polar Institute in Norway and has published research primarily in the fields of Engineering, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Environmental Chemistry, Computational Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Geophysics.

Their main research topics cover areas such as Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Radiative Heat Transfer Studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, and Heat Transfer and Optimization.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Nalan Koç include:

  • Experimental investigation of the effects of add-on fan radiators on heat output and indoor air temperature, 2023, Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
  • Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Add-On Fan Radiators on Heat Output and Indoor Air Temperature, 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • IODP Expedition 302, Hole M0004B - Well Logging Data, 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • IODP Expedition 302, Hole M0004B - Well Logging Data, 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Seasonal Variations of Recent Benthic Foraminifera in the Surface Sediments of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nalan Koç include:

  • Halil Bayram
  • Jan Backman
  • Kathryn Moran
  • David McInroy
  • Henk Brinkhuis

Publication venues where Nalan Koç has appeared multiple times include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
  • Marine Micropaleontology

Best Publications

  • New indices and calibrations derived from the distribution of crenarchaeal isoprenoid tetraether lipids: Implications for past sea surface temperature reconstructions

    Jung-Hyun Kim;Jaap van der Meer;Stefan Schouten;Peer Helmke

  • The Cenozoic palaeoenvironment of the Arctic Ocean.

    Kathryn Moran;Jan Backman;Henk Brinkhuis;Steven C. Clemens

  • Paleoceanographic reconstructions of surface ocean conditions in the Greenland, Iceland and Norwegian seas through the last 14 ka based on diatoms

    Nalân Koç;Eystein Jansen;Haflidi Haflidason

  • A global multiproxy database for temperature reconstructions of the Common Era

    Julien Emile-Geay;Nicholas P. McKay;Darrell S. Kaufman;Lucien Von Gunten

  • Constraints on the application of the MBT/CBT palaeothermometer at high latitude environments (Svalbard, Norway).

    Francien Peterse;Jung-Hyun Kim;Stefan Schouten;Dorthe Klitgaard Kristensen

  • Variations in Atlantic surface ocean paleoceanography, 50°-80°N: A time-slice record of the last 30,000 years

    Michael Sarnthein;Eystein Jansen;Mara Weinelt;Maurice Arnold

  • Nonuniform response of the major surface currents in the Nordic Seas to insolation forcing: Implications for the Holocene climate variability

    Christine Andersen;Christine Andersen;N. Koç;A. Jennings;J. T. Andrews

  • Paleoceanographic evolution of the SW Svalbard margin (76°N) since 20,000 14C yr BP

    Tine L. Rasmussen;Erik Thomsen;Marta A. Ślubowska;Marta A. Ślubowska;Simon Jessen

  • Apparent long-term cooling of the sea surface in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean during the Holocene.

    Olivier Marchal;Isabel Cacho;Thomas F. Stocker;Joan O. Grimalt

  • High-resolution analyses of an early Holocene climate event may imply decreased solar forcing as an important climate trigger

    Svante Björck;Raimund Muscheler;Bernd Kromer;Camilla S. Andresen

  • Evidence for middle Eocene Arctic sea ice from diatoms and ice-rafted debris.

    Catherine E. Stickley;Catherine E. Stickley;Kristen St John;Nalân Koç;Nalân Koç;Richard W. Jordan

  • Response of the high-latitude Northern Hemisphere to orbital climate forcing : evidence from the Nordic Seas

    Nalan Koc;Eystein Jansen

  • Advection of Atlantic Water to the western and northern Svalbard shelf since 17,500 cal yr BP

    Marta Ślubowska-Woldengen;Marta Ślubowska-Woldengen;Tine L. Rasmussen;Nalân Koç;Nalân Koç;Dorthe Klitgaard-Kristensen

  • A highly unstable Holocene climate in the subpolar North Atlantic: evidence from diatoms

    Cathrine Andersen;Cathrine Andersen;Nalan Koc;M. Moros

  • Changes in the flow of Atlantic water into the Arctic Ocean since the last deglaciation: Evidence from the northern Svalbard continental margin, 80°N

    Marta A. Ślubowska;Marta A. Ślubowska;Nalân Koç;Tine L. Rasmussen;Dorthe Klitgaard-Kristensen

  • A high‐resolution diatom record of late‐Quaternary sea‐surface temperatures and oceanographic conditions from the eastern Norwegian Sea

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  • Holocene climate evolution in the high-latitude Southern Hemisphere simulated by a coupled atmosphere-sea ice-ocean-vegetation model

    Hans Renssen;Hugues Goosse;Thierry Fichefet;Valérie Masson-Delmotte

  • Time-slice reconstructions of ocean circulation changes on the continental shelf in the Nordic and Barents Seas during the last 16,000 cal yr B.P.

    Marta Ślubowska-Woldengen;Marta Ślubowska-Woldengen;Nalân Koç;Nalân Koç;Tine L. Rasmussen;Dorthe Klitgaard-Kristensen

  • Climate development and history of the North Atlantic realm

    G. Wefer

  • Holocene climate in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean: Controlled by insolation or oceanic circulation?

    Simon H.H. Nielsen;Nalân Koç;Xavier Crosta

  • Holocene climate variability of the Norwegian Atlantic Current during high and low solar insolation forcing

    K. S. Berner;K. S. Berner;N. Koç;N. Koç;F. Godtliebsen;F. Godtliebsen;D. Divine;D. Divine

  • Erratum: Arctic hydrology during global warming at the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum (Nature (2006) 442 (671-675))

    Mark Pagani;Nikolai Pedentchouk;Matthew Huber;Appy Sluijs

Frequent Co-Authors

Katrine Husum
Katrine Husum Norwegian Polar Institute
Dmitry Divine
Dmitry Divine Norwegian Polar Institute
Tine L. Rasmussen
Tine L. Rasmussen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Morten Hald
Morten Hald University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Henk Brinkhuis
Henk Brinkhuis Utrecht University
Anne E. Jennings
Anne E. Jennings University of Colorado Boulder
Matt O'Regan
Matt O'Regan Stockholm University
Francesca Sangiorgi
Francesca Sangiorgi Utrecht University
Martin Jakobsson
Martin Jakobsson Stockholm University
Jan Backman
Jan Backman Stockholm University

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