Research Interests: Physical Oceanography, Cross-Shelf Exchanges, Climate Change, Marine Autonomy
Education
- Post-Doc., 2019-2021, National Oceanography Centre, Birleşik Krallık
- Post-Doc., 2017-2019, IFREMER, Fransa
- Ph.D. 2016, Oceanography, METU, Türkiye
- M.Sc., 2010, Physical Oceanography, METU, Türkiye
- B.Sc., 2008, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, METU, Türkiye
Career Highlights
Research Fellow, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions EU-H2020 and TÜBİTAK Co-Fund Programme (2236)
Selected Publications
- Akpınar, A. (2024). Seasonal and Interannual Variability in Sea Surface Temperature Fronts in the Levantine Basin, Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 12(8):1249. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12081249
- Akpınar, A., Sadighrad, E., Fach, B. A., and Arkın, S. (2022). Eddy induced cross-shelf exchanges in the Black Sea. Remote Sensing, 14(19), 4881. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14194881
- Akpınar, A., Palmer, M. R., Inall, M., Berx, B., and Polton, J. (2022). Locally modified winds regulate circulation in a semi-enclosed shelf sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, e2021JC018248. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC018248
- Akpınar, A., Charria, G., Theetten,S., Vandermeirsch.,F. (2020) Cross-shelf exchanges in the northern Bay of Biscay. Journal of Marine Systems, Volume 205, 2020, 103314, ISSN 0924- 7963, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2020.103314
- Akpınar, A., Fach, B.A., Oguz, T. (2017) Observing the subsurface thermal signature of the Black Sea cold intermediate layer with Argo profiling floats. Deep-Sea Research Part I, 124:140-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.04.002
