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Roshanka Ranasinghe Resume Page 1 of 21 Roshanka Ranasinghe (B.Sc.Eng (Hons), PhD) RESUME Department of Water Engineering, UNESCO-IHE Department of Civil Engineering, Delft University of Technology PO Box 3015, 2601 DA Delft The Netherlands email: [email protected] Phone: +31 (0)15 2151 805 Fax: +31 (0)15 2122 921 Education : Ph.D in Coastal Engineering and Oceanography Centre for Water Research (CWR), University of Western Australia Thesis: Dynamics of Seasonally open tidal inlets Course Work: Environmental fluid dynamics (Prof. Jorg Imberger), Geophysical fluid dynamics (Prof. Greg Ivey), Computational fluid dynamics (Prof. John Patterson), Coastal Oceanography (Prof. Chari Pattiaratchi) B.Sc. Eng in Civil Engineering - (1 st Class Honours) University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Honours courses: Water Resources engineering; Concrete structures and technology Professional Affiliations: Visiting Professor, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia [ 2012 - to date] Visiting Senior Scientist, NSW Dept. of Environment and Climate Change, Sydney [2010 - 2012] Honorary Associate, University of Sydney [2006 - to date] Professional member of Engineers Australia (MIEAust) [2000 - to date] Awards, Fellowships & Scholarships: Delft Univ. of Technology (Civil Engineering) certificate for outstanding research output 2011 UNESCO-IHE Rector's appreciation letter for outstanding research output 2009 NSW Premier’s Senior Research Scientist Award 2006 STINT Fellowship (Govt. of Sweden) for innovative collaborative research 2004 NSW Premier’s Research Scientist Award 2003 Overseas Post-graduate Research Scholarship, University of Western Australia 1994 University Research Scholarship, University of Western Australia 1994 Award for the best performance in Geotechnics, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 1993 Award for the most outstanding Civil Engineering student, University of Peradeniya 1992

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Roshanka Ranasinghe (B.Sc.Eng (Hons), PhD)

R E S U M E

Department of Water Engineering, UNESCO-IHE

Department of Civil Engineering, Delft University of Technology

PO Box 3015, 2601 DA Delft

The Netherlands

email: [email protected]

Phone: +31 (0)15 2151 805 Fax: +31 (0)15 2122 921

Education

:

• Ph.D in Coastal Engineering and Oceanography Centre for Water Research (CWR), University of Western Australia Thesis: Dynamics of Seasonally open tidal inlets Course Work: Environmental fluid dynamics (Prof. Jorg Imberger), Geophysical fluid dynamics (Prof. Greg Ivey), Computational fluid dynamics (Prof. John Patterson), Coastal Oceanography (Prof. Chari Pattiaratchi)

• B.Sc. Eng in Civil Engineering - (1st Class Honours) University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Honours courses: Water Resources engineering; Concrete structures and technology

Professional Affiliations:

• Visiting Professor, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia [ 2012 - to date] • Visiting Senior Scientist, NSW Dept. of Environment and Climate Change, Sydney [2010 - 2012] • Honorary Associate, University of Sydney [2006 - to date] • Professional member of Engineers Australia (MIEAust) [2000 - to date]

Awards, Fellowships & Scholarships:

• Delft Univ. of Technology (Civil Engineering) certificate for outstanding research output 2011 • UNESCO-IHE Rector's appreciation letter for outstanding research output 2009 • NSW Premier’s Senior Research Scientist Award 2006 • STINT Fellowship (Govt. of Sweden) for innovative collaborative research 2004 • NSW Premier’s Research Scientist Award 2003 • Overseas Post-graduate Research Scholarship, University of Western Australia 1994 • University Research Scholarship, University of Western Australia 1994 • Award for the best performance in Geotechnics, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 1993 • Award for the most outstanding Civil Engineering student, University of Peradeniya 1992

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Employment:

• Professor (Climate change impacts and Coastal risk) - Dept. of Water Engineering, UNESCO-IHE/Dept. of

Civil engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands: 01. 2014 – to date • Associate Professor – Dept. of Water Engineering, UNESCO-IHE/Dept. of Civil Engineering, Delft Univ. of

Technology, The Netherlands: 01. 2008 – to date

• Senior Scientist (Coasts) – Coastal Management Unit (CMU), Dept. of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECC-W, ex DECC): 01. 2005 – 31. 12. 2007

• Senior Coastal Officer – Centre for Natural Resources (CNR), Dept. of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural

Resources (DIPNR, ex DLWC: 01. 2000 – 31. 12. 2004 • Postdoctoral Research Fellow (ONR) - Oregon State University (Oregon, USA)/ University of New South

Wales (Australia): 04. 1998 – 01. 2000 • Consulting Engineer (part-time) - Centre for Water Research, Univ. of Western Australia: 04.1994 – 03.1998 • Assistant Lecturer - Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka: 05.1993 – 03.1994

Technical Skills and Expertise:

• Development of process based, probabilistic and scale-aggregated numerical models to determine climate

change driven physical impacts on coasts and estuaries • Development of 1, 2 and quasi 3 dimensional numerical models to simulate coastal/estuarine processes • Application of a wide variety of 1, 2 and 3 dimensional numerical models (eg. hydrodynamic models, wave

models, sediment transport models, morphodynamic models) to investigate coastal and estuarine processes (eg. DELFT3D, Mike21NSW, Mike21PMS, Mike21HD, Mike21CAMS, LITPACK, SBEACH, REFDIF, 2DBEACH (ASR Ltd. model), HAMSOM)

• Application of remote sensing techniques for coastal process studies (ARGUS video) • Development of innovative image analysis techniques (MATLAB-based) to extract quantitative information

from digital images (ARGUS video, LIDAR) • Design and execution of multi-disciplinary field experiments • Acquisition of a variety of field data (e.g. water levels, wave characteristics, inlet, estuarine and nearshore

currents, sediment transport rates, meteorological data) using sophisticated instruments Supervision of Scientists:

• 7 Post Doctoral Fellows • 16 PhD candidates

Ongoing - Arjen Luijendijk, Delft Univ. of Technology. 2013-2017: Towards a seamless approach for coastal

morphodynamic modelling. - Bas Huisman, Delft Univ. of Technology. 2012 - 2016 (co-chair): Large scale, long term modelling of

surf zone morphdynamics.

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- Saulo Meirelles Da Rocha , Delft Univ. of Technology. 2012 - 2016: Sediment transport processes on the lower shoreface.

- Joao Milhomens, Delft Univ. of Technology. 2010-2014 (co-chair): A re-analysis of bulk longshore sediment transport equations.

- Fan Li, Delft Univ. of Technology. 2010-2014: A risk based approach to quantify coastal dune stability. - Lu Wang, Delft Univ. of Technology. 2010-2014: Integrated long term risk based river dyke design. - Dirk Jan Walstra, Delft Univ. of Technology. 2010-2014 (co-chair): Modelling the mechanics of sand

bar behaviour - Ivan Garcia, Delft Univ. of Technology. 2010-2014: Four dimensional optimisation of

morphodynamic modelling. - Trang Duong, UNESCO-IHE. 2010-2014 (co-chair): Climate Change impacts on Small tidal inlets.

Graduated

- Matthieu de Schipper, Delft Univ. of Technology. 2009-2014 (co-chair): Alongshore variability at nourished and natural beaches.

- Sierd DeVries, Delft Univ. of Technology. 2009-2013 (co-chair): Physics of blown sand and coastal dunes.

- Pushpakumara Dissanayake, UNESCO-IHE. 2007-2011(co-chair): Modelling morphological response of large tidal inlet systems to sea level rise.

- Angela Wenping Jiang, Univ. of Sydney. 2008-2011: Hydrodynamics and morphodynamics of Port Stephens, New South Wales

- Tim Austin, Univ. of Sydney. 2008-2011: Flood tide delta morphodynamics at Port Stephens, New South Wales.

- Mitchell Harley, Univ. of New South Wales. 2006-2009: Daily to decadal embayed beach response to wave and climate forcing.

- Emma Gale, Univ. of Western Australia. 2003-2006: Hydrodynamics of Intermittently open Lakes and Lagoons.

• 20 MSc students (please see Teaching section for details): all graduated, 5 with distinction.

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RESEARCH

Research Interests:

• Climate change impacts on coasts and Coastal risk • The interaction of coastal hydrodynamics and morphology (i.e. morphodynamics) at medium (days) to long

(century) time scales and associated coastline and nearshore morphological change at medium (~ 100m) to large (~100km) spatial scales,

• Development of engineering tools that can provide probabilistic estimates of coastal hazards to aid contemporary risk based coastal zone management/planning efforts.

• Scale aggregated modelling of long term coastal evolution • Development of innovative coastal risk assessment methods • Tidal inlet processes • Satellite and Video based techniques for coastal monitoring and data assimilation methods

Publications:

• 4 book chapters

- includes a chapter on 'Sea Level rise and Coastal Erosion' in Handbook of Coastal and Ocean Engineering (published once every 10 years).

• 57 journal papers

- Includes a full length Article on " Climate Change impact assessment for inlet-interrupted coastlines " in Nature Climate Change [2013]

- Includes an invited Editorial Commentary on 'Rising Seas and Retreating Coastlines' in Climatic Change [2009]

- Includes an invited review on 'The Seasonal Closure of Tidal Inlets: Causes and Effects' in Coastal Engineering Journal [2003]

- 16 First author publications - ISI/Scopus h- index - 14/16; citations per year (last 3 years) - 100+; citations per year (career) -36.5

• 80 conference papers Book Chapters

1. D. Roelvink, M. van der Wegen, D. Walstra, R. RANASINGHE. Modelling of Coastal Morphological Processes. In: Ocean Engineering Handbook (Eds. M. Dhanak & N. Xiros), Springer (in press)

2. B. G. Ruessink and R. RANASINGHE. Beaches. In: Coastal Environments: Dynamics, Climate Change and Management (Eds. G. Masselink and R. Gehrels), Wiley-Blackwell (in press)

3. M.J.F. Stive, R. RANASINGHE and P. Cowell. 2010. Sea level rise and coastal erosion. In: Handbook

of Coastal and Ocean Engineering (Ed. Y. Kim), World Scientific.pp 1023-1038.

4. M. D. Harley, I. L. Turner, A. D. Short and R. RANASINGHE 2007. Monitoring beach processes using conventional, RTK-GPS and video image-derived survey methods: Narrabeen Beach, Australia. In: GIS for the Coastal Zone, (Eds. Woodroffe, C.D., Bruce E.M., Puotinen, M., and Furness, R.A), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, pp. 151-164.

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Journal Publications Manuscripts In review :

1. R. Jongejan, R. RANASINGHE, D. Wainwright, D. Callaghan and J. Reyns. Towards risk-informed coastal zone management. Nature Climate Change (in review)

2. D. J. R. Walstra, B. G. Ruessink, A. J. H. M. Reniers and R. RANASINGHE and Process-based modeling of sandbar switches. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (in review)

3. L. Wang, P. van Gelder, J. K. Vrijling, S. Maskey and R. RANASINGHE. Risk averse optimisation of river dike adaptation to climate change. Journal of Water Resources Management (in review)

4. S. De Vries, B. Arens, M. A. De Schipper and R. RANASINGHE. Measured influences of varying

sediment supply on Aeolian sediment transport on a beach. Aeolian Research (in review)

5. D. M. P. K. Dissanayake, R. RANASINGHE, D. Roelvink. Numerical modelling of the impact of Sea level rise on large tidal inlet/basin systems. Coastal Engineering Journal (in review)

6. M. A. De Schipper, A. J. H. M. Reniers, R. RANASINGHE and M. J. F. Stive The influence of sea state on formation speed of alongshore variability in subtidal sand bars. Coastal Engineering (in review)

7. M. A. De Schipper, R. RANASINGHE, A. J. H. M. Reniers, R. Holman and M. J. F. Stive. Post Storm emergence of alongshore variability in nearshore bars: A field data analysis. Marine Geology (in review)

8. H. Karunarathna, D. Pender, R. RANASINGHE and D. Reeve. A model for morphodynamic variability

of a storm driven sand beach. Coastal Engineering (in review)

9. D. Wainwright, R. RANASINGHE, D. Callaghan, C. Woodroffe, P. Cowell and K. Rogers. An Argument for Probabilistic Coastal Hazard Assessment: Retrospective Examination of Practice in New South Wales, Australia. Coastal and Ocean Management (in review)

Articles Published/in press

1. F. Li, P. van Gelder, J. K. Vrijling, D. Callaghan, R. Jongejan and R. RANASINGHE. Probabilistic estimation of coastal dune erosion and recession by statistical simulation of storm events. Applied Ocean Research (in press: accepted 7 Jan. 2014)

2. H. Karunarathna, D. Pender, R. RANASINGHE, A. Short and D. Reeve. 2014. The effects of storm clustering on beach profile variability. Marine Geology, Vol. 348, 103-112.

3. F. Li, P. van Gelder, R. RANASINGHE, D. Callaghan and R. Jongejan. 2014. Probabilistic modelling

of extreme storms along the Dutch coast. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 86, 1-13.

4. S. De Vries, J. van Thiel De Vries, L. van Rijn and R. RANASINGHE. 2014. Aeolian sediment transport in supply limited situations. Aeolian Research, Vol. 12, 75-85.

5. Z. Vojinovic, Y. Abebe, R. RANASINGHE, A. Vacher, P. Martens, D. Mandle, S. Frye, E. van Ettinger and R. de Zeeuw. 2013. A machine learning approach for estimation of shallow water depths from optical satellite images and sonar measurements, Journal of Hydroinformatics, Vol. 15(4), 1408-1424.

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6. T. D. Price, B. Castelle, R. RANASINGHE, B. G. Ruessink. Coupled sandbar patterns and obliquely

incident waves. Journal of Geophysical Research (Earth Surface), Vol.118(3), 1677-1692.

7. D. Callaghan, R. RANASINGHE and D. Roelvink. 2013. Probabilistic estimation of storm erosion using analytical, semi-empirical and process based storm erosion models. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 82, 64-75.

8. M. J. F. Stive, M. A. de Schipper, A. Luijendijk, S. Aarninkhof, C. van Gelder-Maas, J. S. M. van Thiel de Vries, S. de Vries, M. Henriquez, S. Marx and R. RANASINGHE. 2013. A new alternative to saving our beaches from sea level rise: The sand engine. Journal of Coastal Research. Vol. 29(5), 1001-1008.

9. J. Mil-homens, R. RANASINGHE, J. van Thiel De Vries and M. J. F. Stive. 2013. Re-evaluation and improvement of three commonly used bulk longshore sediment transport formulas. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 75, 29-39.

10. R. RANASINGHE, T. Duong, S. Uhlenbrook, D. Roelvink and M. Stive. 2013 Climate Change impact assessment for inlet-interrupted coastlines. Nature Climate Change, Vol. 3, 83-87.

11. M. Hemer, K. McInnes and R. RANASINGHE. 2013. Projections of climate change driven variations in the offshore wave climate off South Eastern Australia. International Journal of Climatology, Vol. 33(7), 1615-1632.

12. A. W. Jiang, R. RANASINGHE and P. Cowell. 2013. Contemporary Hydrodynamics and

Morphological Change of a Microtidal Estuary: a Numerical Modelling Study. Ocean Dynamics, Vol. 63, 21-41.

13. F. Li, P. van Gelder, D. Callaghan, R. Jongejan, C. den Heijer, C. and R. RANASINGHE. 2013. Probabilistic modeling of wave climate and predicting dune erosion. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 65, 760-765.

14. A. van Dongeren, R. Lowe, A. Pomeroy, T. Duong, D. Roelvink, G. Symonds and R. RANASINGHE. 2013. Numerical modelling of Low-Frequency wave dynamics over a fringing coral reef. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 73, 178-190.

15. T. Duong, R. RANASINGHE, A. Luijendijk and D. Roelvink. 2012. Climate Change impacts on the

stability of small tidal inlets. Journal of Ocean and Climate Systems, Vol. 3,163-171

16. R. Almar, R. RANASINGHE, N. Senechal, P. Bonneton, D. Roelvink, K. Bryan, V. Marieu and J. Parisot. 2012. Video based detection of shorelines at complex meso-macro tidal beaches, Journal of Coastal Research, Vol. 28(5), 1040-1048.

17. S. de Vries, H. N. Southgate, W. Kanning. and R. RANASINGHE. 2012. Dune behavior and Aeolian transport on decadal timescales. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 67, 41-53.

18. R. RANASINGHE, D. Callaghan and M. J. F. Stive. 2012. Estimating coastal recession due to sea level rise: Beyond the Bruun Rule. Climatic Change, Vol. 110, 561-574

19. D. M. P. K. Dissanayake, R. RANASINGHE, D. Roelvink. 2012. The morphological response of large tidal inlet/basin systems to sea level rise. Climatic Change, Vol. 113, 253-276

20. H. Karunarathna, J. M. Horrillo-Caraballo, R. RANASINGHE, A. Short and D. Reeve. 2012. Marine Geology, Vol. 299-302, 33-43

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21. D. J. R. Walstra, A. H. J. M. Reniers, R. RANASINGHE and G. Ruessink. 2012. On bar growth and

decay during interannual net offshore migration. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 60: 190-200

22. M. Hemer, K. McInnes and R. RANASINGHE. 2012. Climate and variability bias adjustment of climate model derived winds for a southeast Australian dynamical wave model. Ocean Dynamics, Vol. 62, 87-104.

23. M. D. Harley, I. Turner, A. D. Short and R. RANASINGHE. 2011. A re-evaluation of coastal

embayment rotation in SE Australia: the dominance of cross-shore versus alongshore sediment transport processes. Journal of Geophysical Research (Earth Surface), DOI: 10.1029/2011JF001989

24. A. Wenping Jiang, R. RANASINGHE, P. Cowell. and J. Savioli. 2011. Tidal asymmetry of a shallow

well-mixed estuary and the implications on net sediment transport: A numerical modelling study. Australian journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 9, 1-18

25. A. W. Jiang, R. RANASINGHE and P. Cowell. 2011. Hydrodynamic variability along a low-energy

estuarine beach located in an open estuary. Australian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 9, 113-128

26. R. Jongejan, R.RANASINGHE, J. Vrijling and D. Callaghan. 2011. A risk informed approach to coastal zone management. Australian journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 9, 47-60

27. R. RANASINGHE, C. Swinkels, A. Luijendijk, D. Roelvink, J. Bosboom, M. Stive. and D. Walstra.

2011. Morphodynamic upscaling with the MORFAC approach: Dependencies and sensitivities. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 58, 806-811

28. M. Harley, I. Turner, A. D. Short and R. RANASINGHE. 2011. Assessment and integration of

conventional, RTK-GPS and image-derived beach survey methods for daily to decadal coastal monitoring, Coastal Engineering, Vol. 58, 194-205

29. D. M. P. K. Dissanayake, R. RANASINGHE, D. Roelvink, Z. B. Wang and H. D. Niemeyer. 2011. Process-based and semi-empirical modelling approaches on tidal inlet evolution. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 64, 1013-1017

30. A. Vila-Concejo, T. P. Austin, D. L. Harris, M. G. Hughes, A. Short and R. RANASINGHE. 2011. Estuarine beach evolution in relation to the flood-tide delta. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 64, 190-194.

31. R. RANASINGHE, M. Larson and J. Savioli. 2010. Shoreline response to a single shore-parallel submerged breakwater. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 57, 1006-1017.

32. A. Vila-Concejo., M. G. Hughes, A. Short. and R. RANASINGHE. 2010. Estuarine shoreline processes in a dynamic low-energy system, Ocean Dynamics, Vol. 60, 285-298

33. M. Harley, I. Turner, A. D. Short and R. RANASINGHE. 2010. Inter-annual variability and controls of

the Sydney wave climate, International journal of climatology, Vol 30: 1322-1335.

34. R. RANASINGHE and M. J. F. Stive. 2009. Rising Seas and Retreating Coastlines, Climatic Change (Invited Editorial Commentary), Vol 97, 465-468.

35. A. Vila Concejo, A. D. Short, M. G. Hughes and R. RANASINGHE. 2009. Formation and evolution of a sandwave on an estuarine beach, Journal of Coastal Research, SI 56, Vol. 1, 153-157

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36. T. Austin, A. D. Short, M. G. Hughes, A. Vila Concejo and R. RANASINGHE. 2009. Tidal hydrodynamics of a micro-tidal, wave dominated flood tidal delta: Port Stephens, Australia, Journal of Coastal Research, SI 56, 693-697

37. D. M. P. K. Dissanayake, R. RANASINGHE and J. A. Roelvink. 2009. Effect of sea level rise on tidal

inlet evolution, Journal of Coastal Research, SI 56, Vol 2, 942-946

38. D. Callaghan, R. RANASINGHE and A. Short. 2009. Quantifying the storm erosion hazard for coastal planning, Coastal Engineering, Vol. 56, 90-93.

39. D. Callaghan, P. Nielsen, A. Short and R. RANASINGHE. 2008. Statistical simulation of wave climate

and extreme beach erosion, Coastal Engineering, Vol 55(5), 375-390

40. E. Gale, C. Pattiaratchi and R. RANASINGHE. 2007. Processes driving circulation, exchange and flushing within Intermittently Closing and Opening Lakes and Lagoons, Marine and Freshwater Research, Vol. 58(8), 709-719.

41. G. Ruessink, G. Coco , R. RANASINGHE, and I. Turner. 2007. Coupled and Non-coupled behaviour

in double sandbar morphology, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 112, C07002, doi: 10.1029/2006JC003799.

42. D. Callaghan, P. Nielsen and R. RANASINGHE. 2007. Estimating extreme beach erosion frequency

from a Monte Carlo simulation of wave climate. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 50, 88-92.

43. A. Vila-Concejo, M. Hughes, A. Short and R. RANASINGHE. 2007. Flood-tide delta morphodynamics and management implications, Port Stephens, Australia. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 50, 705-709.

44. I. Turner, D. Whyte, G. Ruessink and R. RANASINGHE. 2007. Observations of rip spacing, persistence and mobility at a long, straight coastline. Marine Geology, Vol. 236, 209-221

45. E. Gale, C. Pattiaratchi and R. RANASINGHE. 2006. Vertical Mixing Processes in Intermittently

Closed and Open Lakes and Lagoons, and the Dissolved Oxygen Response. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Vol. 69, 206-216

46. R. RANASINGHE, I. Turner and G. Symonds. 2006. Shoreline Response to Submerged Structures: A

Numerical and Physical modelling study. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 53, 589-611

47. R. RANASINGHE and I. Turner. 2006. Shoreline Response to Submerged Structures: A Review. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 53, 65-79.

48. R. Holman, G. Symonds, E. Thornton and R. RANASINGHE. 2006. Rip Spacing and Persistence on an

Embayed Beach. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 111, C01006, doi:10.1029/2005JC002965.

49. R. RANASINGHE, G. Symonds, K. Black and R. Holman. 2004. Morphodynamics of Intermediate Beaches: A Video Imaging and Numerical Modelling Study. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 51, 629-655.

50. R. RANASINGHE, R. McLoughlin, A. Short and G. Symonds. 2004. The Southern Oscillation Index,

Wave Climate, and Beach Rotation. Marine Geology, Vol. 204, 273-287.

51. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi. 2003. The Seasonal Closure of Tidal Inlets: Causes and Effects. (Invited review) Coastal Engineering Journal - Special Issue: Progress in Hydrodynamics and Morphodynamics of Tidal Inlets -A Global Update, Vol. 45(4), 601-627.

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52. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, 2000. Tidal Velocity Asymmetry at Inlets located in Diurnal Tidal Regimes. Continental Shelf Research, Vol. 20(2000), 2347-2366.

53. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, 1999. Seasonal Closure of Tidal Inlets - A Case Study. Coastal

Engineering, Vol. 37(1), 37 - 56.

54. R. RANASINGHE, C. Pattiaratchi, and G. Masselink, 1999. A Morphodynamic Model to Simulate the Seasonal Closure of Tidal Inlets. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 37(1), 1 - 36.

55. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, 1999. Circulation and Mixing Characteristics of a Seasonally -

Open Tidal Inlet: A Field Study. Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, Vol. 50(4), 281 - 290.

56. R. RANASINGHE, C. Pattiaratchi, and G. Masselink, 1998. Seasonal Inlet Closure: Governing Processes, Journal of Coastal Research, SI 26, 32 - 41.

57. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, 1998. Flushing Characteristics of a Seasonally - Open Tidal

Inlet: A Numerical Study. Journal of Coastal Research, Vol. 14(4), 1405 - 1421. Conference Proceedings

1. M. Stive, M. de Schipper, A. Luijendijk, R. RANASINGHE, S. Aarninkhof. 2013. The sand engine: a solution for the Dutch Delta in the 21st century? Proceedings of the 35th IAHR World Congress, Chengdu, China.

2. M. de Schipper, S. de Vries, R. RANASINGHE, A. Reniers, and M. J. F.Stive. 2013. Alongshore topographic variability at a nourished beach. Proceedings of Coastal Dynamics 2013, Arcachon, France.

3. B. J. A. Huisman, J. S. M. van Thiel de Vries, D. J. R. Walstra, J. A. Roelvink, R. RANASINGHE and M. J. F. Stive. 2013. Advection and diffusion of shore-attached sand nourishments. Proceedings of Coastal Dynamics 2013, Arcachon, France.

4. J. Mil-Homens, R. RANASINGHE, J. S. M. van Thiel de Vries and M. J. F. Stive. 2013. Influence of

profile features on longshore sediment transport. Proceedings of Coastal Dynamics 2013, Arcachon, France.

5. R. RANASINGHE, D. Callaghan, and D. Roelvink. 2013. Does a more sophisticated storm erosion model improve probabilistic erosion estimates? Proceedings of Coastal Dynamics 2013, Arcachon, France.

6. M. J. F. Stive, M. De Schipper, A. Luijendijk, R. RANASINGHE, J. van Thiel de Vries, S. Aaminkhof,

C. van Gelder-Maas, S. de Vries, M. Henriquez, and S. Marx. 2013. The sand engine: A solution for vulnerable deltas in the 21st century?. Proceedings of Coastal Dynamics 2013, Arcachon, France.

7. F. Li, P. van Gelder, D. Callaghan, R. Jongejan, and R. RANASINGHE. 2013. A comparison of extreme wave climate modelling methods: A case study for the Netherlands, Proceedings of the 35th IAHR world congress. Chengdu, China.

8. P. Pushpakumara, S. Weerakoon, K. Nandalal and R. RANASINGHE. 2013. Analysis of sea level rise impacts on Negombo lagoon hydrodynamics. Proceedings of The 14th Asia congress of fluid mechanics, Hanoi and Halong, VietNam.

9. L. Wang, P.H.A.J.M. Van Gelder, J.K. Vrijling, R. RANASINGHE, and S. Maskey (2013). Coping with the uncertainties in the climate change adaptation of river dikes using risk-aversion economic

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optimization. Proceedings of 8th international conference of The European water resources association, Porto, Portugal, pp. 1-11.

10. H. Karunarathna, J. M. Horillo-Carraballo, R. RANASINGHE, A. Short, and D. Reeve. 2012. Cross shore beach change of a sand and a composite sand gravel beaches. Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2012, Santander, Spain.

11. M. Geldenhuys, M. van Ledden, B. Jonkman, M. J. F. Stive, and R. RANASINGHE. 2012. Coastal adaptation in the developing world: a case study in Durban, South Africa. Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2012, Santander, Spain.

12. D. Wainwright, D. Callaghan, R. Jongejan, R. RANASINGHE and P. Cowell. 2012. How to weigh coastal hazard against economic consequence. Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2012, Santander, Spain.

13. R. RANASINGHE, R. Holman, M. A. de Schipper, T. Lippmann, J. Wehof, T. Minh Duong, D.

Roelvink and M. J. F. Stive. 2012. Quantification of nearshore morphological recovery time scales using Argus video imaging: Palm beach, Sydney and Duck, NC. Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2012, Santander, Spain.

14. S. de Vries, M. J. F. Stive, L. van Rijn, R. RANASINGHE. 2012. A new concept for Aeolian sediment

transport rates on beaches. Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2012, Santander, Spain.

15. J. Mil-Homens, R. RANASINGHE, J. S. M. van Thiel de Vries, M. J. F. Stive. 2012. Re-assessment

and improvement of bulk longshore sediment transport formulas. Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2012, Santander, Spain.

16. M. A. de Schipper, A. Reniers, R. RANASINGHE, J. MacMahan and M. J. F. Stive. 2012. Vortical

VLF motions under shore-normal incident waves. Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2012, Santander, Spain.

17. A. van Dongeren, R. Lowe, A. Pomeroy, T. Minh Duong, D. Roelvink, R. RANASINGHE and G.

Symonds. 2012. Modelling infragravity waves and currents across a fringing reef. Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2012, Santander, Spain.

18. M. de Schipper, S. De Vries, R. RANASINGHE, A. Reniers and M. Stive. 2012. Morphological developments after a beach and shoreface nourishment at Vlugtenburg beach. Proceedings of Jubilee conference, NCK-days 2012 : Crossing borders in coastal research, Enschede, The Netherlands.

19. S. de Vries, H. Southgate, W. Kanning and R. RANASINGHE. 2012. Dune development and aeolian transport along the Holland coast. Proceedings of Jubilee conference, NCK-days 2012 : Crossing borders in coastal research, Enschede, The Netherlands.

20. M. A. Geldenhuys, S. N. Jonkman, A. A. Mather, R. RANASINGHE, M. J. F. Stive and M. van Ledden.

2012. Coastal adaptation to climate change: A case study in Durban, South Africa. Proceedings of COPEDEC VIII, Chennai, India, pp. 135-146.

21. T. Duong, R. RANASINGHE, A. Luijendijk, A. Dastgheib and D. Roelvink. 2012. Climate change impacts on the stability of small tidal inlets. Proceedings of COPEDEC VIII, Chennai, India, pp. 594-602.

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22. A. Dastgheib, M. Rajabalinejad, R. RANASINGHE and D. Roelvink. 2012. A probabilistic approach to investigate the effect of wave chronology on process based morphological modelling. Proceedings of COPEDEC VIII, Chennai, India, pp. 708-716.

23. D. M. P. K. Dissanayake, R. RANASINGHE and D. Roelvink. 2012. Numerical approach on the inlet

effects on adjacent coastlines. Proceedings of COPEDEC VIII, Chennai, India, pp. 858-869. 24. R. RANASINGHE, R. B. Jongejan, D. Callaghan and J. K. Vrijling. 2012. An innovative approach to

determine economically optimal coastal setback lines for risk informed coastal zone management. Proceedings of COPEDEC VIII, Chennai, India, pp. 1130-1141.

25. F. Li, P. van Gelder, R. Jongejan, R. RANASINGHE and D. Callaghan. 2011. Land-use strategies for coastal erosion zone based on a risk-informed approach. Proceedings of The International probabilistic workshop, Braunschweig, Germany, pp. 331-341.

26. R. RANASINGHE, J. Bosboom, S. Uhlenbrook, D. Roelvink, H. Ngo and M. J. F. Stive. 2011. A scale aggregated model to estimate climate change driven coastline change along inlet interrupted coasts. Proceedings of Coastal Sediments 2011, Miami, FL, USA, pp. 286-298.

27. S. De Vries, B. Ahrens, M. Stive and R. RANASINGHE. 2011. Dune growth trends and the effect of beach width on annual timescales. Proceedings of Coastal Sediments 2011, Miami, FL, USA, pp. 712-724. [awarded best student paper]

28. D. J. R. Walstra, B. G. Ruessink and R. RANASINGHE. 2011. The influence of initialization on inter-

annual model predictions. Proceedings of Coastal Sediments 2011, Miami, FL, USA, pp. 712-724.

29. R. RANASINGHE. 2011. Climate change impacts on small tidal inlets: Why and How? (Keynote lecture) - Proceedings of Symposium on Climate Change Impacts on Small Tidal Inlets 2011, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 1-4

30. T. Duong and R. RANASINGHE. 2011. Climate change impacts on the stability of small tidal inlets.

Proceedings of Symposium on Climate Change Impacts on Small Tidal Inlets 2011, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 8-15

31. B. Siqueira, R. RANASINGHE, D. J. R. Walstra and M. J. F. Stive. 2011. Climate change impacts on

the hydrodynamics of Songkhla lagoon, Thailand. Proceedings of Symposium on Climate Change Impacts on Small Tidal Inlets 2011, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 16-23

32. J. Bamunawala, S. Hettiarachchi, S. Samarawickrama and R. RANASINGHE. 2011. Climate change

impacts on the wave climate off south west Sri Lanka. Proceedings of Symposium on Climate Change Impacts on Small Tidal Inlets 2011, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 24-27

33. M. Hemer, R. RANASINGHE and K. McInnes. 2010. Simulating climate change driven variations in

future storm characteristics. Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas, Colombo, Sri Lanka (on CD Rom)

34. D. Roelvink, M. van der Wegen, A. Dastgheib, D. M. P. K. Dissanayake and R. RANASINGHE. 2010. Predictability of the main channe and shoal patterns od estuaries and tidal inlets. Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas, Colombo, Sri Lanka (on CD Rom)

35. N. Wikramanayake, P. Wickramagamage, R. M. K. Kumarihamy, E. Vidanapathirana, M. Larson and R.

RANASINGHE. 2010. Seasonally closed inlets of Sri Lanka: classification and field observations. Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas, Colombo, Sri Lanka (on CD Rom)

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36. R. Jongejan, J. Vrijling. and R.RANASINGHE. A risk informed approach to coastal zone management. Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2010, Shanghai, China, Paper No. Management8 (http://journals.tdl.org/ICCE/).

37. R. RANASINGHE, C. Swinkels, A. Luijendijk, D. Roelvink, J. Bosboom, M. Stive. and D. Walstra.

Morphodynamic upscaling with the MORFAC approach. Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2010, Shanghai, China, Paper No. Sediment59 (http://journals.tdl.org/ICCE/).

38. M. Stive, L. Li, R. Brouwer. J. van de Kreeke. and R. RANASINGHE. Empirical relationship between

inlet cross section and tidal prism. Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2010, Shanghai, China, Paper No. Sediment86 (http://journals.tdl.org/ICCE/).

39. M. de Schipper, R. RANASINGHE, A. Reniers. and M. Stive. On the initiation of nearshore

morphological rythmicity. Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2010, Shanghai, China, Paper No. Sediment47 (http://journals.tdl.org/ICCE/).

40. S. de Vries, M. de Schipper, M. Stive. and R. RANASINGHE. Sediment exchange between the sub-

aqueous and sub-aerial coastal zone. Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2010, Shanghai, China, Paper No. Sediment42 (http://journals.tdl.org/ICCE/).

41. A. W. Jiang, M. Hughes, P. Cowell, A. Gordon, J. Savioli. and R. RANASINGHE. A hybrid model of

swash-zone lonngshore sediment transport on reflective beaches. Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2010, Shanghai, China, Paper No. Sediment29 (http://journals.tdl.org/ICCE/).

42. S. Narayan, T. Suzuki, M. Stive, H. Verhagen, W. Ursem. and R. RANASINGHE. The effectiveness of

mangroves in attenuation cyclone induced waves. Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2010, Shanghai, China, Paper No. waves50 (http://journals.tdl.org/ICCE/).

43. M. A. Hemer, K. McInnes, and R. RANASINGHE. 2009. Future Projections of the East Australian

Wave climate. Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on wave hindcasting and forecasting and coastal hazards, Halifax, Canada. http://www.waveworkshop.org/11thWaves/Papers/hemeretal_EAusProj_wavesworkshop09.pdf

44. R. RANASINGHE, D. Callaghan and M. J. F. Stive. 2009. A process based approach to derive

probabilistic estimates of coastal recession due to sea level rise. Proceedings of Coastal Dynamics 2009, Tokyo, Japan (on CD Rom, World Scientific).

45. M. J. F. Stive, J. van de Kreeke, N. T. Lam, T. T. Tung and R. RANASINGHE. 2009. Empirical

relationships between inlet cross section and tidal prism: A review. Proceedings of Coastal Dynamics 2009, Tokyo, Japan (on CD Rom, World Scientific).

46. M. Larson, N. Wickramanaike, H. Hanson and R. RANASINGHE. 2009. Seasonal closure of Chilaw

Inlet, Sri Lanka: Physical processes and mathematical modelling. Proceedings of Coastal Dynamics 2009, Tokyo, Japan (on CD Rom, World Scientific).

47. A. W. Jiang, C. Allery, A. Vila Concejo, P. Cowell and R. RANASINGHE. 2009. Dominant hydrodynamic processes at Port Stephens NSW Australia: A numerical modelling study. Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘09, Wellington, New Zealand (on CD Rom, Engineers Australia).

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48. R. Jongejan and R. RANASINGHE. 2009. Establishing setback lines for land use planning: A risk informed approach. Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘09, Wellington, New Zealand (on CD Rom, Engineers Australia).

49. R. RANASINGHE, D. Callaghan and M. J. F. Stive. 2009. Probabilistic modelling of coastal recession

due to Sea level rise. Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘09, Wellington, New Zealand (on CD Rom, Engineers Australia).

50. M. Harley, I. Turner, A. Short, and R. RANASINGHE. 2009. An empirical model of beach response to

storms. Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘09, Wellington, New Zealand (on CD Rom, Engineers Australia).

51. D. M. P. K. Dissanayake, D. Roelvink and R. RANASINGHE. 2009. Process-based approach on tidal inlet evolution – Part II, Proceedings of the International Conference in Ocean Engineering, Chennai, India. CD Rom.

52. M. Harley, I. Turner, A. Short, and R. RANASINGHE. 2008. Rotation and oscillation of an embayed

beach. Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2008, Hamburg, Germany. pp. 865-975

53. D. Callaghan, P. Nielsen, M. Larson, A. Short and R. RANASINGHE. 2008. Process determined

coastal hazards. Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2008, Hamburg, Germany. pp. 4227-4236

54. A. Vila-Concejo., M. G. Hughes, A. Short. and R. RANASINGHE. 2008. Estuarine shoreline

processes: a dynamic low-energy system. Proceedings of Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas, Liverpool, United Kingdom (on CD ROM, Springer).

55. T. Austin, M. G. Hughes, R. RANASINGHE and A. Short, A.Vila-Concejo. 2008. Short- to medium-

term flood-tide delta morphodynamics and implications for shoreline management. Proceedings of Coast to Coast Conference, Darwin, Australia (on CD Rom).

56. A. Vila-Concejo, A. Short, M. G. Hughes and R. RANASINGHE. 2007. Shoreline implications of

flood-tide delta morphodynamics. The case of Port Stephens (SE Australia). Proceedings of Coastal Sediments 2007, pp.1417-1430.

57. R. RANASINGHE, P. Watson, D.Lord, D. Hanslow, and P. Cowell. 2007. Sea level rise, Coastal

recession, and the Bruun Rule. Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘07, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. On CD Rom produced by Engineers Australia.

58. R. RANASINGHE, D. Lord, D. Hanslow, and K. McInnes. 2007. Climate Change impacts on NSW

coasts and estuaries. Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘07, Melbourne, VIC, Australia On CD Rom produced by Engineers Australia

59. K. McInnes, I. Macadam, D. Abbs, S. P. O’Farrell, J. O’Grady, and R. RANASINGHE. 2007.

Projected changes in climatological forcing conditions for coastal erosion in NSW. Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘07, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. On CD Rom produced by Engineers Australia

60. D. Callaghan, M. Larson, and R. RANASINGHE. 2007. A process based profile evolution model to

simulate dune erosion. Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘07, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. On CD Rom produced by Engineers Australia

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61. M. Harley, I. Turner, B. Morris, A. D. Short, and R. RANASINGHE. 2007. Nearshore wave climate and localized erosion during high wave events – SE Australia. Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘07, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. On CD Rom produced by Engineers Australia

62. J. Savioli, M. Larson, and R. RANASINGHE. 2007. A design criterion to determine the mode of shoreline response to submerged breakwaters. Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘07, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. On CD Rom produced by Engineers Australia

63. M. Harley, I. Turner, A. Short and R. RANASINGHE. 2006. Assessing the accuracy and applicability of a multi decadal beach survey dataset. Proceedings of the 30th International Coastal Engineering Conference, San Diego, California, USA, pp. 4000-4008.

64. G. Ruessink, G. Coco, R. RANASINGHE and I. Turner. 2006. A Cross-wavelet study of Alongshore

non-uniform nearshore sandbar behaviour. Proceedings of the 2006 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Vancouver, Canada, pp. 8743-8750.

65. C. Donnelly, R. RANASINGHE and M. Larson. 2005. Numerical Modelling of Beach Profile Change

caused by Overwash. Proceedings Coastal Dynamics ’05, Barcelona, Spain. CD-ROM Published by World Scientific Press and East Meets West Productions, TX, ISBN-981-238-422-7, 41 pp.

66. R. RANASINGHE and I. Turner. 2005. Shoreline Response to Artificial Surfing Reefs. Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘05, Adelaide, SA, Australia, pp. 667-672.

67. M. Harley, I. Turner, A. Short and R. RANASINGHE. 2005. Comparison of Video, RTK-GPS and Conventional Beach Survey Methods. Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘05, Adelaide, SA, Australia, pp. 465-469.

68. D. Whyte, I. Turner and R. RANASINGHE. 2005. Rip Characterisation on the Gold Coast, Australia: An analysis using Coastal Imaging Techniques. Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘05, Adelaide, SA, Australia, pp. 233-238.

69. R. RANASINGHE and I. Turner. 2004. Shoreline Response to Submerged Breakwaters: Multi-function structures- A special case. Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2004, Lisbon, Portugal. 19 - 24 July 2004, pp. 1984-1996.

70. P. Evans and R. RANASINGHE, Artificial Surfing Reefs: A New Paradigm in Coastal protection, 2001.

Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘01, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, pp. 128 – 133.

71. R. RANASINGHE, R. McLoughlin, P. Evans, and A. Short, 2001. The Southern Oscillation Index, Wave Climate, and Beach Rotation, Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘01, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, pp. 203 – 208.

72. R. RANASINGHE, G. Symonds, K. Black and R. Holman, 2000. Processes Governing Rip Spacing, Persistence, and Strength in a Swell Dominated, Microtidal Environment, Proceedings of the International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2000, Sydney, Australia, pp. 454-467.

73. G. Symonds and R. RANASINGHE, 2000. On the Formation of Rip Currents on a Plane Beach, Proceedings of the International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2000, Sydney, Australia, pp. 468-481.

74. R. RANASINGHE, G. Symonds and R. Holman, 1999. Quantitative Characterisation of Rip Currents via Video Imaging, Proceedings of Coastal Sediments ‘99, New York, USA, pp. 987 - 1002.

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75. R. RANASINGHE, and C. Pattiaratchi, 1999. A Model to Identify the Mechanism of Seasonal Inlet Closure, Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries Proceedings, Cape Town, South Africa, pp. 390 – 40.

76. R. RANASINGHE, G. Symonds and R. Holman, 1999. Video Imaging: A New Technique for Coastal Zone Management, Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘99, Perth, Australia, pp. 555 - 560.

77. R. RANASINGHE, G. Symonds and R. Holman, 1999. A Model to Classify Intermediate Beaches, Proceedings of the Sixth National Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Conference (AMOS), Canberra, Australia, pp.67.

78. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, 1997. Seasonal Closure of Tidal Inlets, Proceedings of the Third International Coastal Dynamics Conference, Plymouth, UK, pp. 1003 - 1012.

79. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, Hydrodynamics of a Seasonally - Open Tidal Inlet, 1995. Third Conference of the Australian Marine and Oceanographic Society, Hobart, Australia.

80. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, Dynamics of a Seasonally - Open Tidal Inlet, 1995. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, pp. 282 - 296.

Presentations:

Invited presentations:

Keynotes:

1. A design criterion to predict shoreline response to submerged breakwaters. 2013. Keynote presentation at the special session on Coastal Structures at the 4th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

2. Quantifying climate change impacts on coasts. 2011. Keynote address at Morphodynamics of Coasts and Estuaries, Lisbon, Portugal

3. Climate change impacts on Small tidal inlets: Why and How? 2011. Keynote address at Climate Change impacts on Small tidal inlets Symposium, Bangkok, Thailand

Other:

1. Quantifying climate change impacts on coasts with numerical models. 2014. Pre-conference workshop on Climate change and Coastal processes, 5th Conference on Harbour and Ocean engineering, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India.

2. Assessment of Climate change impacts on coasts in the Asia-Pacific. 2014. Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines.

3. Probabilistic estimation of storm erosion using different structural functions. 2013. iCOASST symposium, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.

4. Assessing Climate change impacts on Coasts. 2012. Institut de recherche pour le developpement, Toulouse, France

5. Assessing Climate change impacts on Coasts: Raising the bar. 2012. Water Colloquium, UNESCO-IHE, Delft, The Netherlands

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6. Assessment of 21st century Climate Change impacts in Sri Lanka. 2012. National Science Foundation, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

7. Numerical modelling of climate change impacts on coasts. 2010. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

8. Climate change impacts on Small Tidal Inlets. 2009. University of Moratuwa, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

9. Long term morphodynamic modelling with the MORFAC approach. 2009. DELTARES, Delft, The Netherlands

10. Shoreline response to submerged breakwaters. 2007. University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

11. Introduction to Hydraulic modelling. 2007. Seminar on Hydraulic Modelling, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

12. Modelling of Coastal Processes. 2007. Seminar on Hydraulic Modelling, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

13. A preliminary assessment of the coastal impacts resulting from climate change. 2007. Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Summit, Sydney, Australia.

14. Shoreline response to Artificial surf breaks. 2006. UNESCO-IHE, Delft, The Netherlands.

15. Rip Observations at the Gold Coast, Australia. 2006. ARGUS Coastal Imaging symposium, Sydney, Australia

16. Beach rotation and the Southern Oscillation Index. 2005. Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

17. Shoreline Response to Artificial Surf Breaks: An Idealised Application of MIKE21 CAMS. 2003. Asia-Pacific DHI Software Conference, Sydney, Australia.

18. Seasonal closure of tidal inlets. 2001. Lanka Hydraulic Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

19. Dynamics of seasonally open of tidal inlets. 2000. University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya,Sri Lanka.

20. Rip Observations at Palm Beach, Australia. 1999. ARGUS Coastal Imaging symposium, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.

Conference presentations:

1. R. RANASINGHE, R. Jongejan, D. Wainwright, D. Callaghan and J. Reyns. 2014. Coastal Recession risk and economically optimal setback lines. 2014. 5th Conference on Harbour and Ocean engineering, Goa, India.

2. R. RANASINGHE, D. Callaghan, and D. Roelvink. 2013. Does a more sophisticated storm erosion model improve probabilistic erosion estimates? Coastal Dynamics 2013, Arcachon, France.

3. R. RANASINGHE, R. B. Jongejan, D. Callaghan and J. K. Vrijling. 2012. An innovative approach to determine economically optimal coastal setback lines for risk informed coastal zone management. COPEDEC VIII, Chennai, India.

4. R. RANASINGHE, J. Bosboom, S. Uhlenbrook, D. Roelvink, H. Ngo and M. J. F. Stive. 2011. A scale aggregated model to estimate climate change driven coastline change along inlet interrupted coasts. Coastal Sediments 2011, Miami, FL, USA.

5. M. Hemer, R. RANASINGHE and K. McInnes. 2010. Simulating climate change driven variations in future storm characteristics. Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

6. R. RANASINGHE, C. Swinkels, A. Luijendijk, D. Roelvink, J. Bosboom, M. Stive. and D. Walstra. Morphodynamic upscaling with the MORFAC approach. 32nd International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2010, Shanghai, China.

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7. R. RANASINGHE, D. Callaghan and M. J. F. Stive. 2009. A process based approach to derive probabilistic estimates of coastal recession due to sea level rise. Coastal Dynamics 2009, Tokyo, Japan.

8. RANASINGHE, D. Callaghan and M. J. F. Stive. 2009. Probabilistic modelling of coastal recession due to Sea level rise. Coasts and Ports ‘09, Wellington, New Zealand.

9. R. RANASINGHE, P. Watson, D.Lord, D. Hanslow, and P. Cowell. 2007. Sea level rise, Coastal recession, and the Bruun Rule. Coasts and Ports ‘07, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

10. R. RANASINGHE, D. Lord, D. Hanslow, and K. McInnes. 2007. Climate Change impacts on NSW coasts and estuaries. Coasts and Ports ‘07, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

11. R. RANASINGHE and I. Turner. 2005. Shoreline Response to Artificial Surfing Reefs. Coasts and Ports ‘05, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

12. R. RANASINGHE and I. Turner. 2004. Shoreline Response to Submerged Breakwaters: Multi-function structures- A special case. 29th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2004, Lisbon, Portugal.

13. R. RANASINGHE, R. McLoughlin, P. Evans, and A. Short, 2001. The Southern Oscillation Index, Wave Climate, and Beach Rotation Coasts and Ports ‘01, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.

14. R. RANASINGHE, G. Symonds, K. Black and R. Holman, 2000. Processes Governing Rip Spacing, Persistence, and Strength in a Swell Dominated, Microtidal Environment, 27th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2000, Sydney, Australia.

15. R. RANASINGHE, G. Symonds and R. Holman, 1999. Quantitative Characterisation of Rip Currents via Video Imaging, Coastal Sediments ‘99, New York, USA.

16. R. RANASINGHE, and C. Pattiaratchi, 1999. A Model to Identify the Mechanism of Seasonal Inlet Closure, Fifth International Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries Proceedings, Cape Town, South Africa.

17. R. RANASINGHE, G. Symonds and R. Holman, 1999. Video Imaging: A New Technique for Coastal Zone Management Coasts and Ports ‘99, Perth, Australia.

18. R. RANASINGHE, G. Symonds and R. Holman, 1999. A Model to Classify Intermediate Beaches, 6th National Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Conference, Canberra, Australia.

19. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, 1997. Seasonal Closure of Tidal Inlets, Coastal Dynamics97, Plymouth, UK.

20. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, Hydrodynamics of a Seasonally - Open Tidal Inlet, 1995. Third Conference of the Australian Marine and Oceanographic Society, Hobart, Australia.

21. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, Dynamics of a Seasonally - Open Tidal Inlet, 1995.COPEDEC IV, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

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Research Funding:

Successful research funding applications since 2000 (Total: US $ 14.33 Million)

Year Project Title Collaboration Funding Agency Budget (US $)

2013 AXA Chair in Climate Change impacts and Coastal Risk (PI)

AXA Research fund

1,900,000

2013 Assessing and enhancing the resilience of Australian beaches to Sea level rise (Co-PI)

Univ. of QLD, Univ. of NSW (AU)

Australian Research Council (Discovery)

$ 450,000

2012 Development of an innovative wind stress model to obtain robust storm surge forecasts (Co-PI)

Univ. of QLD (AU) Australian Research Council (Discovery)

$ 500,000

2012 Ensemble assessment of climate change driven coastal change on South Eastern Australia (PI)

CSIRO, Univ. of QLD, Univ. of Sydney (AU), Deltares (NL)

Australian Research Council (Future Fellow)

$ 750,000 [Won and Declined]

2012 Development of Sea level rise scenarios for Tamil Nadu, India (PI)

Asian Development Bank

$ 160,000

2011 Nearshore Monitoring and Modelling: NEMO (Co-PI)

Deltares (NL) European Research Council (ERC)

$ 3,300,000

2010 A model framework to assess risk and adaptation to climate change on Australian coasts (PI)

Univ. of Sydney, Univ. of Wollongong, Univ. of QLD (AU), Jongejan RMC (NL)

Australian Department of Climate Change (DCC)

$ 650,000

2010 Adaptation to Climate Change: Sao Tome and Principe (PI)

Deltares (NL) World Bank $ 270,000

2009 Climate change impacts on Small Tidal inlets (PI)

AIT (TH), Univ. of Moratuwa (SL), CSIRO (AU)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs/U-IHE

$ 400,000

2009 Morphological changes by large scale interventions (Co-PI)

Deltares, Delft Univ. of Technology (NL)

Building with Nature (NL)

$ 650,000

2009 Sustainable development of beaches and dunes (Co-PI)

Deltares, Delft Univ. of Technology (NL)

Building with Nature (NL)

$ 650,000

2008 Finite amplitude behaviour of nearshore crescentic sandbars (Co-PI)

Univ. Utrecht (NL) , Univ. Bordeaux (FR)

National Science Organisation (NL) (NWO)

$ 700,000

2008 Investigation of climate change driven variations in the offshore wave climate along NSW coast. (PI)

CSIRO (AU), Delft Univ. of Technology (NL)

Australian Department of Climate Change (DCC)

$ 600,000

2006 Climate Change impacts on NSW beaches and estuaries (PI)

CSIRO, Univ. of QLD, WBM PML (AU)

NSW Cabinet Office (CCIARP)

$ 250,000

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2006 Port Stephens Flood Tide delta: Shoreline management issues (Co-PI)

Univ. of Sydney (AU), Danish Hydraulic Inst. (DE)

Australian Research Council (Linkage)

$ 650,000

2005 Quantifying the coastal erosion hazard in NSW due to extreme storms and Sea level rise (PI)

Univ. of QLD, Univ. of Sydney (AU), Lund Univ. (SE)

Australian Federal Govt. and NSW state govt. (NDMP)

$ 300,000

2004 Regional scale shoreline response to climate variability impacts (Co-PI)

Univ. of NSW, Univ. of Sydney (AU), Delft Hydraulics (NL)

Australian Research Council (Linkage)

$ 750,000

2004 Modelling coastal dune response to extreme storms (Co-PI)

Lund Univ. (SE), US Geological Survey

Govt. of Sweden, DIPNR

$ 100,000

2002 Hydrodynamics of Intermittent Lakes and Lagoons (Co-PI)

Univ. of WA, Univ. of NSW (AU)

Australian Research Council (Linkage)

$ 600,000

2002 Artificial Surf Breaks as a Coastal protection measure (PI)

Univ. of NSW (AU), Danish Hydr. Inst. (DE)

DIPNR $ 450,000

2000 Climate Variability impacts on Beach Rotation (PI)

Univ. of Sydney, Univ. of NSW (AU), Oregon State Univ.

DLWC $ 250,000

Total R&D funding since 2000 (US $) 14,330,000

Note: PI (Principal Investigator),Co-PI (Co-Principal Investigator), NL (The Netherlands), AU (Australia), SE (Sweden), TH (Thailand), SL (Sri Lanka), DE (Denmark), FR (France).

Collaborations:

Institution Role of institution in

collaboration Topic(s) of

Collaboration Active

network since

Univ. of Western Australia (AU) Research Partner Dynamics of tidal inlets 1994 Lund University (SE) Research Partner Dynamics of Tidal

inlets, Dune erosion 1996

Oregon State University (USA) Research Partner ARGUS video imaging, Rip currents

1997

Southampton University (UK) Research Partner Climate Change impacts on coasts and estuaries

1997

HR Wallingford Ltd (UK) Research Partner Numerical modelling of coastal processes

1997

Univ. of NSW (AU) Research Partner Artificial surf breaks, rip currents, beach rotation, climate change

1998

Univ. of Sydney (AU) Research Partner Flood delta morphodynamics, Beach rotation, Sea level rise

1999

Danish Hydraulic Institute (DE) Research Partner Numerical modelling of coastal processes

2000

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Delft Univ. of Technology (NL) Research Partner Numerical modelling of coastal processes, Climate Change impacts on coasts and estuaries

2000

GeoScience Australia Govt. Stakeholder, Research Partner

Numerical modelling of Tsunami impacts

2003

CSIRO (CMAR) (AU) Research Partner Climate change driven variations in the NSW wave climate

2004

Univ. of Queensland (AU) Research Partner Process based, probabilistic modelling of storm erosion and coastline recession due to sea level rise

2004

Utrecht University (NL) Research Partner Medium term nearshore morphodynamics

2004

Deltares (Delft Hydraulics) (NL) Funding agency, Research Partner

Modelling of coastal processes, long term morphodynamic modelling, ARGUS video imaging

2004

Univ. of Peradeniya (SL) Research Partner Dynamics of Tidal inlets, Climate change impacts on coasts

2004

Commonwealth Dept of Climate Change

Govt. Stakeholder, Funding agency

Climate change driven variations in the NSW offshore wave climate, storm erosion and coastline recession

2007

Univ. of Miami (USA) Research Partner Numerical modelling of coastal processes, Rip currents

2007

Bordeaux University (FR) Research Partner ARGUS video imaging 2007 Univ. of Moratuwa (SL) Research Partner Climate change impacts

on coasts and estuaries 2008

Asian Institute of Technology (TH) Research Partner Climate change impacts on coasts and estuaries

2009

Glasgow University (UK) Research Partner Long term morphodynamic modelling

2009

Univ. of Plymouth (UK) Research Partner Climate change impacts on coasts

2010

The Australian National University Research Partner Offshore waves, Satellite altimetry

2012

Swansea University (UK) Research Partner Long term morphodynamic modelling

2012

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Professional Service:

Review Services:

Funding Agencies+: • Australian Research Council (ARC) - INTReader for Discovery, Linkage and Future Fellow proposals • Florida Sea Grant - Biennial Research Grant proposals • Joint Baltic Sea Research Programme BONUS- Sustainable Ecosystems proposals • National Research Fundation (South Africa) - South African Network for Coastal and Oceanic Research

(SANCOR) proposals +Average number of review requests per year (last 3 years): 8

Journals*: • Nature Climate Change • Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans) • Journal of Geophysical Research (Earth Surface) • Coastal Engineering • Marine Geology • Geomorphology • Continental Shelf Research • Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science • Applied Mathematical Modelling • Climatic Change - Springer

*Average number of review requests per year (last 3 years): 20

Scientific Committees (selected): • Scientific advisory committee - UNESCO-IHE Postgraduate Research program on Adaptation to Climate

Change (PROACC): [2008 - 2011] • National Committee on Coastal and Ocean Engineering (NCCOE), Australia [2008 - to date] • Engineers Australia NSW Maritime Panel [2006 - 2008] • UNDP Coastal Zone Environmental Expert Panel [2006 - 2008] • Steering committee - NSW Climate change and adaptation research project: [2006-2010] • Steering committee - NSW Coastal Erosion Hazard model project; : [2005-2008] Advisory services (selected): • Expert advisor on the development of Sea level rise scenarios for Tamil Nadu, India – Asian Development

Bank, Manila, Philippines: [2012] • Expert advisor (coasts) on the development of the Thematic Research programme on Climate change –

National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka: [2012] • Strategy advisor on long term coastal morphodynamic modelling – Harbours, Coastal, and Offshore

Engineering, Deltares, Netherlands: [2009 – to date] • Expert advisor on nearshore hydrodynamics - Australian Tsunami model development project for UNESCO’s

Intergovernmental Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System: [2005-2007] • Expert advisor on Climate change impacts on coasts – The Climate change group of the adaptation task force

of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG): [2004]