Zygmunt Kowalik
Professor Emeritus
Physical Oceanography
College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
Institute of Marine Science
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7220
zkowalik@alaska.edu
Selected Publications
J. Horrillo, W. Knight and Z. Kowalik. 2012. Tsunami Propagation over the North Pacific: dispersive and nondispersive models. Science of Tsunami Hazards 31:154-177.
Y. Yamazaki, K. F. Cheung and Z. Kowalik. 2010. Depth- integrated, non-hydrostatic model with grid nesting for tsunami generation, propagation, and runup. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids. https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.2485
Z. Kowalik and A. Proshutinsky. 2010. Tsunami tide interactions: A Cook Inlet case study. Cont. Shelf. Res. 30:633-642.
Y. Yamazaki, Z. Kowalik and K. F. Cheung. 2009. Depth-integrated, non-hydrostatic model for wave breaking and run-up. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 61(5):473-497.
J. Horrillo, W. Knight and Z. Kowalik. 2008. Kuril Islands tsunami of November 2006: 2. Impact at Crescent city by local enhancement. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 113:C01021. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007jc004404
Marchenko Z. Kowalik 2017. Investigation of ocean currents in navigational straits of Spitsbergen. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation (TransNav 2017), June 21-23, 2017, Gdynia, Poland. Edited by Adam Weintrit. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315099132
Kowalik Z., A. Marchenko , D. Brazhnikov and N. Marchenko, 2015, Tidal currents in the western Svalbard Fjords, Oceanologia, 57, 318—327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceano.2015.06.003
All Publications
A full list of publications of Zygmunt Kowalik (PDF)
Specialties
- Numerical modeling
- Tides in the Arctic Ocean Bering Sea, and Okhotsk Sea
- Storm surges and currents in the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Bering Sea, and North Pacific
- Tsunamis in the North Pacific
Current Research Projects
- Tsunami Research Group
Workbook on numerical modeling
- Download workbook [1.1MB PDF]
Introduction to Numerical Modeling of Tsunami Waves
- Complete book [17.2MB PDF]
Reprints available for download (PDF)
- Tide distribution and tapping into tidal energy (2004) [3.8 MB] Oceanologia
- Basic relations between tsunamis calculation and their physics-II (2003) [448 KB]
- Science of Tsunami Hazards (journal website; no link currently available)
- Tidal motion enhancement around islands (2002) [1.3 MB]
- Journal of Marine Research (journal website)
Modern Theory and Practice of Tide Analysis and Tidal Power
- Complete book [5.1MB PDF]