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Institute of Marine Science
118 O'Neill
P.O. Box 757220
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7220
Phone: (907) 474-7753
Fax: (907) 474-7204
ffzk@ims.uaf.edu

Zygmunt Kowalik Professor

Physical Oceanography

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Course outlines

Workbook on numerical modeling

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Selected Publications

Books

Kowalik, Z. and T. S. Murty, 1993. Numerical modeling of ocean dynamics, World Scientific Publ., 481 pp.

Articles - Tsunami

Kowalik, Z., J. Horrillo, W. Knight, and T. Logan (2008), Kuril Islands tsunami of November 2006: 1. Impact at Crescent City by distant scattering. J. Geoph. Res., 113, C01020, doi:10.1029/2007JC004402. Part A: Download pages 1-4; 3.4 MB PDF Part B: Download pages 5-11; 908 KB PDF.

Horrillo, J., Knight, W., and Z. Kowalik. The Kuril Islands Tsunami of November 2006. Part II: Impact at Crescent City by local amplification. Submitted to J. Geoph. Res. Download 900 KB PDF.

Kowalik, Z., Knight, W., Logan, T., and P. Whitmore, 2006. The Tsunami of 26 December, 2004: Numerical Modeling and Energy Considerations. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 164, 1-15. Download 4.15 MB PDF.

Kowalik, Z., Proshutinsky, T., and A. Proshutinsky, 2006. Tide-Tsunami Interactions. Science of Tsunami Hazards, 24(4), 242. Download 540 KB PDF.

Beget, J. E. and Z. Kowalik, 2006. Confirmation and Calibration of Computer Modeling of Tsunamis Produced by Augustine Volcano, Alaska. Science of Tsunami Hazards, 24(4), 257. Download 700 KB PDF.

Horrillo, J., Z. Kowalik, and Y. Shigihara, 2006 . Wave Dispersion Study in the Indian Ocean—Tsunami of December 26, 2004. Marine Geodesy., 29: 149-166. Download 3.3 MB PDF.

Kowalik, Z., W. Knight, T. Logan, and P. Whitmore, 2005. Numerical Modeling of the Global Tsunami: Indonesian Tsunami of 26 December 2004. Science of Tsunami Hazards, 23 (1), 40- 56. Download 1.12 MB PDF.

Kowalik, Z., Knight, W. Logan, T. and P. Whitmore, 2005. The tsunami of 26 December 2004: Numerical Modeling and energy considerations, Proceedings of the International Tsunami Symposium, Eds.: G.A. Papadopoulos and K. Satake, Chania, Greece, 27-29 June, 2005, 140-150. Download 786 KB PDF.

Kowalik, Z., 2003. Basic relations between tsunamis calculation and their physics-II, Science of Tsunami Hazards, 21(3), 154-173. Download 448 KB PDF.

Kowalik, Z. 1997. Landslide-generated tsunami in Skagway, Alaska. Science of Tsunami Hazards, 15(2), 89--106.

Kowalik, Z. and T.S. Murty. 1993. Numerical simulation of two-dimensional tsunami runup. Marine Geodesy, 16, 87--100. Download 2.15 MB PDF

Kowalik, Z., and P. M. Whitmore. 1991. An investigation of two tsunamis recorded at Adak, Alaska. Science of Tsunami Hazards, 9(2), 67-83.

Kowalik, Z., and T.S. Murty. 1987. Influence of the Size, Shape, and Orientation of the Earthquake Source Area in the Shumagin Seismic Gap on the Resulting Tsunami. J. Phys. Oc. 17(7), 1057-1062. Download 2.11 MB PDF

Kowalik, Z., J. Keinle and T.S. Murty. 1987. Tsunamis Generated by Eruptions from Mount St. Augustine Volcano, Alaska. Science. 236: 1401-1492. Download 2.78 MB PDF

Kowalik, Z., and T.S. Murty. 1984. Computation of Tsunami Amplitudes Resulting from a Predicted Major Earthquake In the Shumagin Seismic Gap. Geophys. Res., 11(12), 1243-1246. Download 1.27 MB PD

Articles - Tides

Danielson, S., Z. Kowalik, 2005. Tidal Currents in the St. Lawrence Island region. J. Geophys. Res., 110 (C10), C10004, 10.1029/2004JC002463. Download 1.4 MB PDF.

Kowalik, Z. 2004. Tide distribution and tapping into tidal energy, Oceanologia, 46(3), 291-333. Download 3.8 MB PDF.

Kowalik, Z. and A. V. Marchenko, 2002. Tidal motion enhancement around islands, Journal of Marine Research, 60, 551–581. Download 1.3 MB PDF.

Kowalik, Z. 1999. Bering Sea Tides. in The Bering Sea: Physical, Chemical and Biological Dynamics, T. R. Loughlin and K. Ohtani, Editors, Alaska Sea Grant Press, Fairbanks, AK, 93–127.

Kowalik, Z. and I. Polyakov. 1998. Tides in the Sea of Okhotsk. Journal of Physical Oceanography, v.28, n.7, 1389–1409.

Z. Kowalik and A. Yu. Proshutinsky, 1995. Topographic enhancement of tidal motion in the western Barents Sea, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 2613--2637.

Kowalik, Z., 1994. Modeling of topographically-amplified diurnal tides in the Nordic Seas, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24(8), 1717--1731.

Z. Kowalik and A. Yu. Proshutinsky, 1994. The Arctic Ocean Tides, In: The Polar Oceans and Their Role in Shaping the Global Environment: Nansen Centennial Volume, Geoph. Monograph 85, AGU, 137--158.

 

Articles-Ocean Dynamics

Kowalik, Z. and P. Stabeno. 1999. Trapped motion around the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea. Accepted to Journal of Geophysical Research.