Publications

<a id="x1-20001"></a>Books and Collections

<a id="Xwrmince-book"></a>   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.

<a id="x1-30001"></a>Peer Reviewed Journals

<a id="Xj20051"></a>   A. Pathirana, S. Herath, T. Yamada, and D. Swain. Impacts of absorbing aerosols on south asian rainfall – a modeling study. Climatic Change, 2006. Accepted for publication.

<a id="Xj20052"></a>   A. Pathirana, S. Herath, and T. Yamada. Implementation of a web-based real-time rainfall forecasting system. Computing in Civil Engineering, 2005a. In review.

<a id="Xj20053"></a>   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 id="Xj20043"></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, 2005b. European Geosciences Union.

<a id="Xj20042"></a>   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. European Geosciences Union.

<a id="Xj20041"></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.

<a id="Xj20031"></a>   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. International Association of Hydrological Sciences.

<a id="Xj20032"></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.

<a id="Xj20033"></a>   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. Japan Society of Civil Engineers.

<a id="Xj20021"></a>   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="Xj20011"></a>   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 id="Xj20001"></a>   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. Japan Society of Civil Engineers.

<a id="x1-40001"></a>Conferences and Workshops

<a id="Xtrbm"></a>   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.

<a id="Xtrbm2"></a>   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 id="Xwrmince1"></a>   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.

<a id="Xwrmince2"></a>   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 id="XSUI2004"></a>   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 id="XAPHW2004"></a>   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 id="XACFMX2004"></a>   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 id="XSS2003"></a>   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 id="XDP2003"></a>   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 id="XJSCE2003"></a>   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 id="XSUI2003"></a>   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 id="XSS2002"></a>   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 id="XSUI2002"></a>   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 id="XGISIDEAS2002"></a>   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 id="XSS2001"></a>   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.

<a id="XSUI2001"></a>   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 id="XICP2001"></a>   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 id="XEGS2001"></a>   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 id="XJC2000"></a>   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. Peradeniya Sri Lanka.

<a id="XSS2000"></a>   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 id="XSENDAI2000"></a>   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. Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.

<a id="XJSCE2000"></a>   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 id="XSUI2000"></a>   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.

<a id="XBANGK1998"></a>   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 id="XSUI1998"></a>   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.

<a id="XMALARIA"></a>   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.

<a id="x1-50001"></a>Dissertations

<a id="Xasselaphd"></a>   Assela Pathirana. Fractal Modeling of Rainfall: Downscaling in Time and Space for Hydrological Applications. Ph.D. thesis, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 2001.

<a id="Xasselamasters"></a>   Assela Pathirana. Database Centered Hydrological Simulation on the WWW. Masters thesis, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 1998.