I serve as a reviewer for professional journals and publishers such as Nature, the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Journal of Pure and Applied Geophysics, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Atmosphere and Atmospheric Research Letters.
The dynamically downscaled, High Resolution Climate projections I created for the Northeastern U.S. are available from the UNH Data Discovery Center: http://ddc-wrf.sr.unh.edu/about/project_description/ Please refer to me if you intend to use the dataset for climate risk applications. (All regional climate model input, output and restart files for re-creating climate projections or performing further downscaling studies are also available). Also please check out the climate projections tab on this website.
Journal Articles & Reports & Conference Proceedings & Book Reviews:
M. Komurcu and Sergey Paltsev,Toward resilient energy infrastructure: Understanding the effects of changes in the climate mean and extreme events in the Northeastern United States, 2021,Joint Program Report Series Report 352, June, 16 p.(http://globalchange.mit.edu/publication/17608).
M. Komurcu, C. Sloser, I. Alshehri, Tariq Alsharani, Waleed Alhayaza, Adnan Alsaati, Mid-Century Changes in the Mean and Extreme Climate in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Implications for Water Harvesting and Climate Adaptation. Atmosphere2020, 11, 1068.
M. Komurcu, C. Sloser, I. Alshehri, Tariq Alsharani, Waleed Alhayaza, Adnan Alsaati, “Water in the Arabian Peninsula”, 43rd NOAA Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop Workshop Climate Prediction Digest, 2019, DOI: not yet available. M. Komurcu., K.A. Emanuel, M. Huber, R.P. Acosta, High-Resolution Climate Projections for the Northeastern U.S., 2018, Earth and Space Science. Open access at: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2018EA000426
J. Nagar, S.D. Campbell, D.H. Werner, Z. Bayraktar, M. Komurcu,The Adaptive Wind Driven Optimization and it's Application in Electromagnetics, ACES, 2018.
M. Komurcuand M. Huber, A New Dynamically Downscaled Dataset For Climate Change Impacts Assessments in New England, Report for the NOAA 41st Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop, doi:10.7289/V5JS9NH0.Available through this link, 2017.
Z. Bayraktar and M. Komurcu, "Multi-objective Adaptive Wind Driven Optimization," accepted for the8th International Conference on Evolutionary Computation Theory and Applications, Porto, Portugal, 2016. Zikri Bayraktar and Muge Komurcu, "Adaptive Wind Driven Optimization," Proceedings of the 9th EAI International Conference on Bio-Inspired Information and Communications Technologies (formerly BIONETICS), New York City, NY, Dec. 3-5, 2015.
Muge Komurcu, Trude Storelvmo, Ivy Tan, Ulrike Lohmann, Yuxing Yun, Joyce E. Penner, Yong Wang, Xiaohong Liu, Toshihiko Takemura, Inter-Comparison of Cloud Water Phase among Global Climate Models, JGR Atmospheres, 2014. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2013JD021119/abstract
Muge Komurcu, Trude Storelvmo, Ivy Tan, Ulrike Lohmann, Yuxing Yun, Joyce E. Penner, Yong Wang, Xiaohong Liu, Toshihiko Takemura, Inter-Comparison of the Phase Partitioning of Cloud Water among Global Climate Models, International Conference on Nucleation and Atmopheric Aerosols (ICNAA), American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, Vol 1527, pp. 755-758, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4803381
Zikri Bayraktar, Muge Komurcu and Douglas H. Werner, "The Wind Driven Optimization Technique and its Application in Electromagnetics", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2013, Volume 61, Issue 5, pp. 2745-2757, doi: 10.1109/TAP.2013.2238654. [For detailed infornation on our novel nature inspired algorithm: http://www.thewdo.com ]
Zikri Bayraktar, Muge Komurcu, Z.H. Jiang, D.H. Werner, P.L. Werner, "Stub-loaded Inverted-F Antenna Synthesis via Wind Driven Optimization", Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, pp. 2920-2923, 3-8 July, 2011.
Kadir Alp and Muge Komurcu, "Characterization of pollutant sources at 10 stations in Istanbul with PM10 and EU directives on focal point", Third International Symposium on Air Quality Management at Urban, Regional and Global Scales & 14th IUAPPA Regional Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, September 26-30, 2005.
Oral Presentations & Invited Talks:
“Toward Resilient Cities: High-Resolution Climate Change in the Northeastern United States”, October 31, 2019, Department of Environmental, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell.
“Improving Regional and Local Resiliency to Climate Change using High-Resolution Climate Projections”, October 2, 2019, Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University.
·“High Resolution Climate Simulations of the Arabian Peninsula for Regional Sustainability Studies”, 99th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, January 2019, Phoenix, AZ.
"Dynamical Downscaling Improves Climate Projections", AGU Fall Meeting 2018, December 2018, Washington D.C.
"High Resolution Climate Projections", Agriculture and Global Change Workshop, November 6, 2018, MIT, Cambridge, MA.
“A new high resolution dataset to analyze extreme events in New England”, 41st NOAA Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop, October 2016, Orono, ME.
“Water In the Atmosphere: From Global to Regional Scales”, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, June 2016, Cambridge, MA. Invited.
“Dynamical Downscaling to Improve Adaptation Strategies and Increase Sustainability in New England Under A High Impact Climate Change Scenario”, AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, CA.
“Journey of Water Molecules”, Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire, November 2015. Invited.
“Calibration for Simulating Regional Climate Change in New England”, NH EPSCoR All Hands Meeting, November 2014, Concord, NH. Invited.
“Challenges in Simulating Regional and Global Climate”, State University of New York at Oswego, 2014, Invited.
“Inter-comparison of Phase Partitioning of Cloud Water in Global Models”, Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire, January 2014. Invited.
“Inter-comparison of Cloud Water Phase in Global Models”, International Conference on Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols (ICNAA), June 23-28, 2013.
“Surface-Aerosol-Cloud Interactions in Persistent Arctic Clouds”, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Atmospheric Science Division Seminar Series, March 23, 2011. Invited.
“Effects of Cloud Ice Processes on Arctic Cloud Lifetime”, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Meso-scale Atmospheric Processes Branch Seminar, March 4, 2011.Invited.
“Interactions between Microphysics and Dynamics in Arctic Clouds”, Yale University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics Seminar, January 20, 2011. Invited.
Presentations at Conferences & Workshops: · Muge Komurcu and Zikri BAYRAKTAR, “Toward Resilient Cities: Using Deep Learning to Downscale Climate Model Projections”, NeurIPS 2019 “Tackling Climate Change with AI Workshop”, December 14, 2019, Vancouver, BC,
Muge Komurcu, K. A. Emanuel, M. Huber, R.P. Acosta, “Improved Climate Projections through Dynamical Downscaling”, 99th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, January 2019, Phoenix, AZ.
Muge Komurcu, A. Schlosser, I. Alshehri, T. Alshahrani, W. Alhayaza, A. AlSaati, “High Resolution Climate Simulations of the Arabian Peninsula for Regional Sustainability Studies”, 99th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, January 2019, Phoenix, AZ.
Muge Komurcu, Kerry A. Emanuel, Matt Huber, R. Paul Acosta, "Dynamical Downscaling Improves Climate Projections", AGU Fall Meeting 2018, Washington D.C., December 2018.
Muge Komurcu, M. Huber, "Analyzing Changes in Future Extreme Events in New England using A New Dynamically Downscaled High Resolution Climate Dataset", American Meteorological Society 2017 Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, January 24, 2017.
Muge Komurcu, M. Huber, "A New High Resolution Climate Dataset for Climate Change Impacts Assessments in New England", AGU Fall Meeting 2016, San Francisco, CA, December 12, 2016.
Muge Komurcu, M. Huber, "A New Dataset to Analyze Extreme Events in New England", 41st NOAA Climate Dynamics and Prediction Workshop", Orono, ME, October 5, 2016.
Muge Komurcu, Jonathan Buzan, Matthew Huber, "Dynamical Downscaling to Improve Adaptation Strategies and Increase Sustainability in New England Under A High Impact Climate Change Scenario", AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 16, 2015.
Jonathan Buzan, Muge Komurcu, Matthew Huber, " Simulations of Future Heat stress in the Northeast in a Convection Resolving Model", AGU Fall Meting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 16, 2015.
Zikri Bayraktar and Muge Komurcu, "Adaptive Wind Driven Optimization," The 9th EAI International Conference on Bio-Inspired Information and Communications Technologies (formerly BIONETICS), New York City, NY, Dec. 3-5, 2015.
Muge Komurcu, Using High Resolution Modeling to improve sustainability in New England, National EPSCoR Meeting, Portsmouth, NH, November 2015.
Muge Komurcu, R. Paul Acosta, Jonathan Buzan, Matthew Huber, Simulating Regional Climate Change in New England, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 13-20, 2014.
Aaron Goldner, Nicholas Herold, Matthew Huber, Muge Komurcu, Exploring Sensitivity of Carbon Dioxide and Aerosol Forcing When Modeling Mid-Miocene Climatic Optimum, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 13-20, 2014.
Muge Komurcu, R. Paul Acosta, Jonathan Buzan, Matthew Huber, Dynamical Downscaling and Model Calibration for Simulating Regional Climate Change in New England, New Hampshire EPSCoR All Hands Meeting, Concord, MA, November 19, 2014.
Muge Komurcu, Trude Storelvmo, Ivy Tan, Ulrike Lohmann, Yuxing Yun, Joyce E. Penner, Yong Wang, Xiaohong Liu, Toshihiko Takemura, "Inter-Comparison of the Cloud Water Phase among Global Climate Models", The 4th New England Atmospheric Chemistry Symposium (NEATChem), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston MA, November 8, 2013.
Muge Komurcu, Trude Storelvmo, Ivy Tan, Ulrike Lohmann, Yuxing Yun, Joyce E. Penner, Yong Wang, Xiaohong Liu, Toshihiko Takemura, "Inter-Comparison of the Phase Partitioning of Cloud Water among Global Climate Models", Gordon Research Conference on Radiation and Climate, New London, NH, July 8-12, 2013.
Muge Komurcu, Trude Storelvmo, Ivy Tan, Ulrike Lohmann, Yuxing Yun, Joyce E. Penner, Yong Wang, Xiaohong Liu, Toshihiko Takemura, "Inter-Comparison of the Phase Partitioning of Cloud Water among Global Climate Models", Gordon Research Seminar on Radiation and Climate, New London, NH, July 6-7, 2013.
Muge Komurcu, Trude Storelvmo, Ivy Tan, Ulrike Lohmann, Yuxing Yun, Joyce E. Penner, Yong Wang, Xiaohong Liu, Toshihiko Takemura, "Inter-Comparison of the Phase Partitioning of Cloud Water among Global Climate Models", DOE Atmospheric System Research Meeting, Maryland, March 18-21, 2013.
Muge Komurcu and Trude Storelvmo, "Challenges in Simulating the Phase Partitioning of Water in Mixed-Phase Clouds: Influences of the Representation of Ice Processes", International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, ICCP, Leipzig, Germany, July 2012.
Trude Storelvmo, Muge Komurcu, Ulrike Lochmann, Yuxing. Yu, Joyce E. Penner, Yong Wang, Xiaohong Liu, T. Takemura, "Model Intercomparison of Aerosol Effects on Liquid and Mixed-Phase Clouds", International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, ICCP, Leipzig, Germany, July 2012.
Muge Komurcu and Jerry Y. Harrington, "Interactions between Microphysics and Dynamics in Persistent Arctic Mixed-Phase Clouds", American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2011, December 2011.
Zikri Bayraktar, Muge Komurcu and Douglas H. Werner, "Wind Driven Optimization Technique", College of Engineering Research Symposium at the Pennsylvania State University, March 2011.
Zikri Bayraktar, Muge Komurcu and Douglas H. Werner, "A Novel Nature-Inspired Numerical Optimization Technique", The Pennsylvania State University Graduate Exhibition, March 2011.
Muge Komurcu and Jerry Y. Harrington, "Dynamics of Arctic Mixed Phase Clouds: A Focus on the Effects of Ice Crystal Habits and Nucleation", AGU Fall Meeting 2010, 13-17 December 2010.
Muge Komurcu and Jerry Y. Harrington, "Effects of Ice Nucleation and Crystal Habits on the Dynamics of Arctic Mixed-Phase Clouds", 40th Annual International Arctic Workshop, Colorado USA, March 10-12, 2010.
Thesis and Dissertations: Doctor of Philosophy, Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University Effects of Ice Nuclei Concentrations, Ice Nucleation Mechanisms and Ice Crystal Habits on the Dynamics and Microphysics of Arctic Mixed-Phase Clouds
Master of Science, Meteorology, Istanbul Technical University Effects of Lateral Boundaries and Resolution on Flood Simulation: A Case Study of Istanbul.
Bachelor of Science, Environmental Engineering, Istanbul Technical University Characterization of Pollutant Sources in Istanbul using PM10 and EU Directives.
Bachelor of Science, Meteorology, Istanbul Technical University Impacts of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) on the Climate of Turkey.
Conferences & Workshops Attended:
AMS Annual Meeting 2020 Boston, MA.
NeurIPS 2019 Tackling Climate Change with AI workshop
AMS Annual Meeting 2019 Phoenix AX.
AGU Fall Meeting, December 2018 Washington D.C.
43rd Climate Dynamics and Prediction Workshop, Santa Barbara, CA.
Hurricane WRF Tutorial January 2018, NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction, Greenbelt, MD.
American Meteorological Society 2018 Annual Meeting, 2018, Austin, Texas.
Together in Climate Action: Northeastern North America Policy Summit, December 7-8, 2017, MIT, Cambridge, MA.
2017 American Meteorological Union Annual Meeting, 2017, Seattle, WA.
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2016, San Francisco, CA.
41st Climate Dynamics and Prediction Workshop, Orono, ME.
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2015, San Francisco, CA.
9th EAI International Conference on Bio-Inspired Information and Communications Technologies BICT 2015, December 2015, New York City City, NY.
American Meteorological Society, Envisioning Workshop, September 2015, Boston MA.
NCAR ASP Early Career Summer Workshop on Geoengineering, July 2015, Boulder, CO.
Fifth GeoMIP Meeting, July 2015, Boulder, CO.
20th CESM Workshop, June 2015, Breckenridge, CO.
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2014, San Francisco, CA.
Atmospheric System Research, Fall Working Group Meeting, November 17, 2014, Maryland, MA.
New Hampshire EPSCoR All Hands Meeting, November 19, 2014, Concord, NH.
14th Conference on Cloud Physics and Atmospheric Radiation/Anthony Slingo Symposium, July 7-11, 2014, Boston, MA.
Workshop on Data Analysis and Presentation of Cloud Microphysical Measurements, July 5-6, 2014, MIT, Cambridge, MA.
Great Bay Coastal Watershed Symposium, May 30 2014, Great Bay Discovery Center, NH.
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2013, San Francisco, CA.
The 4th New England Atmospheric Chemistry Symposium (NEATChem), 2013, MIT, Cambridge, MA.
Gordon Research Conference on Radiation and Climate, 2013, New London, NH.
Gordon Research Seminar on Radiation and Climate, 2013, New London, NH.
International Conference on Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols, 2013, Forth Collins, CO.
Yale University Climate and Energy Institute Annual Conference, Water: The Looming Crisis, 2013, New Haven, CT.
DOE Atmospheric System Research Meeting, 2013, Potomac, MD.
The Atmospheric Science-Climate Policy Frontier, 2013, Yale University Climate and Energy Institute, New Haven, CT.
Forum on the Integration of Climate Science and Infectious Disease Research, Yale University, Climate and Energy Institute, 2013, New Haven, CT.
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2012, San Francisco, CA.
International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, 2012, Leipzig, Germany.
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2011, San Francisco, CA.
The Pennsylvania State University Graduate Exhibition, 2011, University Park, PA.
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2010, San Francisco, CA.
John C. Wyngaard Symposium on Atmospheric Turbulence and Boundary Layers, 2010, State College, PA.
National Graduate Women in Science and Engineering Meeting, BRIDGES STEM, 2010, State College, PA.
1st Science Team Meeting of the Atmospheric System Research, 2010, Bethesda, MD.
40th International Arctic Workshop, 2010, Winter Park, CO.
Gordon Research Conference, Radiation and Climate, 2009, Colby Sawyer College, NH.
19th Annual Science Team Meeting, DOE ARM, 2009, Louisville, KY.