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===<span class="cmbx-10">Peer Reviewed Journals </span>===
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Assela Pathirana, Hailu B. Denekew, William Veerbeek, Chris Zevenbergen, Allan T. Banda, Impact of urban growth-driven landuse change on microclimate and extreme precipitation – A sensitivity study, Atmospheric Research, Available online 23 October 2013, ISSN 0169-8095, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.10.005.
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  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<a
id="Xwrmince-book"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>S.&#x00A0;Herath, A.&#x00A0;Pathirana, and S.B. Weerakoon, editors. <span
class="comment">Proceedings of the</span>
  <span
class="comment">International Conference on Sustainable Water Management in the Changing</span>


  <span
Arnbjerg-Nielsen, K., Willems, P., Olsson, J., Beecham, S., Pathirana, A., Bülow Gregersen, I., Madsen, H. and Nguyen, V.-T.V.. 2013. Impacts of climate change on rainfall extremes and urban drainage systems: A review. Water Science and Technology 68 (1): 16-28.  
class="comment">Environment of the Monsoon Region</span>, volume I and II, Nov 2004. United
  Nations University, National water resources secretariat, Sri Lanka. ISBN
  955-1142-00-4.
</p>
  </div>
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  <h3 class="likesectionHead"><a
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  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<a
id="Xj20051"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana, S.&#x00A0;Herath, T.&#x00A0;Yamada, and D.&#x00A0;Swain. Impacts of absorbing
  aerosols on south asian rainfall &#x2013; a modeling study. <span
class="comment">Climatic Change</span>, 2006.
  Accepted for publication.
  </p>


  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
Gersonius, B., Ashley, R., Pathirana, A. and Zevenbergen, C.. 2013. Climate change uncertainty: Building flexibility into water and flood risk infrastructure. Climatic Change 116 (2): 411-423.  
<a
id="Xj20052"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana, S.&#x00A0;Herath, and T.&#x00A0;Yamada. Implementation of a web-based
  real-time rainfall forecasting system. <span
class="comment">Computing in Civil Engineering</span>, 2005a.
  In review.
  </p>
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<a
id="Xj20053"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>D.K. Swain, S.&#x00A0;Herath, A.&#x00A0;Pathirana, and R.N. Dash. Nitrogen fertilizer
  optimization and cultivar selection for rice grown near mountainous slopes
  in orissa, india &#x2013; a &#xFB01;eld experiment and simulation model study. <span
class="comment">Journal of</span>


  <span
Zevenbergen, C. and Pathirana, A.. 2013. Managing urban flooding in the face of continuous change. Paper presented at the meeting of the , .  
class="comment">Mountain Science</span>, 2&#x0028;4&#x0029;:329&#x2013;335, 2005.


  </p>
Adeogun, A.G., Pathirana, A. and Daramola, M.O.. 2012. 1D-2D hydrodynamic model coupling for inundation analysis of sewer overflow. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences 7 (5): 356-362.  
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<a
id="Xj20043"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana, S.&#x00A0;Herath, and T.&#x00A0;Yamada. Simulating orographic rainfall
  with  a  limited-area,  non-hydrostatic  atmospheric  model under  idealized
  forcing. <span
class="comment">Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics</span>, 5:215&#x2013;226, 2005b.  European
  Geosciences Union.
  </p>


  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
Gersonius, B., Ashley, R., Pathirana, A. and Zevenbergen, C.. 2012. Adaptation of flood risk infrastructure to climate resilience. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering 165 (6): 40-45.  
<a
id="Xj20042"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana, S.&#x00A0;Herath, and T.&#x00A0;Yamada. Estimating rainfall distributions
  at high temporal resolutions using a multifractal model. <span
class="comment">Hydrology and Earth</span>
  <span
class="comment">System Sciences</span>, 7&#x0028;5&#x0029;:668&#x2013;679, 2004. European Geosciences Union.
  </p>
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">


<a
Gersonius, B., Nasruddin, F., Ashley, R., Jeuken, A., Pathirana, A. and Zevenbergen, C.. 2012. Developing the evidence base for mainstreaming adaptation of stormwater systems to climate change. Water Research 46 (20): 6824-6835.  
id="Xj20041"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana and T.&#x00A0;Yamada. Idealized simulation of orographic rainfall
  with  a  mesoscale  atmospheric  model.    <span
class="comment">Annual  Journal  of  Hydraulic</span>
  <span
class="comment">Engineering</span>, 48:295&#x2013;300, 2004. Japan Society of Civil Engineers.
  </p>
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<a
id="Xj20031"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana,   S.&#x00A0;Herath,   and  T.&#x00A0;Yamada.     On  the   modeling  of
  temporal  correlations  in  spatial-cascade  rainfall  downscaling.   <span
class="comment">Weather</span>


  <span
Pathirana, A., Gersonius, B. and Radhakrishnan, M.. 2012. Web 2.0 collaboration tool to support student research in hydrology an opinion. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 16 (8): 2499-2509.  
class="comment">Radar Information and Distributed Hydrological Modelling &#x0028;Proceedings of</span>
  <span
class="comment">symposium HS03 held during IUGG2003 at Sapporo, July 2003&#x0029;</span>, IAHS Publ.
  no. 282:74&#x2013;82, 2003a. International Association of Hydrological Sciences.
  </p>
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<a
id="Xj20032"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana,  S.&#x00A0;Herath,  and  T.&#x00A0;Yamada.   Using  fractals  in space-time
  scaling of rainfall. <span
class="comment">Asian Journal of Geophysics</span>, 3-3:49&#x2013;56, 2003b.  Asian
  Institute of Technology.
  </p>


  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
Pathirana, A., Koster, J.H., De Jong, E. and Uhlenbrook, S.. 2012. On teaching styles of water educators and the impact of didactic training. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 16 (10): 3677-3688.  
<a
id="Xj20033"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana, M.&#x00A0;Yamaguchi, and  T.&#x00A0;Yamada.  Idealized  simulation  of
  air&#xFB02;ow over a mountain ridge using a mesoscale atmospheric model. <span
class="comment">Annual</span>
  <span
class="comment">Journal of Hydraulic Engineering</span>, 47:31&#x2013;36, 2003c.  Japan Society of Civil
  Engineers.
  </p>
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<a
id="Xj20021"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana and S.&#x00A0;Herath. Multifractal modeling and simulation of rain
  &#xFB01;elds exhibiting spatial heterogeneity. <span
class="comment">Hydrology and Earth System Sciences</span>,
  6-4:
  695&#x2013;708, 2003. URL <span
class="cmtt-10">http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/hess/6/4/695.htm</span>.
  European Geosciences Union.


  </p>
Pathirana, A.. 2012. EPANET2 desktop application for pressure driven demand modeling. Paper presented at the meeting of the , .


  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
Radhakrishnan, M., Pathirana, A., Ghebremichael, K. and Amy, G.. 2012. Modelling formation of disinfection by-products in water distribution: Optimisation using a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA 61 (3): 176-188.  
<a
id="Xj20011"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana, S.&#x00A0;Herath, and K.&#x00A0;Musiake.  Scaling rainfall series with a
  multifractal model.  <span
class="comment">Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering</span>, 45:295&#x2013;300,
  2001. Japan Society of Civil Engineers.
  </p>
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<a
id="Xj20001"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana, S.&#x00A0;Herath, and K.&#x00A0;Musiake.  On the scaling properties of a
  stochastic rainfall model. <span
class="comment">Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering</span>, 44:1&#x2013;6,
  2000. Japan Society of Civil Engineers.


</p>
Delelegn, S.W., Pathirana, A., Gersonius, B., Adeogun, A.G. and Vairavamoorthy, K.. 2011. Multi-objective optimisation of cost-benefit of urban flood management using a 1D2D coupled model. Water Science and Technology 63 (5): 1053-1059.  
  </div>
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  <h3 class="likesectionHead"><a
id="x1-40001"></a><span
class="cmbx-10">Conferences and Workshops</span></h3>
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  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<a
id="Xtrbm"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana, S.&#x00A0;Herath, T.&#x00A0;Yamada, and D.&#x00A0;Swain. Hydrometeorological
  input  for  improving  &#xFB02;ood  forecasting  in  the  mekong:  Development  of a
  real-time  rainfall  forecasting  system.   In  <span
class="comment">Proceedings  of  the  International</span>


  <span
Pathirana, A., Tsegaye, S., Gersonius, B. and Vairavamoorthy, K.. 2011. A simple 2-D inundation model for incorporating flood damage in urban drainage planning. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 15 (8): 2747-2761.  
class="comment">Workshop  Role  of  Water  Sciences  in  Transboundary  River  Management</span>.
  United Nations University, Mar&#x00A0;2005.
  </p>
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<a
id="Xtrbm2"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>D.K. Swain, S.&#x00A0;Herath, A.&#x00A0;Pathirana, and B.N. Mittra. Rainfed lowland
  and &#xFB02;oodprone rice: A critical review on ecology and management technology
  for improving the productivity in asia. In <span
class="comment">Proceedings of the International</span>
  <span
class="comment">Workshop  Role  of  Water  Sciences in  Transboundary  River  Management</span>.
  United Nations University, Mar&#x00A0;2005.
  </p>


  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
Adeogun, A.G., Pathirana, A., Gersonius, B., Wright, N.G. and Sanders, B.F.. 2010. 1D-2D model coupling for urban drainage analysis and optimization. Paper presented at the meeting of the , .  
<a
id="Xwrmince1"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana and S.&#x00A0;Herath.   Assessment  of  atmospheric  brown  cloud
  impacts  on  local  climate  with  a  modi&#xFB01;ed  mesoscale  atmospheric  model.
  In  <span
class="comment">Proceedings  of  the International  Conference  on  Sustainable  Water</span>
  <span
class="comment">Management in the Changing Environment of the Monsoon Region</span>, pages
  34&#x2013;42. United Nations University, 2004.
  </p>
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<a
id="Xwrmince2"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>S.&#x00A0;Herath  and  A.&#x00A0;Pathirana.    Integrated  assessment  of  abc  impacts  &#x2013;


  a  gleam  case-study.   In  <span
Gersonius, B., Ashley, R., Pathirana, A. and Zevenbergen, C.. 2010. Managing the flooding system's resiliency to climate change. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability 163 (1): 15-22.
class="comment">Proceedings of the International  Conference  on</span>


  <span
Maharjan, M., Pathirana, A., Gersonius, B. and Vairavamoorthy, K.. 2009. Staged cost optimization of urban storm drainage systems based on hydraulic performance in a changing environment. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 13 (4): 481-489.
class="comment">Sustainable Water Management in the Changing Environment of the Monsoon</span>
  <span
class="comment">Region</span>, pages 141&#x2013;148. United Nations University, 2004.
  </p>
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<a
id="XSUI2004"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana, S.&#x00A0;Herath, and T.&#x00A0;Yamada. Incorporating aerosol radiative
  forcing e&#xFB00;ects into rainfall simulations. In <span
class="comment">Proceedings of annual conference</span>


  <span
Sempewo, J., Pathirana, A. and Vairavamoorthy, K.. 2009. Spatial analysis tool for development of leakage control zones from the analogy of distributed computing. Paper presented at the meeting of the , .  
class="comment">of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources</span>, pages 114&#x2013;115, 2004a.
  </p>
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<a
id="XAPHW2004"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana, S.&#x00A0;Herath, and T.&#x00A0;Yamada. Investigation of the e&#xFB00;ects of
  aerosol radiative forcing on precipitation distributions using a limited-area
  atmospheric model in an idealized setting. In <span
class="comment">Proceedings of second APHW</span>
  <span
class="comment">conference, Singapore</span>, pages 46&#x2013;52. The Asia Paci&#xFB01;c Association of Hydrology
  and Water Resources, 2004b.
  </p>


  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
Sempewo, J., Pathirana, A. and Vairavamoorthy, K.. 2009. Spatial analysis tool for development of leakage control zones from the analogy of distributed computing. Paper presented at the meeting of the , .  
<a
id="XACFMX2004"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana and T.&#x00A0;Yamada.  Idealized simulation of orographic rainfall
  with  a  mesoscale  atmospheric  model.  In  <span
class="comment">Proceedings of the Tenth Asian</span>
  <span
class="comment">Congress of Fluid Mechanics, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka</span>, pages CD&#x2013;ROM. Asian
  Congress of Fluid Mechanics, 2004.
  </p>
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<a
id="XSS2003"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana and T.&#x00A0;Yamada. Physical simulation of mountain &#xFB02;ow. In
  <span
class="comment">Proceedings  of the 5th  international  summer  symposium  of JSCE</span>. Japan
  Society of Civil Engineers, 2003a.
  </p>


  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
Vairavamoorthy, K., Gorantiwar, S.D. and Pathirana, A.. 2008. Managing urban water supplies in developing countries - Climate change and water scarcity scenarios. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 33 (5): 330-339.  
<a
id="XDP2003"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana and T.&#x00A0;Yamada.  Idealized modeling of orographic rainfall
  with a mesoscale model.  In <span
class="comment">Annual conference of Japan Society for Natural</span>
  <span
class="comment">Disaster Mitigation</span>. DPRI, Kyoto University, 2003b.
  </p>
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<a
id="XJSCE2003"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana, S.&#x00A0;Hironaka,  and  S.&#x00A0;Herath.     Rainfall  scaling  at  high
  temporal resolutions: An experimental study. In <span
class="comment">Annual conference of JSCE</span>.
  Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2003.
  </p>


  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
Pathirana, A., Herath, S., Yamada, T. and Swain, D.. 2007. Impacts of absorbing aerosols on South Asian rainfall: A modeling study. Climatic Change 85 (1-2): 103-118.  
<a
id="XSUI2003"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana and T.&#x00A0;Yamada. Rainfall associated with mountain-&#xFB02;ow &#x2013;
  an idealized study. In <span
class="comment">Proceedings of annual conference of Japan Society of</span>
  <span
class="comment">Hydrology and Water Resources</span>, 2003c.


  </p>
D.K. Swain, S. Herath, A. Pathirana, and R.N. Dash. Nitrogen Fertilizer Optimization and Cultivar Selection for Rice Grown near Mountainous Slopes in Orissa, India – A Field Experiment and Simulation Model Study. Journal of Mountain Science, 2(4):329–335, 2005.
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">


<a
A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and T. Yamada. Simulating orographic rainfall with a limited-area, non-hydrostatic atmospheric model under idealized forcing. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 5:215–226, 2005. URL http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/acp/acp/5/215/acp-5-215.htm. European Geosciences Union.
id="XSS2002"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana and  S.&#x00A0;Herath.     Treatment  of  heterogeneity  in  spatial
  downscaling of precipitation. In <span
class="comment">Proceedings of the 4th international summer</span>
  <span
class="comment">symposium of JSCE</span>, 2002a.
  </p>
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<a
id="XSUI2002"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana and S.&#x00A0;Herath. Preserving spatial heterogeneity in random
  cascade distributions of spatial rainfall. In <span
class="comment">Proceedings of annual conference</span>
  <span
class="comment">of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources</span>, 2002b.
  </p>


  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and T. Yamada. Estimating Rainfall Distributions at High Temporal Resolutions Using a Multifractal Model. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 7(5): 668–679, 2004. URL http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/hess/7/5/668.htm. European Geosciences Union.
<a
id="XGISIDEAS2002"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana, S.&#x00A0;Herath, and T.&#x00A0;Yamada.   Role  of  fractals  in  scaling
  spatiotemporal  data.     In  <span
class="comment">Proceedings  of  International  Symposium  On</span>
  <span
class="comment">Geoinformatics For Spatial Infrastructure Development In Earth And Allied</span>
  <span
class="comment">Sciences</span>, 2002. Hanoi, Vietnam.
  </p>
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">


<a
A. Pathirana and T. Yamada. Idealized simulation of orographic rainfall with a mesoscale atmospheric model. Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 48:295–300, 2004. Japan Society of Civil Engineers.
id="XSS2001"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana, S.&#x00A0;Herath, and K.&#x00A0;Musiake. Characteristics of the spatial
  multifractal properties of hourly spatial rainfall over japan. In <span
class="comment">Proceedings</span>
  <span
class="comment">of the 3rd international summer symposium of JSCE</span>, pages 153&#x2013;156. Japan
  Society of Civil Engineers, 2001a.
  </p>
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<a
id="XSUI2001"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana,  S.&#x00A0;Herath,  and  K.&#x00A0;Musiake.    Seasonality  of  multifractal
  properties of some hourly spatial rainfalls in japan. In <span
class="comment">Proceedings of annual</span>


  <span
A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and T. Yamada. On the modeling of temporal correlations in spatial-cascade rainfall downscaling. Weather Radar Information and Distributed Hydrological Modelling (Proceedings of symposium HS03 held during IUGG2003 at Sapporo, July 2003), IAHS Publ. no. 282:74–82, 2003a. URLhttp://assela.pathirana.net/images/c/c4/Pathirana_et_al.IAHS_Red_2003.pdf. International Association of Hydrological Sciences.
class="comment">conference of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources</span>, 2001b.
  </p>
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<a
id="XICP2001"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana, S.&#x00A0;Herath, and K.&#x00A0;Musiake. Using multifractals to produce
  synthetic hourly rainfall series from daily-observed rainfall. In <span
class="comment">Proceedings of</span>
  <span
class="comment">Seventh International Conference on Precipitation</span>, page 5:4, 2001c. Rockport,
  Maine, USA.
  </p>
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">


<a
A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and T. Yamada. Using fractals in space-time scaling of rainfall. Asian Journal of Geophysics, 3-3:49–56, 2003b. Asian Institute of Technology.
id="XEGS2001"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana, S.&#x00A0;Herath, and K.&#x00A0;Musiake. A multifractal comparison of
  hourly spatial rainfall, acquired by gauge measurements and weather radar.
  In  <span
class="comment">Proceedings of European Geophysical Society XXVI General Assembly</span>.
  European Geophysical Union, 2001d. Nice, France.
  </p>


  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
A. Pathirana, M. Yamaguchi, and T. Yamada. Idealized simulation of airflow over a mountain ridge using a mesoscale atmospheric model. Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 47:31–36, 2003c. URL http://assela.pathirana.net/images/6/6d/Suiri2002.pdf. Japan Society of Civil Engineers.
<a
id="XJC2000"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana, S.&#x00A0;Herath, and K.&#x00A0;Musiake. Development of a network based
  hydrological analysis system. In <span
class="comment">Proceedings of Engineering Jubilee Congress</span>
  <span
class="comment">&#x2013; Engineering Beyond 2000</span>, pages 149&#x2013;154. University of Peradeniya, 2000a.
  Peradeniya Sri Lanka.
  </p>


  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
A. Pathirana and S. Herath. Multifractal Modeling and Simulation of Rain Fields Exhibiting Spatial Heterogeneity. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 6-4: 695–708, 2003. URL http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/hess/6/4/695.htm. European Geosciences Union.
<a
id="XSS2000"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana,  S.&#x00A0;Herath,  and K.&#x00A0;Musiake.  A  multifractal  approach  to
  predict  high-resolution  rainfall  distributions.   In  <span
class="comment">Proceedings  of  the  2nd</span>
  <span
class="comment">international summer symposium of JSCE</span>, pages 193&#x2013;196. Japan Society of
  Civil Engineers, 2000b.
  </p>
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<a
id="XSENDAI2000"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana,  S.&#x00A0;Herath,  and  K.&#x00A0;Musiake.       On  the  multifractal
  characterization of spatial distributions of amedas rainfall.  In <span
class="comment">Proceedings</span>


  <span
A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and K. Musiake. Scaling rainfall series with a multifractal model. Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 45:295–300, 2001. Japan Society of Civil Engineers.
class="comment">of  the  workshop  on  water  resources  development  and  &#xFB02;ood  control</span>,  pages
  102&#x2013;108. Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2000c. Tohoku University, Sendai,
  Japan.
  </p>
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<a
id="XJSCE2000"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana, S.&#x00A0;Herath, and K.&#x00A0;Musiake.   Multifractal  properties  of
  rainfall observations:  An  analysis  of  the  temporal  variation.   In  <span
class="comment">Annual</span>
  <span
class="comment">conference of JSCE</span>, pages II&#x2013;125. Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2000d.
  </p>


  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and K. Musiake. On the scaling properties of a stochastic rainfall model. Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 44:1–6, 2000. URLhttp://assela.pathirana.net/images/7/71/Suiri1999.pdf. Japan Society of Civil Engineers.
<a
id="XSUI2000"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana, S.&#x00A0;Herath, and K.&#x00A0;Musiake. Multifractal modeling of some
  rainfall series to estimate the rainfall distributions at higher resolutions. In
  <span
class="comment">Proceedings of annual conference of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water</span>
  <span
class="comment">Resources</span>, pages 122&#x2013;123. Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2000e. Kyoto.
  </p>
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<a
id="XBANGK1998"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>S.&#x00A0;Herath and A.&#x00A0;Pathirana. Database centered simulation using the www.
  In <span
class="comment">Proceedings of International Symposium on Information Technology Tools</span>


  <span
class="comment">for Natural Disaster Risk Management</span>, pages 337&#x2013;345. International Center
  for  Disaster-Mitigation  Engineering,  University  of  Tokyo  and  the  United
  Nations University, 1998. Bangkok, Thailand.
  </p>
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<a
id="XSUI1998"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>A.&#x00A0;Pathirana,  S.&#x00A0;Herath,  and  K.&#x00A0;Musiake.    Development  of  a  www
  interfaced hydrological database. In <span
class="comment">Proceedings of annual conference of Japan</span>
  <span
class="comment">Society of Hydrology and Water Resources</span>, pages 180&#x2013;181, 1998.


  </p>
===<span class="cmbx-10">Books and Collections</span>===


  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<div class="thebibliography">
<a
id="XMALARIA"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>R.&#x00A0;Ramasamy and A.&#x00A0;Pathirana. Structural characteristics of plasmodium
  falciparum antigen repeats support a role in immune evasion. In <span
class="comment">Proceedings</span>
  <span
class="comment">of National Malaria Conference</span>, pages 91&#x2013;96. University of Colombo and
  Institute of Fundamental Studies, 1990. Kandy, Sri Lanka.
</p>
  </div>
<!--l. 1--><p class="noindent">
  <h3 class="likesectionHead"><a
id="x1-50001"></a><span
class="cmbx-10">Dissertations</span></h3>


<!--l. 1--><p class="noindent">
Patrick Willems, Jonas Olsson, Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen, Simon Beecham, Assela Pathirana, Ida Bulow Gregersen, Henrik Madsen, Van-Thanh-Van Nguyen, Impacts of Climate Change on Rainfall Extremes and Urban Drainage Systems
  <div class="thebibliography">
Publication Date: 15 Sep 2012 • ISBN: 9781780401256
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<a
id="Xasselaphd"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>Assela Pathirana.  <span
class="comment">Fractal Modeling of Rainfall: Downscaling in Time and</span>
  <span
class="comment">Space for Hydrological Applications</span>. Ph.D. thesis, University of Tokyo, Tokyo,
  Japan, Sept. 2001.
  </p>
  <p class="bibitem"><span class="biblabel">
<a
id="Xasselamasters"></a><span class="bibsp">&#x00A0;&#x00A0;&#x00A0;</span></span>Assela Pathirana. <span
class="comment">Database Centered Hydrological Simulation on the WWW</span>.
  Masters thesis, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 1998.


</p>
Zevenbergen, C and Pathirana, A.  (2012) Managing urban flooding in the face of continuous change. In: Resilience and Urban Risk Management. Edited by Richard Laganier, CRC Press 2012, ISBN: 978-0-415-62147-2. DOI: 10.1201/b12994-1
  </div>
 
Sempewo, J.; Parthirana, A.; Vairavamoorthy, K. Zoning Tool for Water Distribution Leakage Control. In Water Demand Management in the City of the Future; Kayaga, S.; Smout, I., Eds.; Water, Engineering and Development Centre, Laughborough University: UK, 2011. File:CITY OF THE FUTURE.pdf
 
S. Herath, A. Pathirana, and S.B. Weerakoon, editors. Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Water Management in the Changing Environment of the Monsoon Region, volume I and II, Nov 2004. United Nations University, National water resources secretariat, Sri Lanka. ISBN 955-1142-00-4.
 
 
</div>
 
===<span class="cmbx-10">Conferences and Workshops</span>===
 
* This category is no longer maintained.
 
"Asset Management of Urban Drainage Systems under Climate Change Uncertainty”, Belew, M.M., Pathirana, A., Brdjanovic, D., In Proc. 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sept. 2011.
 
"A Two-dimensional pollutant transport model for sewer overflow impact simulation”, Pathirana, A., Mahen, D., Brdjanovic, D., In Proc. 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sept. 2011. [[file:2d_pollutant_12thICUD.pdf]]
 
"Urban Growth Modeling to Predict the Changes in the Urban Microclimate and Urban Water Cycle”, Veerbeek, W., Denekew, H.B., Pathirana, A., Brdjanovic, D., Zevenburgen, C., Bacchin, T., In Proc. 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sept. 2011.
 
"Spatial metrics modeling to analyse correlations between urban form and surface water drainage performance”, Bacchin, T., Veerbeek, W., Denekew, H.B., Pathirana, A. Zevenburgen, C., In Proc. 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sept. 2011.
 
"Accounting for climate change - contrasting two alternative approaches for managing uncertainty in flood risk”, Gersonius, B., Ashley, R., Pathirana, A. Zevenburgen, C., In Proc. 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sept. 2011.
 
Hodzic A., Vojinovic Z., Seyoum S.D., Pathirana A., Meijer S.C.F., and Brdjanovic D. (2011), “Model-based evaluation of the urban wastewater infrastructure reconstruction options
in a developing country: Case study Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina”. 2nd IWA Development
Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
 
<div class="thebibliography">
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and T. Yamada. An automated, real-time, dynamic rainfall prediction system. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of third APHW conference,</span> <span class="cmti-10">Bangkok, Thailand</span>. The Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources, 2006.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>T. Merabtene, J. Yoshitani, and A. Pathirana. Status of Water Disaster Databases and Limitations for Planning. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of third APHW</span> <span class="cmti-10">conference, Bangkok, Thailand</span>. The Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources, 2006.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>ASSELA. Impact of Aerosol Global Dimming on Asian Rainfalls. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of ”Mekong Research for the People of Mekong” conference ,</span> <span class="cmti-10">Chiang Rai, Thailand</span>. Mekong River Commission, 2006.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>A. Pathirana and S. Herath. Beyond gauges : sing global resources for resolving watershed-scale rainfall. In <span class="cmti-10">International Symposium on Expanding</span> <span class="cmti-10">Transboundary Cooperation for Water and Environment Security in Asia’s</span> <span class="cmti-10">International Rivers</span>. Asian International Rivers Center, Yunnan University, Dec 2005. URL <span class="cmtt-10">http://assela.pathirana.net/Pathirana_Yunnan_2005_Dec</span>.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>A. Pathirana, S. Herath, T. Yamada, and D. Swain. Hydrometeorological input for improving flood forecasting in the Mekong: Development of a real-time rainfall forecasting system. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of the International</span> <span class="cmti-10">Workshop Role of Water Sciences in Transboundary River Management</span>. United Nations University, Mar 2005.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>D.K. Swain, S. Herath, A. Pathirana, and B.N. Mittra. Rainfed lowland and floodprone rice: A critical review on ecology and management technology for improving the productivity in asia. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of the International</span> <span class="cmti-10">Workshop Role of Water Sciences in Transboundary River Management</span>. United Nations University, Mar 2005.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>A. Pathirana and S. Herath. Assessment of atmospheric brown cloud impacts on local climate with a modified mesoscale atmospheric model. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Water</span> <span class="cmti-10">Management in the Changing Environment of the Monsoon Region</span>, pages 34–42. United Nations University, 2004.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>S. Herath and A. Pathirana. Integrated assessment of ABC impacts – a GLEAM case-study. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of the International Conference on</span> <span class="cmti-10">Sustainable Water Management in the Changing Environment of the Monsoon</span> <span class="cmti-10">Region</span>, pages 141–148. United Nations University, 2004.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and T. Yamada. Incorporating aerosol radiative forcing effects into rainfall simulations. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of annual conference</span> <span class="cmti-10">of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources</span>, pages 114–115, 2004a.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and T. Yamada. Investigation of the effects of Aerosol radiative forcing on precipitation distributions using a Limited-area atmospheric model in an idealized setting . In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of second APHW</span> <span class="cmti-10">conference, Singapore</span>, pages 46–52. The Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources, 2004b.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>A. Pathirana and T. Yamada. Idealized simulation of orographic rainfall with a mesoscale atmospheric model. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of the Tenth Asian</span> <span class="cmti-10">Congress of Fluid Mechanics, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka</span>, pages CD–ROM. Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics, 2004.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>A. Pathirana and T. Yamada. Physical Simulation of Mountain Flow. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of the 5th international summer symposium of JSCE</span>. Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2003a.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>A. Pathirana and T. Yamada. Idealized modeling of orographic rainfall with a mesoscale model. In <span class="cmti-10">Annual conference of Japan Society for Natural</span> <span class="cmti-10">Disaster Mitigation</span>. DPRI, Kyoto University, 2003b.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>A. Pathirana, S. Hironaka, and S. Herath. Rainfall Scaling at High Temporal Resolutions: An Experimental Study. In <span class="cmti-10">Annual conference of</span> <span class="cmti-10">JSCE</span>. Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2003.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>A. Pathirana and T. Yamada. Rainfall Associated with Mountain-Flow – an Idealized Study. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of annual conference of Japan Society of</span> <span class="cmti-10">Hydrology and Water Resources</span>, 2003c.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>A. Pathirana and S. Herath. Treatment Of Heterogeneity In Spatial Downscaling Of Precipitation. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of the 4th international summer</span> <span class="cmti-10">symposium of JSCE</span>, 2002a.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>A. Pathirana and S. Herath. Preserving Spatial Heterogeneity in Random Cascade Distributions of Spatial Rainfall. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of annual conference</span> <span class="cmti-10">of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources</span>, 2002b.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and T. Yamada. Role of fractals in scaling spatiotemporal data. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of International Symposium On</span> <span class="cmti-10">Geoinformatics For Spatial Infrastructure Development In Earth And Allied</span> <span class="cmti-10">Sciences</span>, 2002. Hanoi, Vietnam.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and K. Musiake. Characteristics of the spatial multifractal properties of hourly spatial rainfall over japan. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of the 3rd international summer symposium of JSCE</span>, pages 153–156. Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2001a. URL <span class="cmtt-10">http://assela.pathirana.net/images/7/7a/JSCE-summer2001.pdf</span>.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and K. Musiake. Seasonality of multifractal properties of some hourly spatial rainfalls in japan. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of annual</span> <span class="cmti-10">conference of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources</span>, 2001b.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and K. Musiake. Using multifractals to produce synthetic hourly rainfall series from daily-observed rainfall. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of</span> <span class="cmti-10">Seventh International Conference on Precipitation</span>, page 5:4, 2001c. Rockport, Maine, USA.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and K. Musiake. A multifractal comparison of hourly spatial rainfall, acquired by gauge measurements and weather radar. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of European Geophysical Society XXVI General Assembly</span>. European Geophysical Union, 2001d. Nice, France.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and K. Musiake. Development of a network based hydrological analysis system. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of Engineering Jubilee Congress</span> <span class="cmti-10">– Engineering Beyond 2000</span>, pages 149–154. University of Peradeniya, 2000a. URL <span class="cmtt-10">http://assela.pathirana.net/Pathirana_et_al.2000.Peradeniya</span>. Peradeniya Sri Lanka.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and K. Musiake. A multifractal approach to predict high-resolution rainfall distributions. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of the 2nd</span> <span class="cmti-10">international summer symposium of JSCE</span>, pages 193–196. Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2000b.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and K. Musiake. On the multifractal characterization of spatial distributions of AMeDAS rainfall. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of the workshop on water resources development and flood</span> <span class="cmti-10">control</span>, pages 102–108. Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2000c. URL <span class="cmtt-10">http://assela.pathirana.net/images/8/80/Pathirana_et_al.Tohoku_2000.pdf</span>. Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and K. Musiake. Multifractal properties of rainfall observations: An analysis of the temporal variation. In <span class="cmti-10">Annual</span> <span class="cmti-10">conference of JSCE</span>, pages II–125. Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2000d.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and K. Musiake. Multifractal modeling of some rainfall series to estimate the rainfall distributions at higher resolutions. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of annual conference of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water</span> <span class="cmti-10">Resources</span>, pages 122–123. Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2000e. Kyoto.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>S. Herath and A. Pathirana. Database centered simulation using the www. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of International Symposium on Information Technology Tools</span> <span class="cmti-10">for Natural Disaster Risk Management</span>, pages 337–345. International Center for Disaster-Mitigation Engineering, University of Tokyo and the United Nations University, 1998. Bangkok, Thailand.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and K. Musiake. Development of a www interfaced hydrological database. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings of annual conference of Japan</span> <span class="cmti-10">Society of Hydrology and Water Resources</span>, pages 180–181, 1998.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>R. Ramasamy and A. Pathirana. Structural characteristics of plasmodium falciparum antigen repeats support a role in immune evasion. In <span class="cmti-10">Proceedings</span> <span class="cmti-10">of National Malaria Conference</span>, pages 91–96. University of Colombo and Institute of Fundamental Studies, 1990. Kandy, Sri Lanka.
 
</div>
 
===<span class="cmbx-10">Dissertations</span>===
 
<div class="thebibliography">
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>Assela Pathirana. <span class="cmti-10">Fractal Modeling of Rainfall: Downscaling in Time and</span> <span class="cmti-10">Space for Hydrological Applications</span>. Ph.D. thesis, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 2001. URL <span class="cmtt-10">http://assela.pathirana.net/Doctoral_thesis_of_Assela_Pathirana</span>.
 
<span class="biblabel"> </span>Assela Pathirana. <span class="cmti-10">Database Centered Hydrological Simulation on the WWW</span>. Masters thesis, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 1998. URL <span class="cmtt-10">http://assela.pathirana.net/Masters_thesis_of_Assela_Pathirana</span>.
 
</div>
[[Category:Professional]]

Latest revision as of 12:13, 12 November 2013

Peer Reviewed Journals

Assela Pathirana, Hailu B. Denekew, William Veerbeek, Chris Zevenbergen, Allan T. Banda, Impact of urban growth-driven landuse change on microclimate and extreme precipitation – A sensitivity study, Atmospheric Research, Available online 23 October 2013, ISSN 0169-8095, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.10.005.

Arnbjerg-Nielsen, K., Willems, P., Olsson, J., Beecham, S., Pathirana, A., Bülow Gregersen, I., Madsen, H. and Nguyen, V.-T.V.. 2013. Impacts of climate change on rainfall extremes and urban drainage systems: A review. Water Science and Technology 68 (1): 16-28.

Gersonius, B., Ashley, R., Pathirana, A. and Zevenbergen, C.. 2013. Climate change uncertainty: Building flexibility into water and flood risk infrastructure. Climatic Change 116 (2): 411-423.

Zevenbergen, C. and Pathirana, A.. 2013. Managing urban flooding in the face of continuous change. Paper presented at the meeting of the , .

Adeogun, A.G., Pathirana, A. and Daramola, M.O.. 2012. 1D-2D hydrodynamic model coupling for inundation analysis of sewer overflow. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences 7 (5): 356-362.

Gersonius, B., Ashley, R., Pathirana, A. and Zevenbergen, C.. 2012. Adaptation of flood risk infrastructure to climate resilience. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering 165 (6): 40-45.

Gersonius, B., Nasruddin, F., Ashley, R., Jeuken, A., Pathirana, A. and Zevenbergen, C.. 2012. Developing the evidence base for mainstreaming adaptation of stormwater systems to climate change. Water Research 46 (20): 6824-6835.

Pathirana, A., Gersonius, B. and Radhakrishnan, M.. 2012. Web 2.0 collaboration tool to support student research in hydrology an opinion. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 16 (8): 2499-2509.

Pathirana, A., Koster, J.H., De Jong, E. and Uhlenbrook, S.. 2012. On teaching styles of water educators and the impact of didactic training. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 16 (10): 3677-3688.

Pathirana, A.. 2012. EPANET2 desktop application for pressure driven demand modeling. Paper presented at the meeting of the , .

Radhakrishnan, M., Pathirana, A., Ghebremichael, K. and Amy, G.. 2012. Modelling formation of disinfection by-products in water distribution: Optimisation using a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA 61 (3): 176-188.

Delelegn, S.W., Pathirana, A., Gersonius, B., Adeogun, A.G. and Vairavamoorthy, K.. 2011. Multi-objective optimisation of cost-benefit of urban flood management using a 1D2D coupled model. Water Science and Technology 63 (5): 1053-1059.

Pathirana, A., Tsegaye, S., Gersonius, B. and Vairavamoorthy, K.. 2011. A simple 2-D inundation model for incorporating flood damage in urban drainage planning. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 15 (8): 2747-2761.

Adeogun, A.G., Pathirana, A., Gersonius, B., Wright, N.G. and Sanders, B.F.. 2010. 1D-2D model coupling for urban drainage analysis and optimization. Paper presented at the meeting of the , .

Gersonius, B., Ashley, R., Pathirana, A. and Zevenbergen, C.. 2010. Managing the flooding system's resiliency to climate change. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability 163 (1): 15-22.

Maharjan, M., Pathirana, A., Gersonius, B. and Vairavamoorthy, K.. 2009. Staged cost optimization of urban storm drainage systems based on hydraulic performance in a changing environment. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 13 (4): 481-489.

Sempewo, J., Pathirana, A. and Vairavamoorthy, K.. 2009. Spatial analysis tool for development of leakage control zones from the analogy of distributed computing. Paper presented at the meeting of the , .

Sempewo, J., Pathirana, A. and Vairavamoorthy, K.. 2009. Spatial analysis tool for development of leakage control zones from the analogy of distributed computing. Paper presented at the meeting of the , .

Vairavamoorthy, K., Gorantiwar, S.D. and Pathirana, A.. 2008. Managing urban water supplies in developing countries - Climate change and water scarcity scenarios. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 33 (5): 330-339.

Pathirana, A., Herath, S., Yamada, T. and Swain, D.. 2007. Impacts of absorbing aerosols on South Asian rainfall: A modeling study. Climatic Change 85 (1-2): 103-118.

D.K. Swain, S. Herath, A. Pathirana, and R.N. Dash. Nitrogen Fertilizer Optimization and Cultivar Selection for Rice Grown near Mountainous Slopes in Orissa, India – A Field Experiment and Simulation Model Study. Journal of Mountain Science, 2(4):329–335, 2005.

A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and T. Yamada. Simulating orographic rainfall with a limited-area, non-hydrostatic atmospheric model under idealized forcing. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 5:215–226, 2005. URL http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/acp/acp/5/215/acp-5-215.htm. European Geosciences Union.

A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and T. Yamada. Estimating Rainfall Distributions at High Temporal Resolutions Using a Multifractal Model. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 7(5): 668–679, 2004. URL http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/hess/7/5/668.htm. European Geosciences Union.

A. Pathirana and T. Yamada. Idealized simulation of orographic rainfall with a mesoscale atmospheric model. Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 48:295–300, 2004. Japan Society of Civil Engineers.

A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and T. Yamada. On the modeling of temporal correlations in spatial-cascade rainfall downscaling. Weather Radar Information and Distributed Hydrological Modelling (Proceedings of symposium HS03 held during IUGG2003 at Sapporo, July 2003), IAHS Publ. no. 282:74–82, 2003a. URLhttp://assela.pathirana.net/images/c/c4/Pathirana_et_al.IAHS_Red_2003.pdf. International Association of Hydrological Sciences.

A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and T. Yamada. Using fractals in space-time scaling of rainfall. Asian Journal of Geophysics, 3-3:49–56, 2003b. Asian Institute of Technology.

A. Pathirana, M. Yamaguchi, and T. Yamada. Idealized simulation of airflow over a mountain ridge using a mesoscale atmospheric model. Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 47:31–36, 2003c. URL http://assela.pathirana.net/images/6/6d/Suiri2002.pdf. Japan Society of Civil Engineers.

A. Pathirana and S. Herath. Multifractal Modeling and Simulation of Rain Fields Exhibiting Spatial Heterogeneity. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 6-4: 695–708, 2003. URL http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/hess/6/4/695.htm. European Geosciences Union.

A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and K. Musiake. Scaling rainfall series with a multifractal model. Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 45:295–300, 2001. Japan Society of Civil Engineers.

A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and K. Musiake. On the scaling properties of a stochastic rainfall model. Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 44:1–6, 2000. URLhttp://assela.pathirana.net/images/7/71/Suiri1999.pdf. Japan Society of Civil Engineers.


Books and Collections

Patrick Willems, Jonas Olsson, Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen, Simon Beecham, Assela Pathirana, Ida Bulow Gregersen, Henrik Madsen, Van-Thanh-Van Nguyen, Impacts of Climate Change on Rainfall Extremes and Urban Drainage Systems Publication Date: 15 Sep 2012 • ISBN: 9781780401256

Zevenbergen, C and Pathirana, A. (2012) Managing urban flooding in the face of continuous change. In: Resilience and Urban Risk Management. Edited by Richard Laganier, CRC Press 2012, ISBN: 978-0-415-62147-2. DOI: 10.1201/b12994-1

Sempewo, J.; Parthirana, A.; Vairavamoorthy, K. Zoning Tool for Water Distribution Leakage Control. In Water Demand Management in the City of the Future; Kayaga, S.; Smout, I., Eds.; Water, Engineering and Development Centre, Laughborough University: UK, 2011. File:CITY OF THE FUTURE.pdf

S. Herath, A. Pathirana, and S.B. Weerakoon, editors. Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Water Management in the Changing Environment of the Monsoon Region, volume I and II, Nov 2004. United Nations University, National water resources secretariat, Sri Lanka. ISBN 955-1142-00-4.


Conferences and Workshops

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"Asset Management of Urban Drainage Systems under Climate Change Uncertainty”, Belew, M.M., Pathirana, A., Brdjanovic, D., In Proc. 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sept. 2011.

"A Two-dimensional pollutant transport model for sewer overflow impact simulation”, Pathirana, A., Mahen, D., Brdjanovic, D., In Proc. 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sept. 2011. File:2d pollutant 12thICUD.pdf

"Urban Growth Modeling to Predict the Changes in the Urban Microclimate and Urban Water Cycle”, Veerbeek, W., Denekew, H.B., Pathirana, A., Brdjanovic, D., Zevenburgen, C., Bacchin, T., In Proc. 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sept. 2011.

"Spatial metrics modeling to analyse correlations between urban form and surface water drainage performance”, Bacchin, T., Veerbeek, W., Denekew, H.B., Pathirana, A. Zevenburgen, C., In Proc. 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sept. 2011.

"Accounting for climate change - contrasting two alternative approaches for managing uncertainty in flood risk”, Gersonius, B., Ashley, R., Pathirana, A. Zevenburgen, C., In Proc. 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sept. 2011.

Hodzic A., Vojinovic Z., Seyoum S.D., Pathirana A., Meijer S.C.F., and Brdjanovic D. (2011), “Model-based evaluation of the urban wastewater infrastructure reconstruction options in a developing country: Case study Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina”. 2nd IWA Development Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and T. Yamada. An automated, real-time, dynamic rainfall prediction system. In Proceedings of third APHW conference, Bangkok, Thailand. The Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources, 2006.

T. Merabtene, J. Yoshitani, and A. Pathirana. Status of Water Disaster Databases and Limitations for Planning. In Proceedings of third APHW conference, Bangkok, Thailand. The Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources, 2006.

ASSELA. Impact of Aerosol Global Dimming on Asian Rainfalls. In Proceedings of ”Mekong Research for the People of Mekong” conference , Chiang Rai, Thailand. Mekong River Commission, 2006.

A. Pathirana and S. Herath. Beyond gauges : sing global resources for resolving watershed-scale rainfall. In International Symposium on Expanding Transboundary Cooperation for Water and Environment Security in Asia’s International Rivers. Asian International Rivers Center, Yunnan University, Dec 2005. URL http://assela.pathirana.net/Pathirana_Yunnan_2005_Dec.

A. Pathirana, S. Herath, T. Yamada, and D. Swain. Hydrometeorological input for improving flood forecasting in the Mekong: Development of a real-time rainfall forecasting system. In Proceedings of the International Workshop Role of Water Sciences in Transboundary River Management. United Nations University, Mar 2005.

D.K. Swain, S. Herath, A. Pathirana, and B.N. Mittra. Rainfed lowland and floodprone rice: A critical review on ecology and management technology for improving the productivity in asia. In Proceedings of the International Workshop Role of Water Sciences in Transboundary River Management. United Nations University, Mar 2005.

A. Pathirana and S. Herath. Assessment of atmospheric brown cloud impacts on local climate with a modified mesoscale atmospheric model. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Water Management in the Changing Environment of the Monsoon Region, pages 34–42. United Nations University, 2004.

S. Herath and A. Pathirana. Integrated assessment of ABC impacts – a GLEAM case-study. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Water Management in the Changing Environment of the Monsoon Region, pages 141–148. United Nations University, 2004.

A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and T. Yamada. Incorporating aerosol radiative forcing effects into rainfall simulations. In Proceedings of annual conference of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources, pages 114–115, 2004a.

A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and T. Yamada. Investigation of the effects of Aerosol radiative forcing on precipitation distributions using a Limited-area atmospheric model in an idealized setting . In Proceedings of second APHW conference, Singapore, pages 46–52. The Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources, 2004b.

A. Pathirana and T. Yamada. Idealized simulation of orographic rainfall with a mesoscale atmospheric model. In Proceedings of the Tenth Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, pages CD–ROM. Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics, 2004.

A. Pathirana and T. Yamada. Physical Simulation of Mountain Flow. In Proceedings of the 5th international summer symposium of JSCE. Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2003a.

A. Pathirana and T. Yamada. Idealized modeling of orographic rainfall with a mesoscale model. In Annual conference of Japan Society for Natural Disaster Mitigation. DPRI, Kyoto University, 2003b.

A. Pathirana, S. Hironaka, and S. Herath. Rainfall Scaling at High Temporal Resolutions: An Experimental Study. In Annual conference of JSCE. Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2003.

A. Pathirana and T. Yamada. Rainfall Associated with Mountain-Flow – an Idealized Study. In Proceedings of annual conference of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources, 2003c.

A. Pathirana and S. Herath. Treatment Of Heterogeneity In Spatial Downscaling Of Precipitation. In Proceedings of the 4th international summer symposium of JSCE, 2002a.

A. Pathirana and S. Herath. Preserving Spatial Heterogeneity in Random Cascade Distributions of Spatial Rainfall. In Proceedings of annual conference of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources, 2002b.

A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and T. Yamada. Role of fractals in scaling spatiotemporal data. In Proceedings of International Symposium On Geoinformatics For Spatial Infrastructure Development In Earth And Allied Sciences, 2002. Hanoi, Vietnam.

A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and K. Musiake. Characteristics of the spatial multifractal properties of hourly spatial rainfall over japan. In Proceedings of the 3rd international summer symposium of JSCE, pages 153–156. Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2001a. URL http://assela.pathirana.net/images/7/7a/JSCE-summer2001.pdf.

A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and K. Musiake. Seasonality of multifractal properties of some hourly spatial rainfalls in japan. In Proceedings of annual conference of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources, 2001b.

A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and K. Musiake. Using multifractals to produce synthetic hourly rainfall series from daily-observed rainfall. In Proceedings of Seventh International Conference on Precipitation, page 5:4, 2001c. Rockport, Maine, USA.

A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and K. Musiake. A multifractal comparison of hourly spatial rainfall, acquired by gauge measurements and weather radar. In Proceedings of European Geophysical Society XXVI General Assembly. European Geophysical Union, 2001d. Nice, France.

A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and K. Musiake. Development of a network based hydrological analysis system. In Proceedings of Engineering Jubilee Congress – Engineering Beyond 2000, pages 149–154. University of Peradeniya, 2000a. URL http://assela.pathirana.net/Pathirana_et_al.2000.Peradeniya. Peradeniya Sri Lanka.

A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and K. Musiake. A multifractal approach to predict high-resolution rainfall distributions. In Proceedings of the 2nd international summer symposium of JSCE, pages 193–196. Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2000b.

A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and K. Musiake. On the multifractal characterization of spatial distributions of AMeDAS rainfall. In Proceedings of the workshop on water resources development and flood control, pages 102–108. Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2000c. URL http://assela.pathirana.net/images/8/80/Pathirana_et_al.Tohoku_2000.pdf. Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.

A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and K. Musiake. Multifractal properties of rainfall observations: An analysis of the temporal variation. In Annual conference of JSCE, pages II–125. Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2000d.

A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and K. Musiake. Multifractal modeling of some rainfall series to estimate the rainfall distributions at higher resolutions. In Proceedings of annual conference of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources, pages 122–123. Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2000e. Kyoto.

S. Herath and A. Pathirana. Database centered simulation using the www. In Proceedings of International Symposium on Information Technology Tools for Natural Disaster Risk Management, pages 337–345. International Center for Disaster-Mitigation Engineering, University of Tokyo and the United Nations University, 1998. Bangkok, Thailand.

A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and K. Musiake. Development of a www interfaced hydrological database. In Proceedings of annual conference of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources, pages 180–181, 1998.

R. Ramasamy and A. Pathirana. Structural characteristics of plasmodium falciparum antigen repeats support a role in immune evasion. In Proceedings of National Malaria Conference, pages 91–96. University of Colombo and Institute of Fundamental Studies, 1990. Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Dissertations

Assela Pathirana. Fractal Modeling of Rainfall: Downscaling in Time and Space for Hydrological Applications. Ph.D. thesis, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 2001. URL http://assela.pathirana.net/Doctoral_thesis_of_Assela_Pathirana.

Assela Pathirana. Database Centered Hydrological Simulation on the WWW. Masters thesis, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 1998. URL http://assela.pathirana.net/Masters_thesis_of_Assela_Pathirana.

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