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R E S U M E

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

Department of Water Engineering, UNESCO-IHE

Department of Civil Engineering, Delft University of Technology

Harbour, Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Deltares

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]

Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia [2012 - to date]

Visiting Senior Scientist, NSW Dept. of Environment and Climate Change, Sydney [2010 - to date]

Honorary Associate, University of Sydney [2006 - to date]

Professional member of Engineers Australia (MIEAust) [2000 - to date]

Awards, Fellowships & Scholarships:

Technical Univ. of Delft (Civil Engineering) award for outstanding research output 2011

UNESCO-IHE Rector's award 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: positions held and key tasks performed

Associate Professor – Dept. of Water Engineering, UNESCO-IHE/Dept. of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands

Term of Employment: 01. 2008 – to date

Key tasks performed:

Play a leadership role in strengthening the research profile of the coastal engineering sections

at UNESCO-IHE and Delft University (TUD).

Develop and implement capacity building initiatives in developing countries in line with UN

Millennium development goals (MDGs)

Conceive and implement new Research Programs

Design and implement Post doctoral and postgraduate research projects in coastal science

Compete and obtain research funding from external and internal funding programs

Contribute to postgraduate teaching in Coastal Engineering and Coastal Zone Management

Supervise PhD and MSc research

Establish and maintain professional networks with stakeholders and funding agencies

Lead/Participate in international consulting projects

Strategy advisor (Long term morphodynamic modelling) - Harbour, Coastal and Offshore Engineering,

DELTARES, The Netherlands

Term of Employment: 01. 2009 – to date


Design and initiate fundamental research projects on Long term morphodynamic modelling

Provide strategic advice to DELTARES staff engaged in Long term morphodynamic modelling

Develop methods to integrate existing DELTARES modelling software for the determination

climate change impacts on coasts and estuaries

Initiate collaborative R&D projects with UNESCO-IHE/TUDelft

Senior Scientist (Coasts) – Coastal Management Unit (CMU), Dept. of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECC-W, ex DECC)

Term of Employment: 01. 2005 – 31. 12. 2007


Design and manage strategic Coastal Management Unit (CMU) R&D projects

Compete and obtain funding for strategic CMU R&D projects from external and internal

funding programs (incl. ARC Linkage)

Initiate ARC Linkage proposals with leading Australian Universities on topics relevant to

DECC-W core business areas

Establish and maintain professional networks with internal/external clients and stakeholders

Steering committee member for coastal process and management studies undertaken by

external consultants

Review consultant project proposals and reports

Program Director: Research program on Numerical modelling of climate change impacts on

coasts (2009-2014)

Program Director: Research program on Long term morphodynamic modeling (2009-2012)

Program Manager: Post-doctoral Research program on adaptation to climate change (2008-

2010)


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Provide expert advice on coastal/estuarine processes, modelling and coastal monitoring

Mentor and train staff members, post-doctoral researchers and post-graduate students

Participate in community awareness meetings

Participate in media interviews when required

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

Term of Employment: 01. 2000 – 31. 12. 2004


Provide scientific leadership to the coastal processes research team at CNR

Compete and obtain funding for strategic CNR R&D projects from external and internal

funding programs (incl. ARC Linkage)

Initiate ARC Linkage proposals with leading Australian Universities on topics relevant to

DECC-W core business areas

Ensure high visibility of the CNR coastal processes team’s capabilities and products through

regular national/international conference presentations, media releases and contributions to

departmental newsletters

Establish and maintain professional networks with internal/external clients and stakeholders

Liaise with clients/stakeholders to develop effective project proposals

R&D project management

Provide expert advice on coastal/estuarine processes, modelling and coastal monitoring

Research and develop innovative coastal process analysis and monitoring techniques

Mentor and train staff members and post-graduate students

Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Oregon State University (Oregon, USA)/ Australian Defence Force Academy (ACT)

Term of Employment: 04. 1998 – 01. 2000 Key tasks performed:

Develop innovative techniques to analyse digital video images of medium-term shoreline

evolution and nearshore morphological changes

Manager (acting), Coasts, Analysis & Technology (CAT) Unit (May-Sept.2002)

Main Tasks performed

Ensure timely delivery of all CAT unit projects

Administrative management of CAT unit members (33 staff)

Evaluate and recommend approval/disapproval of 2002/2003 CAT projects

Ensure effective staff/financial resource allocation for all 2002/2003 CAT projects

Provide monthly executive summaries of project progress

Participate in executive meetings

Manager (acting), Coasts and Floodplain Management, South Coast Region

(Dec. 2005- Jan. 2006)

Main Tasks performed

Lead the unit (over 20 staff) in the delivery of ongoing projects/programs

Coordinate technical support and policy advice provided to Councils and government

agencies to satisfy program objectives

Oversee and manage staff resources and activities

Participate in executive meetings


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Develop numerical models to study the impact of rip currents on nearshore sediment transport

and morphology

Provide regular project progress reports to the US office of Naval Research (Funding agency)

Consulting Engineer (part-time) - Centre for Water Research, Univ. of Western Australia Term of Employment: 04.1994 – 03.1998


Liaise with Australian and international clients/stakeholders to develop project proposals,

define milestones and prepare interim and final reports

Supervision of engineering and technical staff

Acquisition, analysis, interpretation of a wide variety of hydrodynamic (waves, tides, and

currents) and morphological data

Prepare interim and final reports to clients

Deliver oral presentations describing project progress and outcomes to clients/stakeholders

Assistant Lecturer - Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Term of Employment: 05.1993 – 03.1994


Design, organise, and implement a two-semester water resources design problem for Final year

civil engineering students

Supervise and evaluate tutor and student performances

Conduct laboratory and field experiments for third and final year civil engineering students

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 3 dimensional numerical models to simulate coastal and 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 zone management (ARGUS video)

Advanced skills in developing 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

Advanced data analysis and reporting skills

Extensive knowledge of coastal and estuarine processes (including climate change and variability impacts)

Supervision of Scientists:

7 Post Doctoral Fellows (4 ongoing)

16 PhD candidates (11 ongoing)

20 MSc students.


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RESEARCH

Research Interests:

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,

Climate change impacts on coasts and estuaries

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

Mixing, stratification, flushing and circulation in estuaries and coastal lagoons

Publications:

4 book chapters includes a chapter on 'Sea Level rise and Coastal Erosion' in the prestigious Handbook of

Coastal and Ocean Engineering, which is published only once every 10 years)

50 journal papers (and 4 more in review) - with a majority in top ranked journals

Includes a full length Article on " Climate Change impact assessment for inlet-interrupted

coastlines " in the prestigious journal Nature Climate Change [2012]

Includes an invited Editorial Commentary on 'Rising Seas and Retreating Coastlines' in the

prestigious journal Climatic Change [2009]

Includes an invited review on 'The Seasonal Closure of Tidal Inlets: Causes and Effects' in

the Coastal Engineering Journal [2003]

17 First author publications

ISI/Scopus h- index - 14; citations per year (last 5 years) - 65

68 peer reviewed conference papers Book Chapters

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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)

4. 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)


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Journal Publications

1. S. De Vries, J. van Thiel De Vries, L. van Rijn and R. RANASINGHE. Aeolian sediment transport in

supply limited situations Part I; A numerical implementation. Aeolian Research (in review)

2. D. M. P. K. Dissanayake, R. RANASINGHE, D. Roelvink. Numerical modelling of the impact of Sea

level rise on large tidal inlet/basin systems. Global and Planetary Change (in review)

3. M. A. DeSchipper, 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)

4. R. RANASINGHE, M. Borsboom and D. J. R. Walstra. Morphodynamic upscaling with the MORFAC

approach: Error quantification. Coastal Engineering (in review)

5. M. J. F. Stive, M. A. de Schipper, A. Luijendijk, R. RANASINGHE, S. Aarninkhof, C. van Gelder-Maas,

J. S. M. van Thiel de Vries, S. de Vries, M. Henriquez and S. Marx. A promising alternative to saving

our beaches from sea level rise: The sand engine. Journal of Coastal Research (in press: accepted 10

June 2013)

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

incident waves. Journal of Geophysical Research (in press: accepted 9 July 2013)

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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

10. 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.

11. M. Hemer, K. McInnes and R. RANASINGHE. 2012. Projections of climate change driven variations

in the offshore wave climate off South Eastern Australia. International Journal of Climatology, DOI:

10.1002/joc.3537.

12. 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

13. 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.

14. 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.


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15. 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

16. 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

17. H. Karunarathna, J. M. Horrillo-Caraballo, R. RANASINGHE, A. Short and D. Reeve. 2012. Marine

Geology, Vol. 299-302: 33-43

18. 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

19. 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.

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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.

28. R. RANASINGHE, M. Larson and J. Savioli. 2010. Shoreline response to a single shore-parallel

submerged breakwater. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 57, 1006-1017.

29. 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

30. 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.


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31. R. RANASINGHE and M. J. F. Stive. 2009. Rising Seas and Retreating Coastlines, Climatic Change

(Invited Editorial Commentary), Vol 97, 465-468.

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. D. Callaghan, R. RANASINGHE and A. Short. 2009. Quantifying the storm erosion hazard for coastal

planning, Coastal Engineering, Vol. 56, 90-93.

36. 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

37. 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.

38. 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.

39. 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.

40. 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.

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

44. R. RANASINGHE and I. Turner. 2006. Shoreline Response to Submerged Structures: A Review.

Coastal Engineering, Vol. 53, 65-79.

45. 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.

46. 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.


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47. 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.

48. 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.

49. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, 2000. Tidal Velocity Asymmetry at Inlets located in Diurnal

Tidal Regimes. Continental Shelf Research, Vol. 20(2000), 2347-2366.

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

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

51. 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.

52. 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.

53. R. RANASINGHE, C. Pattiaratchi, and G. Masselink, 1998. Seasonal Inlet Closure: Governing

Processes, Journal of Coastal Research, SI 26, 32 - 41.

54. 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. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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


5. 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.

6. 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



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7. M. A. de Schipper, A. Reniers, R. RANASINGHE, J. MacMahan and M. J. F. Stive. 2012. Wave group

induced motions and their magnitude. Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Coastal

Engineering (ICCE) 2012, Santander, Spain.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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. [Won the award for best student paper]

16. 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.

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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


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21. 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)

22. 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)

23. 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)

24. 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/).

25. 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/).

26. 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/).

27. 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/).

28. 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/).

29. 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/).

30. 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/).

31. 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

32. 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).


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33. 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).

34. 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).

35. 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).

36. 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).

37. 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).

38. 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).

39. 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.

40. 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

41. 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

42. 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).

43. 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).

44. 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.

45. 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.


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46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. 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

51. 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.

52. 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.

53. 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.

54. R. RANASINGHE and I. Turner. 2005. Shoreline Response to Artificial Surfing Reefs. Proceedings of

Coasts and Ports ‘05, Adelaide, SA, Australia, pp. 667-672.

55. 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.

56. 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.

57. 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.

58. 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.

59. 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.


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60. 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.

61. 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.

62. 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.

63. 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.

64. 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.

65. 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.

66. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, 1997. Seasonal Closure of Tidal Inlets, Proceedings of the Third

International Coastal Dynamics Conference, Plymouth, UK, pp. 1003 - 1012.

67. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, Hydrodynamics of a Seasonally - Open Tidal Inlet, 1995. Third

Conference of the Australian Marine and Oceanographic Society, Hobart, Australia.

68. 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. R. RANASINGHE. 2011. Quantifying climate change impacts on coasts. Keynote address at

Morphodynamics of Coasts and Estuaries 2011, Lisbon, Portugal

2. R. RANASINGHE. 2011. Climate change impacts on Small tidal inlets: Why and How? Keynote

address at Climate Change impacts on Small tidal inlets Symposium 2011, Bangkok, Thailand

Other:

1. R. RANASINGHE. 2012. Assessing Climate change impacts on Coasts. Institut de recherche pour

le developpement, Toulouse, France

2. R. RANASINGHE. 2012. Assessing Climate change impacts on Coasts: Raising the bar. Water

Colloquium, UNESCO-IHE, Delft, The Netherlands


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3. R. RANASINGHE. 2012. Assessment of 21st century Climate Change impacts in Sri Lanka.

National Science Foundation, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

4. R. RANASINGHE. 2010. Numerical modelling of climate change impacts on coasts. CSIRO

Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

5. R. RANASINGHE. 2009. Climate change impacts on Small Tidal Inlets. University of Moratuwa,

Colombo, Sri Lanka.

6. R. RANASINGHE. 2009. Long term morphodynamics modelling with the MORFAC approach,

DELTARES, Delft, The Netherlands

7. R. RANASINGHE. 2007. Shoreline response to submerged breakwaters. University of Peradeniya,

Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

8. R. RANASINGHE. 2007. Introduction to Hydraulic modelling. Seminar on Hydraulic Modelling,

University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

9. R. RANASINGHE. 2007. Modelling of Coastal Processes. Seminar on Hydraulic Modelling,

University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

10. R. RANASINGHE. 2007. A preliminary assessment of the coastal impacts resulting from climate

change.. Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Summit, Sydney, Australia.

11. R. RANASINGHE. 2006. Shoreline response to Artificial surf breaks. UNESCO-IHE, Delft, The

Netherlands.

12. R. RANASINGHE, D. Whyte, I. Turner and G. Ruessink. 2006. Rip Observations at the Gold

Coast, Australia.’ ARGUS Coastal Imaging symposium, Sydney, Australia

13. R. RANASINGHE, R. McLouglin, G. Symonds and R.Holman. 2005. Beach rotation and the

Southern Oscillation Index. Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

14. R. RANASINGHE. 2003. Shoreline Response to Artificial Surf Breaks: An Idealised Application

of MIKE21 CAMS. Asia-Pacific DHI Software Conference, Sydney, Australia.

15. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi. 2001. Seasonal closure of tidal inlets. Lanka Hydraulic

Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

16. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi. 2000. Dynamics of seasonally open of tidal inlets.

University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya,Sri Lanka.

17. R. RANASINGHE. 1999. Rip Observations at Palm Beach, Australia.’ ARGUS Coastal Imaging

symposium, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.

Conference presentations:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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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5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. R. RANASINGHE and I. Turner. 2005. Shoreline Response to Artificial Surfing Reefs. Coasts and

Ports ‘05, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. R. RANASINGHE, G. Symonds and R. Holman, 1999. Quantitative Characterisation of Rip

Currents via Video Imaging, Coastal Sediments ‘99, New York, USA.

14. 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.

15. R. RANASINGHE, G. Symonds and R. Holman, 1999. Video Imaging: A New Technique for

Coastal Zone Management Coasts and Ports ‘99, Perth, Australia.

16. R. RANASINGHE, G. Symonds and R. Holman, 1999. A Model to Classify Intermediate Beaches,

Sixth National Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Conference (AMOS),

Canberra, Australia.

17. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, 1997. Seasonal Closure of Tidal Inlets, Coastal Dynamics97,

Plymouth, UK.

18. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, Hydrodynamics of a Seasonally - Open Tidal Inlet, 1995.

Third Conference of the Australian Marine and Oceanographic Society, Hobart, Australia.

19. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, Dynamics of a Seasonally - Open Tidal Inlet,

1995.COPEDEC IV, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

Research Funding:

Successful research funding applications since 2000 (Total: US $ 11.98 Million)

Year Project Title Collaboration Funding Agency Budget (US $)

2012 Development of an innovative

wind stress model to obtain

robust storm surge forecasts

(PI)

Univ. of QLD Australian

Research Council

(Discovery)

$ 500,000


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2012 Ensemble assessment of climate

change driven coastal change on

South Eastern Australia (CI A)

CSIRO, Univ. of

QLD, Univ. of

Sydney, Deltares (NL)

Australian

Research Council

(Future Fellow)

$ 750,000

[Won and

Declined]

2012 Development of Sea level rise

scenarios for Tamil Nadu, India

(CI A)

Asian

Development

Bank

$ 160,000

2011 Nearshore Monitoring and

Modelling: Inter-scale coastal

behaviour

(CI B)

Deltares (NL) European

Research Council

(ERC)

$ 3,300,000

2010 A model framework to assess

risk and adaptation to climate

change on Australian coasts

(CI A)

Univ. of Sydney,

Univ. of Wollongong,

Univ. of QLD,

Jongejan RMC (NL)

Australian

Department of

Climate Change

(DCC)

$ 650,000

2010 Adaptation to Climate Change:

Sao Tome and Principe

(CI A)

Deltares (NL) World Bank $ 270,000

2009 Climate change impacts on

Small Tidal inlets

(CI A)

Asian Institute of

Technology (TH),

Univ. of Moratuwa

(SL), CSIRO, Deltares

(NL), NASA (USA)

Ministry of

Foreign

Affairs/UNESCO

(NL)

$ 400,000

2009 Morphological changes by large

scale interventions

(CI A)

Deltares, Technical

Univ. of Delft (NL)

Van Oord/

Boskalis (NL)

$ 650,000

2009 Sustainable development of

beaches and dunes

(CI A)

Deltares, Technical

Univ. of Delft (NL)

Van Oord/

Boskalis (NL)

$ 650,000

2008 Finite amplitude behaviour of

nearshore crescentic sandbars

(CI B)

Univ. Utrecht , Univ.

Bordeaux (FR),

Oregon State

Univ.(USA)

National Science

Organisation (NL)

(NWO)

$ 700,000

2008 Investigation of climate change

driven variations in the offshore

wave climate along NSW coast.

(CI A)

CSIRO, Technical

Univ. of Delft (NL)

Australian

Department of

Climate Change

(DCC)

$ 600,000

2006 Climate Change impacts on

NSW beaches and estuaries

(CI A)

CSIRO, Univ. of

QLD, WBM PML

NSW Cabinet

Office (CCIARP)

$ 250,000

2006 Port Stephens Flood Tide delta:

Shoreline management issues

(PI)

Univ. of Sydney,

Danish Hydraulic Inst.

Australian

Research Council

(Linkage)

$ 650,000

2005 Quantifying the coastal erosion

hazard in NSW due to extreme

storms and Sea level rise

(CI A)

Univ. of QLD, Univ.

of Sydney, Lund Univ.

(SE)

Australian Federal

Govt. and NSW

state govt.

(NDMP)

$ 300,000

2004 Regional scale shoreline

response to climate variability

impacts

(PI)

Univ. of NSW, Univ.

of Sydney, Delft

Hydraulics (NL)

Australian

Research Council

(Linkage)

$ 750,000

2004 Modelling coastal dune response

to climate change driven extreme

storms

Lund Univ. (SE), US

Geological Survey,

NASA

Govt. of Sweden,

DIPNR

$ 100,000


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(CI B)

2002 Hydrodynamics of Intermittent

Lakes and Lagoons

(PI)

Univ. of WA, Univ. of

NSW

Australian

Research Council

(Linkage)

$ 600,000

2002 Artificial Surf Breaks as a

Coastal protection Measure

(CI A)

Univ. of NSW, Danish

Hydr. Inst. (DE)

DIPNR $ 450,000

2000 Climate Variability impacts on

Beach Rotation

(CI A)

Univ. of Sydney,

Univ. of NSW,

Oregon State Univ

DLWC $ 250,000

Total R&D funding since 2000 (US $) 11,980,000

Note: CI A (Principal Chief Investigator),CI B (Secondary Chief Investigator), PI (Partner Investigator); NL

(The Netherlands), 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

IN AUSTRALIA

Univ. of Western Australia Research Partner Dynamics of tidal inlets 1994

Lund University (SE) Research Partner Dynamics of Tidal

inlets, Dune erosion

modelling

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 Research Partner Artificial surf breaks,

rip currents, beach

rotation

1998

Univ. of Sydney Research Partner Flood delta

morphodynamics,

Beach rotation, Sea

level rise and coastal

erosion

1999

Tech. Univ. of Delft (NL) Research Partner Numerical modelling of

coastal processes,

Climate Change impacts


2000

Danish Hydraulic Institute (DE) Research Partner Numerical modelling of

coastal processes

2001

GeoScience Australia Govt. Stakeholder,

Research Partner

Numerical modelling of

Tsunami impacts

2003

NSW cabinet office Funding agency Climate Change impacts

on NSW beaches

2004

CSIRO (CMAR) Research Partner Climate change driven

variations in the NSW

2004


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wave climate

Univ. of Queensland 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 due

to sea level rise

2007

Univ. of Miami (USA) Research Partner Numerical modelling of

coastal processes, Rip

currents

2007

Bordeaux University (FR) Research Partner ARGUS video imaging 2007

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NL) Funding agency Climate change impacts

on coasts and estuaries,

Adaptation to Climate

Change in the Mekong

2008

Univ. of Moratuwa (SL) Research Partner Climate change impacts


2008

Asian Institute of Technology (TH) Research Partner Climate change impacts


2009

Glasgow University (UK) Research Partner Long term

morphodynamic

modelling

2009

Van Oord (NL) Funding agency Large scale coastal

interventions, Dune

recovery

2009

Boskalis (NL) Funding agency Large scale coastal

interventions, Dune

recovery

2009

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

on coasts

2010

World Bank Funding agency Adaptation to Climate

Change

2010

Asian Development Bank Funding agency Adaptation to Climate

Change

2012

The Australian National University Research Partner Offshore waves,

Satellite altimetry

2012

Swansea University Research Partner Long term 2012


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morphodynamic

modelling

Professional Service:

Review Services:

Funding Agencies+:

Australian Research Council (ARC) - INTReader for Discovery, Linkage and Future Fellow proposals

Netherlands Research Foundation (NWO) - ALW and STW proposals

Florida Sea Grant - Biennial Research Grant proposals

+Average number of review requests per year (last 3 years): 5

Journals*:

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:

Steering committee (Co-chair) - European research council project NEMO: [ 2011 - to date]

Steering committee (Chair) - Climate change impacts on small tidal inlets project: [2010- to date]

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]

Invited advisory services:

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]


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Organisation of conferences and research meetings:

Steering committee member of Harbour and Ocean Engineering conference 2014, Goa, India.

Steering committee member of Coasts and Ports conference 2009, Wellington, New Zealand.

Initiator/convenor of UNESCO-IHE/DUT Coastal Research Colloquia series [2008-2011]

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