Dr Monika Kalinowska

Associate Professor -  IG PAS

Hydrology and Hydrodynamics Department
Head of International School of Hydrulics

Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences
addres: Księcia Janusza 64, 01-452 Warsaw
phone: +48 22 6915-855, e-mail: mkalinow@igf.edu.pl

Education

2003 - 2008:
Polish Academy of Science, Institute of Geophysics, Water Resources Department, Warsaw
PhD study finished with PhD degree; dissertation: "Numerical solutions of two-dimensional mass transport equation in flowing surface waters"

1997 - 2003:
AGH - University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Faculty of Physics and Nuclear Techniques, specialization: Computational Physics
Finished with MSc degree
- Individual study course in Department of Environmental Physics: "Environmental process modelling"
- BSc thesis: "Application of Simulated Annealing method for study of the ground state of the Wigner molecules in quantum dots"
- MSc thesis: "River mixing modelling based on Rudawa and Vistula rivers"

Employment

  • from 2019:  Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Science, Associate Professor;
  • 2010 – 2019:  Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Science, Assistant Profesor;
  • 2002 – 2003:  European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland

Scholarships and awards

  • 2005 - Award for presentation of the "Numerical solution of two-dimensional transport equation in rivers" at First Warsaw Young Scientists seminar in Environmental Science; Warsaw Agricultural University, Faculty of Engineering and Environmental Science, Poland
  • 2005 - Scholarship from International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Udine, Italy
  • 2005 - Young Scientist's Travel Award for Europeans (YSTA), Vienna, Austria
  • 2004 - Scholarship from the Sendzimir Foundation, USA
  • 2002 - Scholarship: CERN Technical Students Programme, European Organization for Nuclear Research, Genewa, Szwajcaria
  • 2001 - Scholarship: CERN Summer Students 2001 Programme, European Organization for Nuclear Research, Genewa, Szwajcaria
  • 2000 - Award for presentation of the work: "Numerical and experimental description of boiling eggs" at XXI Students Session of Scientific Association, AGH - University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland

Research interests

  • Modeling of pollution spreading in flowing surface waters.
  • Numerical methods in fluid mechanics.

Research Grants

  • 2019 - 2021: Projekt BRITEC, Bringing Research Into the Classroom, Erazmus plus (Grant researcher);
  • 2013 - 2015: Research project from The Ministry of Science and Higher Education IUVENTUS PLUS No IP2012 028772: "Analysis of two-dimensional thermal pollution spreading in flowing surface waters" (Grant Manager);
  • 2013 - 2015: Research project from The Ministry of Science and Higher Education IUVENTUS PLUS No IP2012040672 "Prediction of river water temperature by means of empirical models" (Grant researcher);
  • 2013 - 2015: Grant "Preludium" from National Science Centre No 2011/01/N/ST10/07395 "Determination of resistance to flow in open channels during the passage of flood wave" (Grant Researcher);
  • 2011 - 2012: Research project for young scientists IGF PAN Nr 1a/IGF PAN/2011; "The development of the expert group on assessment and monitoring of geophysical location of nuclear facilities in Poland" (Grant Researcher);
  • 2005 - 2008: Grant from The Ministry of Science and Higher Education 2P04D 02629; "Transport processes in rivers" (Grant Researcher);
  • 2006 - 2007: PhD grant from The Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland, NR N30601631/0973; "Numerical solution of two-dimensional mass transport equation in flowing surface waters" (Grant Manager).

Publications on Web of Science lists

  1. Kalinowska M.B., Västilä K., Nones M., Kiczko A., Karamuz E., Brandyk A., Kozioł A., Krukowski (2023). Influence of vegetation maintenance on flow and mixing: case study comparing fully cut with high-coverage conditions. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 27, 953–968, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-953-2023
  2. Kalinowska M.B., Västilä K., Kozioł A., Rowiński P.M., Kiczko A., Kubrak J. (2020). Modelling of velocity distribution in a channel partly covered by submerged vegetation. In: Kalinowska M., Mrokowska M., Rowiński P. (eds) Recent Trends in Environmental Hydraulics. GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences. Springer, Cham.doi:10.1007/978-3-030-37105-0_8
  3. Kalinowska M.B., Mrokowska M., Rowiński P.M. (2020). Recent Trends in Environmental Hydraulics. GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences. Springer, Cham.doi:10.1007/978-3-030-37105-0
  4. Kalinowska M.B., Västilä K., Rowiński P.M. (2019). Solute transport in complex natural flows; Acta Geophysica, 67(3), 939-942. doi:10.1007/s11600-019-00308-z
  5. Kalinowska M.B., (2019). Effect of water–air heat transfer on the spread of thermal pollution in rivers; Acta Geophysica,  67, 597–619. doi:10.1007/s11600-019-00252-y
  6. Rowiński P.M, Västilä K., Aberle J., Järvelä J., Kalinowska M.B., (2018). How vegetation can aid in coping with river management challenges: A brief review; Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology, 18(4), 345-354
  7. Kalinowska M.B., Mrokowska M.M., Rowiński P.M., (2018). Free Surface Flows and Transport Processes; GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences. Springer, Cham, DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-70914-7
  8. Kalinowska M.B., Mrokowska M.M., Rowiński P.M., (2018). Sensitivity Analysis for the Water-Air Heat Exchange Term; In: Kalinowska M., Mrokowska M., Rowiński P. (eds) Free Surface Flows and Transport Processes. GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences. Springer, Cham, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70914-7_13
  9. Piotrowski, Adam P.; Napiorkowski, Maciej J.; Kalinowska, M.; Napiorkowski, J.J.; Osuch, M., (2016). Are Evolutionary Algorithms Effective in Calibrating Different Artificial Neural Network Types for Streamwater Temperature Prediction?; Water Resources Management, 30(3), 1217-1237
  10. Kalinowska M. B., Rowinski P. M., (2015). Thermal Pollution in Rivers—Modelling of the Spread of Thermal Plumes; In: (eds. P. Rowiński, A. Radecki-Pawlik) Rivers – Physical, Fluvial and Environmental Processes; Series: GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences; Springer Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 591-613
  11. Mrokowska M., Rowiński P. M., Kalinowska, M. B., (2015). A methodological approach of estimating resistance to flow under unsteady flow conditions; Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 4041-4053
  12. Mrokowska M.M., Rowiński R.M., Kalinowska M.B., (2015). Evaluation of friction velocity in unsteady flow experiments, Journal of Hydraulic Research, 53(5), 659-669
  13. Kalinowska M. B., Rowinski P. M., (2014). Modeling of the spread of thermal pollution in rivers with limited data In Schleiss A.J. et al.(Eds), 7th International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics (River Flow), Lausanne, SWITZERLAND
  14. Rowiński P.M., Kalinowska, M.B., (2013). Pioneering Works in Polish Environmental Hydraulics: The Flavor of World-Class Science, In: (ed. P. Rowiński) Experimental and Computational Solutions of Hydraulic Problems; Series: GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences; Springer Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 1-18
  15. Mrokowska M.M., Rowiński P.M., Kalinowska, M.B., (2013).The uncertainty of measurements in river hydraulics – the case of the friction velocity evaluation based on an unrepeatable experiment, W: (ed. P. Rowiński) Experimental and Computational Solutions of Hydraulic Problems; Series: GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences; Springer Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 195-206
  16. Kalinowska M. B., Rowiński P. M., (2012). Uncertainty in computations of the spread of warm water in a river – lessons from Environmental Impact Assessment; Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 9, 5871-5904; zaakceptowany do druku w Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.
  17. Kalinowska M. B., Rowiński P. M., Kubrak J. i Mirosław-Świątek D., (2012). Scenarios of the spread of a waste heat discharge in a river Vistula River case study; Acta Geophysica, Volume 60, Number 1, Versita & Springer-Verlag
  18. Kalinowska M. B., Rowiński P. M., (2007). Truncation errors of selected finite difference methods for 2D advection-diffusion equation with mixed derivatives Acta Geophysica Volume 55, Number 1, (Pages 104-118)
  19. Rowiński P. M., Kalinowska M. B., (2006). Admissible and inadmissible simplifications of pollution transport equations River Flow 2006, International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, September 6 - 8, 2006 Lisbona, Portugal
  20. Alexandrov I., Barczyk M. et al., (2004). Online Software for the ATLAS Test Beam Data Acquisition System IEEE Transaction on Nuclear Science June 2003, Volume 51 No.3 (Page 578-584)

Other publications

  1. Rowiński P.M., Kalinowska M.B., Västilä K., (2018). Heat and Mass Transport under Complex Natural Conditions – Review; IN Proc. of the 5 th IAHR Europe Congress — New Challenges in Hydraulic Research and Engineering, doi:10.3850/978-981-11-2731-1_228-cd
  2. Kalinowska M.B., Rowiński P.M., Magnuszewski A., (2018). Impact of initial conditions on the prediction of the spread of thermal pollution in rivers; E3S Web of Conferences 40, 05048, https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20184005048
  3. Kalinowska M. B., Mrokowska M.M., Rowiński P.M., (2016). Role of heat exchange between water and atmosphere in models of thermal pollution in rivers; 12th International Conference on Hydroscience & Engineering, Hydro-Science & Engineering for Environmental Resilience; November 6-10, 2016, Tainan, Taiwan
  4. Kalinowska M.B., Mrokowska M.M., Rowiński P.M., (2015). Analysis of processes affecting the thermal pollution spreading in rivers; 36th IAHR World Congress, Haga, Holandia
  5. Mrokowska M.M., Rowiński P. M., Kalinowska M.B., (2014). Notes on the estimation of resistance to flow during flood wave propagation. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 11, 13311–13352
  6. Mrokowska M. M., Rowiński R. M., Kalinowska M. B, (2014). Experimental study of friction slope in unsteady non-unform flow in rectangular channel, 3rd IAHR Europe Congress, Book of Proceedings, 2014, Porto -Portugal
  7. Kalinowska M. B., Rowiński P. M., (2012). Uncertainty in computations of the spread of warm water in a river; Proc. 2nd IAHR Europe Congress, Monachium
  8. Kalinowska M. B., Rowiński P. M., (2009). Modified Equation Approach applied to 2D advection-diffusion equation with mixed derivatives. 33rd International Association of Hydraulic Engineering & Research (IAHR) Biennial Congress August 9-14, Vancouver
  9. Kalinowska M. B., Rowiński P. M., (2008). Monographic Volume. Numerical Solutions of Two-Dimensional Mass Transport Equation in Flowing Surface Waters. Publications of the Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, E-8 (404)
  10. Kalinowska M. B., Rowiński P. M., (2007). Solution of depth-averaged mass transport equation with off-diagonal components of dispersion tensor. The Fifth International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics (ISEH V), 4-7 December 2007, Tempe, Arizona, USA
  11. Kalinowska M. B.,(2006). Numerical solution of two-dimensional transport equation in rivers Przegląd Naukowy Inżynieria i Kształtowanie Środowiska, Zeszyt 1 (33), 2006, Rocznik XIV, SGGW, Warszawa
  12. Kalinowska M. B., Rowiński P. M., (2004). Comparison of numerical schemes for two - dimensional mixing models for rivers XXIV International School of Hydraulics, Hydraulic Problems in Environmental Engineering, Gdansk, September 2004, IBW PAN
  13. Barczyk M., Burckhart-Chromek D. et al., (2003). An on-line Integrated Bookkeeping: electronic run log book and Meta-Data Repository for ATLAS
    Proceedings of Conference for Computing in High-Energy and Nuclear Physics - CHEP 2003, La Jolla, CA, USA
  14. Kolos S., Barczyk M. et al., (2003). Online Monitoring software framework in the ATLAS experiment Proceedings of Conference for Computing in High-Energy and Nuclear Physics - CHEP 2003, La Jolla, CA, USA
  15. Alexandrov I., Barczyk M., et al., (2003). Verification and Diagnostics Framework in ATLAS Trigger/DAQ Proceedings of Conference for Computing in High-Energy and Nuclear Physics - CHEP 2003, La Jolla, CA, USA
  16. Alexandrov I., Barczyk M., et al., (2002). OBK - An Online High Energy Physics' Meta-Data Repository Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, Hong Kong SAR, China