Dr. Lidia Gaslikova

Research interests

I am interested in the investigation of hydrodynamic processes in coastal areas and influence of changing water levels and sea state on the coastline. The associated topic of interest is the assessment of different types of risks connected with the sea-land interactions, especially in the prospect of climate change. As the risks are mostly relevant for the future, such studies entail consideration of various scenarios (either realistic or explicitly exaggerated) for the coastal water dynamics.
I worked on the problems of shallow water wave propagation and inundation for the tsunami waves (GITEWS project). In collaboration with the Swiss Re company I dealt with coastal floods due to storm surges and associated economical losses (CID project). Currently I am involved in the KLIMZUG-NORD project, where we construct plausible storm scenarios for the German Bight and, in particular, Elbe estuary and Hamburg area. I also attempt to assess the impact of changing global mean sea level on the local water levels, storm surge and sea state conditions. Additionally, the non-linear interactions of the mean and surge water levels with the tidal wave and possible changes in tidal cycle characteristics due to the changing local water levels are in the scope of current study.

Main publications

• Gaslikova L., Schwerzmann A., Raible C.C. and Stocker T.F. (2011) Future storm surge impact on insurable losses for the North Sea region. NHESS, in press


• Gaslikova L. (2006) High-resolution wave climate analysis in the Helgoland area. PhD Thesis (GKSS 2006/11)


• Gaslikova L. and Weisse R. (2006) Estimating near-shore wave statistics from regional hindcasts using downscaling techniques. Ocean Dynamics, 56(1), pp.26-35

Conference contributions

• Environmental Extreme Events, 2010, Cambridge, UK
• Storm surge and wave extremes for present and future. Impact on the insurance losses for the North Sea coastal areas. (talk)


• Strom Surge Congress, 2010, Hamburg, Germany
• Effect of storm surge and mean sea level future projections for the North Sea on insurance losses. (poster)


• EGU, 2009, Vienna, Austria
• Climate change impact on coastal damage due to storm surge and sea level rise. (poster)


• EGU, 2007, Vienna, Austria
• Numerical modelling of tsunamis with non-linear shallow water equations and Boussinesq type models for simplified coastal areas. (poster)


• 9th International Workshop on Wave Hindcasting and Forecasting, 2006, Victoria, Canada
• Applications of the dynamical and statistical downscaling techniques to the local multi-decade wave simulations. (talk)


• EGU-AGU Joint Assembly, 2004, Nice, France
• Wave extreme events at Helgoland area. (talk)