Michael Kowalsky
Publications
Journal articles
and book chapters
Lehikoinen, A., J.M.J. Huttunen, S. Finsterle, M.B. Kowalsky
and J.P.
Kaipio, Dynamic inversion for Hydrological Process Monitoring under
Model Uncertainties, Water Resour.
Res. (submitted).
Lehikoinen, A., S. Finsterle, A. Voutilainen, M.B. Kowalsky
and J.P.
Kaipio, Dynamical inversion of geophysical ERT data: state estimation
in the vadoze zone, Inverse Problems
in Science and Engineering (in press).
Kowalsky, M.B., J. Birkholzer, J. Peterson, S. Finsterle,
S. Mukhopadhyay, and Y. Tsang, 2008. Sensitivity analysis for joint
inversion
of GPR and thermal-hydrological data from a large-scale underground
heater test, Nuclear Technology, 164(2), 196-206.
Salve, R., N.Y. Krakauer, M.B. Kowalsky, and S. Finsterle,
2008. A qualitative assessment of microclimatic perturbations in a
tunnel, International J. of
Climatology, 28(15), 2081–2087, doi:
10.1002/joc.1697.
Finsterle, S., C. Doughty, M.B. Kowalsky, G.J. Moridis, L.
Pan, T. Xu, Y. Zhang, and K. Pruess, 2008. Advanced vadose zone
simulation using TOUGH, Vadose Zone Journal, 7, 601-609,
doi:10.2136/vzj2007.0059.
Finsterle, S.A., and M.B. Kowalsky, 2008. Joint
hydrological-geophysical inversion for soil structure identification, Vadose
Zone Journal, 7, 287–293, doi:10.2136/vzj2006.0078.
Kowalsky, M.B., and G. J. Moridis, 2007. Comparison of
kinetic and equilibrium reactions in simulating the behavior of gas
hydrates, Energy Conversion and Management, 48, 1850-1863,
doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2007.01.017. PDF
Moridis, G., M.B. Kowalsky, and K. Pruess, 2007.
Depressurization-induced gas production from class 1 hydrate deposits,
SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering, 10(5), 458-481.
Moridis, G., and M.B. Kowalsky, 2007. Response of Oceanic
Hydrate-Bearing Sediments to Thermal Stresses, SPE Journal,
12(2), 253-268, doi:10.2118/111572-PA.
Linde, N., J. Chen, M.B. Kowalsky, and S. Hubbard, 2006.
Hydrogeophysical parameter estimation approaches for field scale
characterization, in Applied Hydrogeophysics, edited by H.
Vereecken et al., Chap. 2, pp. 9-44, Springer.
Kowalsky, M.B., J. Chen, and S.S. Hubbard, 2006. Joint
inversion of geophysical and hydrological data for improved subsurface
characterization, The Leading Edge, 25(6), 730-734.
Gupta, A., T.J. Kneafsey, G.J. Moridis, Y. Seol, M.B.
Kowalsky, and E.D. Sloan, 2006. Composite Thermal Conductivity in a
Large Heterogeneous Porous Methane Hydrate Sample, J. Phys. Chem.
B. , 110, 16384-16392.
Moridis, G.J. and M.B. Kowalsky, 2006. Gas Production from
Unconfined Class 2 Hydrate Accumulations in the Oceanic Subsurface, in
Economic Geology of Natural Gas Hydrates, M. Max, A.H. Johnson,
W.P. Dillon and T. Collett, Eds., Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
(Report LBNL-57299).
Kowalsky, M.B., S. Finsterle, J. Peterson, S. Hubbard, Y.
Rubin, E. Majer, A. Ward, and G. Gee, 2005. Estimation of field-scale
soil hydraulic and dielectric parameters through joint inversion of GPR
and hydrological data, Water Resour. Res., 41, W11425,
doi:10.1029/2005WR004237. PDF
Kowalsky, M.B., S. Finsterle, and Y. Rubin, 2004. Estimating
flow parameter distributions using ground-penetrating radar and
hydrological measurements during transient flow in the vadose zone,
Adv. in Water Res., 27(6), 583-599. PDF
Kowalsky, M.B., Y. Rubin, and P. Dietrich, 2004. The use of
ground-penetrating radar for characterizing sediments under transient
flow conditions, in Aquifer characterization, SEPM Special
Publication 80, edited by: Bridge, J.S. and Hyndman, D.W., ISBN:
1-56576-107-3, 176 pages.
Kowalsky, M.B., P. Dietrich, G. Teutsch, and Y. Rubin, 2001.
Forward modeling of ground-penetrating radar data using digitized
outcrop images and multiple scenarios of water saturation, Water
Resour. Res., 37(6), 1615-1625 (2001WR900015). PDF
Geller, J.T., M.B. Kowalsky, P.K. Seifert, and K. Nihei,
2000. Acoustic detection of immiscible liquids in sand, Geophys.
Res. Letters. , Vol. 27, No. 3, 417-420 (1999GL010483). PDF
Reports and
conference proceedings (longer than 1 page)
Kowalsky,
M.B., S. Nakagawa, and G. Moridis, Feasibility of
monitoring gas hydrate production with geophysical methods, Paper
OTC-19489-PP presented at the Offshore
Technology
Conference, Houston, Texas, May 5-8, 2008.
Moridis, G.J., and M.B. Kowalsky, 2006. Geomechanical
Implications of Thermal Stresses on Hydrate-Bearing Sediments,
Fire in the Ice: the National Methane Hydrates R&D Program
Newsletter, edited by Karl Lang, Winter 2006.
Kowalsky, M.B., and G. Moridis. Comparison of kinetic and
equilibrium reactions in the simulation of the behavior of gas
hydrates, Proceedings of TOUGH Symposium 2006, Berkeley,
Calif. (LBNL-60361).
Gupta, A., T. Kneafsey, G.J. Moridis, Y. Seol, M.B.
Kowalsky, and E.D. Sloan, Jr., 2006. Estimation of composite
thermal-conductivity of a heterogeneous methane hydrate sample using
iTOUGH2, Proceedings of TOUGH Symposium 2006, Berkeley, Calif.
(LBNL-60619).
Moridis, G. M.B. Kowalsky, S. Finsterle, K. Pruess, 2006.
TOUGH+: The New Generation of Object-Oriented Family of Codes for the
Solution of Problems of Flow and Transport in the Subsurface,
Proc. of TOUGH Symp. 2006, Berkeley, CA.
Finsterle, S.A., and M.B. Kowalsky, 2006. Joint
Hydrological-Geophysical Inversion for Soil Structure Identification,
Proc. of TOUGH Symp. 2006, Berkeley, Calif. (LBNL-60088).
Moridis, G., and M.B. Kowalsky, 2006.
Depressurization-induced gas production from Class 1 and Class 2
hydrate deposits, Proc. of TOUGH Symp. 2006, Berkeley, Calif.
(LBNL-60366).
Moridis, G., and M.B. Kowalsky, Response of oceanic
hydrate-bearing sediments to thermal stresses, Offshore Technology
Conference, Houston, Texas, May 1-4, 2006 (LBNL-60150).
Moridis, G.J., M. Kowalsky and K. Pruess, 2005.
TOUGH-Fx/HYDRATE v1.0 User’s Manual: A code for the Simulation of
System Behavior in Hydrate-Bearing Geologic Media, LBNL/PUB 3185.
Linde, N., J. Chen, M.B. Kowalsky, S. Finsterle, Y. Rubin,
and S.S. Hubbard, 2004. Improved characterization through joint
hydrogeophysical inversion: Examples of three different approaches,
NATO ASI Hydrogeophysics 2, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 20-27,
LBNL-55782.
Kowalsky, M.B., S. Finsterle, and Y. Rubin, 2003. Estimating
Flow Parameters Using Ground-Penetrating Radar and Hydrological Data
during Transient Flow in the Vadose Zone, Proc. of TOUGH Symp.
2003 , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif.,
2003, Report LBNL-52504, 10 pages.
Williams, K.H.; M.B. Kowalsky, and J.E. Peterson, 2002. High
resolution imaging of vadose zone transport using surface and crosswell
ground penetrating radar methods, Report LBNL-53151, 42 pages.
Kowalsky, M.B., and Y. Rubin, 2002. Suitability of GPR for
characterizing variably saturated sediments during transient flow,
Proc. of the Ground Penetrating Radar conference (GPR 2002) ,
Santa Barbara, CA, April 28-May 2, 2002, 4 pages.
Kowalsky, M.B., Y. Rubin and P. Dietrich, 2002. Effects of
fluid distribution and subsurface structural heterogeneity on
ground-penetrating radar, Proc. of 2002 International Groundwater
Symposium, Berkeley, CA, March, 2002, 6 pages.
Hubbard, S.S., K. Grote, M.B. Kowalsky, and Y. Rubin, 2002.
High-Resolution Estimation of Near Subsurface Water Content using GPR
Ground-Wave Information, Proc. of 2002 International Groundwater
Symposium, Berkeley, CA, March, 2002, 8 pages.
Dietrich, P., M.B. Kowalsky, T. Fechner, and J. Whittaker,
2000. Aquifer analogs: a possibility to evaluate hydrogeophysical
approaches. Proc. of the 6th Meeting of Environmental &
Engineering Geophysics, Sep. 2000, Bochum, Germany, 4 pages.
Kowalsky, M.B., J.T. Geller, P.K. Seifert, K.T. Nihei, R.,
Gritto, J.E. Peterson, Jr. and L.R. Myer, 1998. Acoustic visibility of
immiscible liquids in poorly consolidated sand, Proc. Soc.
Exploration Geophysics, 1041-1044.
Kowalsky, M.B., J.T. Geller, P.K. Seifert, K.T. Nihei, and
L.R. Myer, 1997. Acoustic Visibility of Immiscible Liquids in Poorly
Consolidated Sand, in Earth Sciences Division, LBNL, Annual Report, 2
pages.
Conference
abstracts and proceedings (shorter than 1 page)
Kowalsky, M.B., S. Finsterle, and S. Hubbard, 2008. Use of
Coupled Hydrological-Geophysical Modeling Framework for Exploring the
Impact of Recharge on TDS, 2008 CMWR International Conference, July
6-10, 2008, San Francisco, California.
Englert, A., M.B. Kowalsky, K. Williams, J. Peterson, J.
Chen, F. Spane, D. Newcomer, P. Long and S. Hubbard, 2008. Estimation
of a three dimensional hydraulic conductivity field at the Rifle, CO
Integrated Field Challenge site using a sequential Bayesian-Inverse
Approach, 2008 CMWR International Conference, July 6-10, 2008, San
Francisco, California.
Zhang, Y., S. Finsterle, M.B. Kowalsky, and S. Hubbard,
2008. Impact of groundwater pumping on near-river hydrology, 2008
CMWR International Conference, July 6-10, 2008, San Francisco,
California.
Kowalsky, M.B., S.S. Hubbard, J. Chen, J.E. Peterson, G.P.
Flach, 2007. Multiscale Hydrogeophysical Data Integration for
Parameterization of Transport Model at Savannah River Site, Eos Trans.
AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abs. H14C-01 INVITED.
Hubbard, S., A. Englert, M. Kowalsky, J. Chen, J. Peterson,
K.H. Williams, 2007. Exploring Hydrological and Biogeochemical
Processes Associated With Remedial Treatments Using Geophysical
Methods, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abs. NS13A-08
INVITED.
Englert, A., M. Kowalsky, L. Li, P. Long, and S. Hubbard,
2007. Characterization of Transient Transport Behavior During
Biostimulation Field Experiments Using Novel Breakthrough Analysis
Approaches, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abs. H21C-0707.
Finsterle, S., M.B. Kowalsky, C. Oberdoerster, A. Lehikoinen,
2007. Joint Inversion of Hydrological and Geophysical Data: Too Much
Information?, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abs. NS43A-04
INVITED.
Li, L., C.I. Steefel, M.B. Kowalsky, 2007. Biogeochemical
Reaction Kinetics Associated With Uranium Bioremediation at Multiple
Scales, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abs. H32D-03.
Kowalsky, M.B., E. Majer, J.E. Peterson, S. Finsterle and A.
Mazzella, 2006. Coupled geophysical-hydrological modeling of controlled
NAPL spill, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, Dec. 11-15.
Lehikoinen, A., S. Finsterle, A. Voutilainen, M.B. Kowalsky,
and J.P. Kaipio, 2006. A nonstationary geophysical inversion approach
with modeling-error correction for imaging fluid flow, AGU Fall
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 11-15.
Kowalsky, M.B., and S.A. Finsterle, 2006. Joint inversion of
ground-penetrating radar and thermal-hydrological measurements:
overview and recent progress, 2006. European Geosciences Union, General
Assembly 2006, Vienna, Austria, April 2-7.
Kowalsky, M.B., and G. Moridis, 2006. Comparison of kinetic
and equilibrium reactions in the simulation of gas hydrates in porous
media, American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Annual
Convention 2006, April 9-12, 2006.
Moridis, G., and M.B. Kowalsky, 2005. Numerical study of
hydrate preservation during core recovery, American Geophysical Union
(AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 5-9, 2005.
Kowalsky, M.B., J. Peterson, J. Birkholzer, S. Finsterle, S.
Mukhopadhyay, and Y. Tsang, 2005. Joint inversion of ground-penetrating
radar and thermal-hydrological data collected during a large-scale
heater test, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, December 13-17.
Finsterle, S., and M.B. Kowalsky, 2005. Model Structure
Identification through Joint Inversion of Hydrological and Geophysical
Data, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA,
December 13-17.
Kowalsky, M.B., S.A. Finsterle, J.E. Peterson, S.S. Hubbard,
Y. Rubin, E. Majer, A. Ward, and G. Gee, 2004. Estimating field-scale
soil hydraulic properties and petrophysical models through joint
GPR/hydrological measurement inversion, American Geophysical Union
(AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 13-17.
Kowalsky, M.B., S.A. Finsterle, J.E. Peterson, S.S. Hubbard,
Y. Rubin, E. Majer, A. Ward, and G. Gee, 2004. Estimating field-scale
soil hydraulic properties through joint inversion of cross-borehole GPR
travel times and hydrological measurements, 2004 Annual Meeting of
Geological Society of America (GSA), Denver, Colorado, November 7-10.
Linde, N., J. Chen, M.B. Kowalsky, S. Finsterle, Y. Rubin,
S.S. Hubbard, 2004. Improved characterization through joint
hydrogeophysical inversion: Examples of three different approaches,
NATO ASI Hydrogeophysics 2, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 20-27,
LBNL-55782 Ext. Abs.
Kowalsky, M.B., Y. Rubin, J. Peterson, and S. Finsterle,
2003. Estimation of Flow Parameters Using Crosshole GPR Travel Times
and Hydrological Data Collected During Transient Flow Experiments, Fall
Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Dec. 8-12, 2003, San
Francisco, CA.
Kowalsky, M.B., S. Finsterle, and Y. Rubin, 2002. Inversion
of Hydrogeological and Time-lapsed GPR Data for Flow Parameters, Fall
Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Dec. 6-10, 2002, San
Francisco, CA.
Kowalsky, M.B., Y. Rubin, 2002, Monitoring Subsurface
Moisture Distributions with GPR, Presented at the NATO Advanced Study
Institute, Trest, Czech Republic, July 17-27, 2002.
Kowalsky, M.B., and Y. Rubin, 2001. Improved
characterization of the Vadose zone with time-lapsed ground-penetrating
radar, Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Dec. 10-14,
2001, San Francisco, CA.
Kowalsky, M.B., P. Dietrich, G. Teutsch, and Y. Rubin, 2000.
Effect of Soil Heterogeneity on GPR Data and its Impact on
Hydrogeologic Characterization: a Study Based on a Gravel-Quarry
Outcrop in Herten, Germany, Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical
Union, Dec. 15-19, 2000, San Francisco, CA.
Kowalsky, M.B., P. Dietrich, G. Teutsch, and Y. Rubin, 2000.
GPR Modeling of Outcrop, Summer meeting of German Geophysical Society
(DGG) in Munich, Germany, 2000.
Kowalsky, M.B., S. Nakagawa, K. Nihei, and L. Myer, 1997.
Acoustic properties of poorly consolidated sediments during saturation,
Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Dec. 8-12, 1997, San
Francisco, CA.
Pyrak-Nolte, L.J. and M.B. Kowalsky, 1997. Compressional
wave anisotropy in fractured rock, Fall Meeting of the American
Geophysical Union, Dec. 8-12, San Francisco, CA.
Pyrak-Nolte, L.J. and M.B. Kowalsky, 1997. Compressional
wave anisotropy in fractured rock, Proc. of the 36th U.S. Rock
Mechanics Symposium, June 29 - July 2, Columbia University, NY.
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