Costas Synolakis

Costas Synolakis

University of Southern California

H-index: 70

North America-United States

About Costas Synolakis

Costas Synolakis, With an exceptional h-index of 70 and a recent h-index of 37 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Southern California, specializes in the field of coastal engineering, tsunamis, marine sciences, earthquakes, coastal erosion.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Field based estimates of wave power at a nearshore Mediterranean locale for sustainable wave energy harnessing

Diverse tsunamigenesis triggered by the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption

The Mw = 6.6 earthquake and tsunami of south Crete on 2020 May 2

Palaeo-tsunami events on the coasts of Cyprus

FIELD SURVEY OF THE 30 OCTOBER 2020 SAMOS (AEGEAN SEA) TSUNAMI IN THE GREEK ISLANDS

Anatomy of Strike Slip Fault Tsunami genesis

Wave overtopping due to harbour resonance

Boulder deposits on the southeastern coast of Cyprus and their relation with paleotsunami events of the Eastern Mediterranean

Costas Synolakis Information

University

Position

Academy of Athens Technical University of Crete

Citations(all)

16711

Citations(since 2020)

4354

Cited By

14401

hIndex(all)

70

hIndex(since 2020)

37

i10Index(all)

150

i10Index(since 2020)

100

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Costas Synolakis Skills & Research Interests

coastal engineering

tsunamis

marine sciences

earthquakes

coastal erosion

Top articles of Costas Synolakis

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Field based estimates of wave power at a nearshore Mediterranean locale for sustainable wave energy harnessing

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments

Spyros Foteinis

Costas Emmanuel Synolakis

2023/10/1

Diverse tsunamigenesis triggered by the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption

Nature

Patrick Lynett

Maile McCann

Zili Zhou

Willington Renteria

Jose Borrero

...

2022/9/22

The Mw = 6.6 earthquake and tsunami of south Crete on 2020 May 2

Geophysical Journal International

Nikos Kalligeris

Vassilios Skanavis

Nikolaos S Melis

Emile A Okal

Aggeliki Dimitroulia

...

2022/7

Palaeo-tsunami events on the coasts of Cyprus

Niki Evelpidou

Anna Karkani

Miltiadis Polidorou

Giannis Saitis

Christos Zerefos

...

2022/2

FIELD SURVEY OF THE 30 OCTOBER 2020 SAMOS (AEGEAN SEA) TSUNAMI IN THE GREEK ISLANDS

Coastal Engineering Proceedings

Costas Synolakis

Nikos Kalligeris

Vassilios Skanavis

Marinos Charalampakis

Nikolaos Melis

...

2022

Anatomy of Strike Slip Fault Tsunami genesis

AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts

Mohamed Abdelmeguid

Ahmed Elbanna

Xiao Ma

Faisal Amlani

Harsha Bhat

...

2021/12

Wave overtopping due to harbour resonance

Coastal Engineering

Nikolaos Maravelakis

Nikos Kalligeris

Patrick J Lynett

Vassilios L Skanavis

Costas E Synolakis

2021/10/1

Boulder deposits on the southeastern coast of Cyprus and their relation with paleotsunami events of the Eastern Mediterranean

Niki Evelpidou

Christos Zerefos

Costas Synolakis

Christos Repapis

Anna Karkani

...

2020

Field Survey of the 2018 Anak Krakatau Tsunami on the Islands in the Sunda Strait

EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts

Hermann M Fritz

Tubagus Solihuddin

Costas E Synolakis

Gegar S Prasetya

Jose C Borrero

...

2020/5

Energy of a tsunami in the framework of an irreversible deformation of the ocean bottom

EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts

Emile Okal

Costas Synolakis

2020/5

Tsunami runup amplification of breaking and non-breaking error-function waves over a sloping beach in shadow zone by a small island

Coastal Engineering Proceedings

Sunghoon Han

James Kaihatu

Patrick Lynett

Costas Synolakis

2020/12/31

The Chios, Greece earthquake of 23 july 1949: Seismological reassessment and tsunami investigations

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Nikolaos S Melis

Emile A Okal

Costas E Synolakis

Ioannis S Kalogeras

Utku Kânoğlu

2020/3

Coastal boulders on the SE coasts of Cyprus as evidence of palaeo-tsunami events

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Niki Evelpidou

Christos Zerefos

Costas Synolakis

Christos Repapis

Anna Karkani

...

2020/10

Field survey and numerical modelling of the December 22, 2018 Anak Krakatau tsunami

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Jose C Borrero

Tubagus Solihuddin

Hermann M Fritz

Patrick J Lynett

Gegar S Prasetya

...

2020/6

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Co-Authors

H-index: 88
Philip L-F. Liu

Philip L-F. Liu

National University of Singapore

H-index: 80
Fumihiko Imamura

Fumihiko Imamura

Tohoku University

H-index: 68
Harindra J Fernando

Harindra J Fernando

University of Notre Dame

H-index: 46
Hermann M. Fritz

Hermann M. Fritz

Georgia Institute of Technology

H-index: 43
Patrick Lynett

Patrick Lynett

University of Southern California

H-index: 40
Harry Yeh

Harry Yeh

Oregon State University

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