The Globe-LFMC 2.0 research, which was carried out with the contributions of a team consisting of many international participants, including Kastamonu University Faculty of Science and Department of Biology faculty member Nursema Aktepe, was published in Nature (Scientific Data), the world's highest impact factor.
The dataset utilised in the research, which was carried out by a team of 25 individuals that included Cihan Ünal Değirmenci from Hacettepe University and Assistant. Prof.Dr. Nursema Aktepe from Turkey, comprises approximately 280,000 Live Fuel Moisture Content (LFMC) measurements that were gathered in field experiments that span 15 countries. The research supports studies on land surface modelling, physiological traits, ecological dynamics, and fire behaviour.
Our Rector, Prof.Dr. Ahmet Hamdi Topal, thanked Prof. Dr.Erol Özvar, President of the Council of Higher Education, for his support in attaining national and international triumphs. He expressed his delight at the rise in the calibre of scientific publications.
Our Rector congratulated Assist.Prof.Dr. Nursema Aktepe and the other academics engaged in the study and wished them ongoing success in their work, emphasising that this assistance played a significant role in our university's recognition on a national and international level.
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