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Asperti, A., Aydogdu, A., Greco, A., Merizzi, F., Miraglio, P., Tartufoli, B., Testa, A., Pinardi, N. and Oddo, P. (2026) ‘Deep learning for sea surface temperature reconstruction under cloud occlusion’, Applied Ocean Research, 170, 105038. doi: 10.1016/j.apor.2026.105038.

Oddo, P., Adani, M., Carere, F., Cipollone, A., Goglio, A.C., Jansen, E., Aydogdu, A., Mele, F., Epicoco, I., Pistoia, J., Clementi, E., Pinardi, N. and Masina, S. (2026) ‘Implementation and evaluation of sea level operators in OceanVar2.0: an open-source oceanographic three-dimensional variational data assimilation system’, Geoscientific Model Development, 19, pp. 423-445. doi: 10.5194/gmd-19-423-2026.

Stefanelli, M., Jansen, E., Aydogdu, A., Federico, I. and Coppini, G. (2025) ‘Data assimilation for advanced cross-scale unstructured grid ocean modelling’, Frontiers in Marine Science, 12, 1656879. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2025.1656879.

Aydogdu, A., Escudier, R., Hernandez-Lasheras, J., Amadio, C., Pistoia, J., Zarokanellos, N.D., Cossarini, G., Remy, E. and Mourre, B. (2025) ‘Glider observations in the Western Mediterranean Sea: their assimilation and impact assessment using four analysis and forecasting systems’, Frontiers in Marine Science, 12, 1456463. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2025.1456463.

Yang, C., Bourdalle-Badie, R., Drevillon, M., Amaya, D., Aouf, L., Aydogdu, A., Barton, B., Bell, M., Boyer, T., Blauw, A. and Carton, J. et al. (2025) ‘Gathering users and developers to shape together the next-generation ocean reanalyses: Ocean reanalyses workshop of the European Copernicus Marine Service’, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 106(2), pp. E419-E429. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0034.1.

Teruzzi, A., Aydogdu, A., Amadio, C., Clementi, E., Colella, S., Di Biagio, V., Drudi, M., Fanelli, C., Feudale, L., Grandi, A., Miraglio, P., Pisano, A., Pistoia, J., Reale, M., Salon, S., Volpe, G. and Cossarini, G. (2024) ‘Anomalous 2022 deep-water formation and intense phytoplankton bloom in the Cretan area’, in von Schuckmann, K. et al. (eds) 8th edition of the Copernicus Ocean State Report (OSR8). State Planet, 4-osr8, 15. doi: 10.5194/sp-4-osr8-15-2024.

von Schuckmann, K., Moreira, L., Cancet, M., Gues, F., Autret, E., Aydogdu, A., Castrillo, L., Ciani, D., Cipollone, A., Clementi, E., Cossarini, G., de Pascual-Collar, A., De Toma, V., Gehlen, M., Giesen, R., Drevillon, M., Fanelli, C., Hodges, K., Jandt-Scheelke, S., Jansen, E., Juza, M., Karagali, I., Lagemaa, P., Lien, V., Lima, L., Lyubartsev, V., Maljutenko, I., Masina, S., McAdam, R., Miraglio, P., Morrison, H., Panteleit, T.R., Pisano, A., Pujol, M.-I., Raudsepp, U., Raj, R., Stoffelen, A., Van Gennip, S., Veillard, P. and Yang, C. (2024) ‘The state of the ocean in the northeastern Atlantic and adjacent seas’, in von Schuckmann, K. et al. (eds) 8th edition of the Copernicus Ocean State Report (OSR8). State Planet, 4-osr8, 2. doi: 10.5194/sp-4-osr8-2-2024.

Coppini, G., Clementi, E., Cossarini, G., Salon, S., Korres, G., Ravdas, M., Lecci, R., Pistoia, J., Goglio, A.C., Drudi, M., Grandi, A., Aydogdu, A., Escudier, R., Cipollone, A., Lyubartsev, V., Mariani, A., Cretì, S., Palermo, F., Scuro, M., Masina, S., Pinardi, N., Navarra, A., Delrosso, D., Teruzzi, A., Di Biagio, V., Bolzon, G., Feudale, L., Coidessa, G., Amadio, C., Brosich, A., Miró, A., Alvarez, E., Lazzari, P., Solidoro, C., Oikonomou, C. and Zacharioudaki, A. (2023) ‘The Mediterranean Forecasting System – Part 1: Evolution and performance’, Ocean Science, 19, pp. 1483-1516. doi: 10.5194/os-19-1483-2023.

Aydogdu, A., Miraglio, P., Escudier, R., Clementi, E. and Masina, S. (2023) ‘The dynamical role of upper layer salinity in the Mediterranean Sea’, in von Schuckmann, K. et al. (eds) 7th edition of the Copernicus Ocean State Report (OSR7). State Planet, 1-osr7, 6. doi: 10.5194/sp-1-osr7-6-2023.

Cipollone, A., Banerjee, D.S., Iovino, D., Aydogdu, A. and Masina, S. (2023) ‘Bivariate sea-ice assimilation for global-ocean analysis–reanalysis’, Ocean Science, 19, pp. 1375-1392. doi: 10.5194/os-19-1375-2023.

Cheng, S., Chen, Y., Aydogdu, A., Bertino, L., Carrassi, A., Rampal, P. and Jones, C.K.R.T. (2023) ‘Arctic sea ice data assimilation combining an ensemble Kalman filter with a novel Lagrangian sea ice model for the winter 2019–2020’, The Cryosphere, 17, pp. 1735-1754. doi: 10.5194/tc-17-1735-2023.

Ilicak, M., Causio, S., Ciliberti, S., Coppini, G., Lima, L., Aydogdu, A., Azevedo, D., Lecci, R., Cetin, D.U., Masina, S., Peneva, E., Gunduz, M. and Pinardi, N. (2022) ‘The Black Sea overturning circulation and its indicator of change’, Copernicus Ocean State Report, Issue 6, Journal of Operational Oceanography, 15(sup1), pp. s1-s220. doi: 10.1080/1755876X.2022.2095169.

Masina, S., Pinardi, N., Cipollone, A., Banerjee, D.S., Lyubartsev, V., von Schuckmann, K., Jackson, L., Escudier, R., Clementi, E., Aydogdu, A. and Iovino, D. (2022) ‘The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation forcing the mean sea level in the Mediterranean Sea through the Gibraltar transport’, Copernicus Ocean State Report, Issue 6, Journal of Operational Oceanography, 15(sup1), pp. s1-s220. doi: 10.1080/1755876X.2022.2095169.

Escudier, R., Clementi, E., Cipollone, A., Pistoia, J., Drudi, M., Grandi, A., Lyubartsev, V., Lecci, R., Aydogdu, A., Delrosso, D., Omar, M., Masina, S., Coppini, G. and Pinardi, N. (2021) ‘A High Resolution Reanalysis for the Mediterranean Sea’, Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, 702285. doi: 10.3389/feart.2021.702285.

Le Traon, P.Y., Abadie, V., Ali, A., Aouf, L., Artioli, Y., Ascione, I., Autret, E., Aydogdu, A. et al. (2021) ‘The Copernicus Marine Service from 2015 to 2021: six years of achievements’, Mercator Ocean Journal, 57. doi: 10.48670/moi-cafr-n813.

Ciliberti, S.A., Grégoire, M., Staneva, J., Palazov, A., Coppini, G., Lecci, R., Peneva, E., Matreata, M., Marinova, V., Masina, S., Pinardi, N., Jansen, E., Lima, L., Aydogdu, A., Cretì, S., Stefanizzi, L., Azevedo, D., Causio, S., Vandenbulcke, L., Capet, A., Meulders, C., Ivanov, E., Behrens, A., Ricker, M., Gayer, G., Palermo, F., Ilicak, M., Gunduz, M., Valcheva, N. and Agostini, P. (2021) ‘Monitoring and Forecasting the Ocean State and Biogeochemical Processes in the Black Sea: Recent Developments in the Copernicus Marine Service’, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 9(10), 1146. doi: 10.3390/jmse9101146.

Conti, G., Aydogdu, A., Gualdi, S., Navarra, A. and Tribbia, J. (2021) ‘On the physical nudging equations’, Climate Dynamics, 57, pp. 3121-3143. doi: 10.1007/s00382-021-05972-w.

Bonaduce, A., Cipollone, A., Johannessen, J.A., Staneva, J., Raj, R.P. and Aydogdu, A. (2021) ‘Ocean Mesoscale Variability: A Case Study on the Mediterranean Sea From a Re-Analysis Perspective’, Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, 724879. doi: 10.3389/feart.2021.724879.

Lima, L., Ciliberti, S.A., Aydogdu, A., Masina, S., Escudier, R., Cipollone, A., Azevedo, D., Causio, S., Peneva, E., Lecci, R., Clementi, E., Jansen, E., Ilicak, M., Cretì, S., Stefanizzi, L., Palermo, F. and Coppini, G. (2021) ‘Climate Signals in the Black Sea From a Multidecadal Eddy-Resolving Reanalysis’, Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 710973. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.710973.

Sampson, C., Carrassi, A., Aydogdu, A. and Jones, C.K.R.T. (2021) ‘Ensemble Kalman filter for nonconservative moving mesh solvers with a joint physics and mesh location update’, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 147(741), pp. 3762-3784. doi: 10.1002/qj.3980.

Cheng, S., Aydogdu, A., Rampal, P., Carrassi, A. and Bertino, L. (2020) ‘Probabilistic Forecasts of Sea Ice Trajectories in the Arctic: Impact of Uncertainties in Surface Wind and Ice Cohesion’, Oceans, 1(4), pp. 326-342. doi: 10.3390/oceans1040022.

Aydogdu, A., Carrassi, A., Guider, C.T., Jones, C.K.R.T. and Rampal, P. (2019) ‘Data assimilation using adaptive, non-conservative, moving mesh models’, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 26, pp. 175-193. doi: 10.5194/npg-26-175-2019.

Aydogdu, A., Pinardi, N., Özsoy, E., Danabasoglu, G., Gürses, Ö. and Karspeck, A. (2018) ‘Circulation of the Turkish Straits System under interannual atmospheric forcing’, Ocean Science, 14, pp. 999-1019. doi: 10.5194/os-14-999-2018.

Aydogdu, A., Hoar, T.J., Vukicevic, T., Anderson, J.L., Pinardi, N., Karspeck, A., Hendricks, J., Collins, N., Macchia, F. and Ozsoy, E. (2018) ‘OSSE for a sustainable marine observing network in the Sea of Marmara’, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 25, pp. 537-551. doi: 10.5194/npg-25-537-2018.

Aydogdu, A., Pinardi, N., Pistoia, J., Martinelli, M., Belardinelli, A. and Sparnocchia, S. (2016) ‘Assimilation experiments for the Fishery Observing System in the Adriatic Sea’, Journal of Marine Systems, 162, pp. 126-136. doi: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2016.03.002.

Sparnocchia, S., Nair, R., Petihakis, G., Aydogdu, A., Dobricic, S., Farcy, P., Martinelli, M., Petersen, W. and Petit de la Villeon, L. (2016) ‘An interlinked coastal observatory network for Europe’, Journal of Operational Oceanography, 9(sup1), pp. s38-s48. doi: 10.1080/1755876X.2015.1114808.

Dissertations

Aydogdu, A. (2017) Advanced modeling and data assimilation methods for the design of sustained marine monitoring networks. PhD thesis. Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.

Aydogdu, A. (2012) A coupled modelling attempt of hydrodynamics and ecosystem of northern levantine basin. Master’s thesis. Middle East Technical University.

Book Chapters

von Schuckmann, K., Le Traon, P.Y., Smith, N., Pascual, A., Djavidnia, S., Gattuso, J.P., Grégoire, M. et al. (2021) ‘Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report, Issue 5’, Journal of Operational Oceanography, 14(sup1), pp. s1-s185. doi: 10.1080/1755876X.2021.1946240.

Gürses, Ö., Aydogdu, A., Pinardi, N. and Özsoy, E. (2017) ‘A finite element modeling study of the Turkish Straits System’, in Öztürk, B. et al. (eds) The Sea of Marmara - Marine Biodiversity, Fisheries, Conservations and Governance. Istanbul: TUDAV, pp. 169-184.

Ozsoy, E., Sofianos, S., Gertman, I., Mantziafou, A., Aydogdu, A., Georgiou, S., Tutsak, E., Lascaratos, A., Hecht, A. and Latif, M.A. (2014) ‘Deep-Water Variability and Interbasin Interactions in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea’, in Borzelli, G.L.E. et al. (eds) The Mediterranean Sea: Temporal Variability and Spatial Patterns. Oxford: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. doi: 10.1002/9781118847572.ch7.

Posters

Hoar, T., Anderson, J., Collins, N., Kershaw, H., Hendricks, J., Raeder, K., Romine, G., Mizzi, A., Barre, J., Gaubert, B., Madaus, L., Aydogdu, A., Raeder, J., Arango, H., Moore, A., Edwards, C., Curchitser, E., Escudier, R., Dussin, R., Bitz, C., Zhang, Y. and Shrestha, P. (2016) DART: A Community Facility Providing State-of-the-Art, Efficient Ensemble Data Assimilation for Large (Coupled) Geophysical Models. Poster presented at: AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Aydogdu, A., Hoar, T., Vukicevic, T., Anderson, J., Karspeck, A., Danabasoglu, G., Pinardi, N., Hendricks, J., Collins, N. and Macchia, F. (2017) Observing System Simulation Experiments in the Marmara Sea. Poster presented at: Numerical Modeling, Predictability and Data Assimilation in Weather, Ocean and Climate: A Symposium Honoring the Legacy of Anna Trevisan, Bologna, Italy, 17-20 October.