South Asian perspective on temperature and rainfall extremes: A review

G Naveendrakumar, M Vithanage, HH Kwon… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate change has pushed the natural limits of our environment, creating extreme weather
events that are more frequent and more intense in certain locations around the globe. There …

Projection of future hydropower generation in samanalawewa power plant, Sri Lanka

B Khaniya, C Karunanayake… - Mathematical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The projection of future hydropower generation is extremely important for the sustainable
development of any country, which utilizes hydropower as one of the major sources of …

Five decadal trends in averages and extremes of rainfall and temperature in Sri Lanka

G Naveendrakumar, M Vithanage… - Advances in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we used a comprehensive set of statistical metrics to investigate the historical
trends in averages and extremes of rainfall and temperature in Sri Lanka. The data consist of …

A cascaded adaptive network-based fuzzy inference system for hydropower forecasting

N Rathnayake, U Rathnayake, TL Dang, Y Hoshino - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hydropower stands as a crucial source of power in the current world, and there is a vast
range of benefits of forecasting power generation for the future. This paper focuses on the …

Projected Water Levels and Identified Future Floods: A Comparative Analysis for Mahaweli River, Sri Lanka

N Rathnayake, U Rathnayake, I Chathuranika… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Rainfall-Runoff (RR) relationship is essential to the hydrological cycle. Sophisticated
hydrological models can accurately investigate RR relationships; however, they require …

El Niño‐Southern Oscillation modulation of springtime diurnal rainfall over a tropical Indian Ocean island

SB Koralegedara, WR Huang, PH Tung… - Earth and Space …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study analyzes the interannual variability of boreal springtime (March and April) diurnal
rainfall (hereafter SDR) over the second biggest Island of the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka (SL) …

Seasonal dependence and variability of rainfall extremes in a tropical river basin, South Asia

S Shelton, B Pushpawela - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, rainfall extremes have increased significantly and have threatened the socio-
economic development in Sri Lanka. This study investigates the rainfall extremes in the …

Disaster-Induced relocation of vulnerable households: evidence from planned relocation in sri lanka

N Fernando, N Jayasinghe - Rebuilding Communities after displacement …, 2023 - Springer
Given the increasing incidence of natural, particularly hydro-meteorological hazards and the
extensive damages caused by them, planned relocation has come to be frequently utilized …

Artificial neural network for forecasting of daily reservoir inflow: case study of the kotmale reservoir in Sri Lanka

U Dampage, Y Gunaratne, O Bandara… - 2020 5th …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The knowledge of water inflow figures is paramount in decision making on the allocation for
consumption for numerous purposes; irrigation, hydropower, domestic and industrial usage …

Impact of large-scale tree planting in Yunnan Province, China, on the water supply balance in Southeast Asia

Y Xiao, Q Xiao - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2019 - Springer
Along with rapid economic development and population growth, anthropogenic
disturbances to natural ecosystems increase the progressively worsening environmental …