Background
Lareef Zubair
received a B.Sc from the University of
Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in 1987 and a M.S and a Ph.D. from Yale
University, U.S.A. in 1989 and 1993 respectively. Prior to arriving at
the IRI at the end of 1999, he was a Post-Doctoral Associate in
Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering at Yale University, a Senior Lecturer in
Environmental Engineering at the
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, a Research Fellow in
Computational Mathematics at the
Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka. He serves as a
visiting faculty member for post-graduate courses
in Water Resources Management, Environmental Science and Engineering,
Atmospheric Sciences, Oceanography, Energy, Climate and Society in
several Universities apart from Columbia University. He also serves as
as a senior advisor at the
Foundation for Environment, Climate and Technology. Finally, he
serves as an associate editor of the ASCE Journal of Energy Engineering.
Research Interests
He is interested in tropical climate, climate impacts and adaptation,
and in the application of climate information. He researches aspects of
equatorial Indian Ocean and Southern African climate, hydroclimatic
predictions and climate and hydrological change. He is also interested
in technology and modernization in third world countries. A report on
his work was published in the Earth
Institute website.
Role at the IRI
At IRI, he has managed projects to use climate
information for
water resources and environmental management , to assess climate
impacts on
Human-Elephant-Conflict , to assess natural hazard
risks and vulnerability , to assess climate impacts on
rice cultivation, to assess impacts and propose adaptations
measures to Climate Change and Variability in the
Plantation Agriculture sector. He is Principal Investigator on a
project to study climate impacts on vector-borne disease transmission
and to develop an early warning system for Malaria risk
and on projects on land surface modeling. He has also contributed to
projects on emerging infectious diseases, rain water harvesting, energy
conservation, renewable energy and education in sustainable development
and environment. Feature stories on the project work on disaster
risk, malaria
and plantations
are available.
Published Papers
(pdf files are available here)
Mar 2009: B. Lyon, L. Zubair, V. Ralapanawe and Z. Yahiya, Fine
scale evaluation of drought hazard for tropical climates, Journal of
Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 48 (1): 77-88
abstract and pdf
Aug 2008: Zubair, L., Gawrie N Galappaththy, Hyemin Yang, Janaki
Chandimala, Zeenas Yahiya, Priyanie Amerasinghe, Neil Ward and Stephen
J Connor, Epochal changes in the association between malaria epidemics
and El Nino in Sri Lanka, Malaria Journal 2008, 7:140 online and pdf
Aug 2008: Mahanama, S., Koster, R., Riehl, & R. Zubair, L.
(2008). The role of soil moisture in
seasonal streamflow predictability, Advances in Water Resources.31 (3):
1333-1343
abstract and pdf.
Feb 2008: Zubair, L., Engendering Multi-disciplinarity and Quality:
Environmental Education at the University of Peradeniya, Chapter 2, In
Ed. N. Hennanayake et al. Traversing No Mans Land, University of
Peradeniya, 2008.
Jan 2008: Zubair, L., M. Siriwardhana, J. Chandimala, and Z.
Yahiya, Predictability of Sri Lankan Rainfall based on ENSO,
International Journal of Climatology, 28 (1) : 91-101.
abstract and pdf
Jan 2008: S. Peiris, J. Hansen, and L. Zubair, Use of Seasonal
Climate Information to Predict Coconut Production in Sri Lanka,
International Journal of Climatology. 28 (1) : 103-110
abstract and pdf
Mar 2007: Chandimala, J. and L. Zubair, Predictability of
Streamflow and Rainfall for Water Resources Management in Sri Lanka,
Journal of Hydrology, 335 (3-4), 303-312.
Abstract and Print Version
Mar 2007: Fernando, N, Zubair, L., Peiris, T.S.G., C.S. Ranasinghe
and J. Ratnasiri, Economic Value of Climate Variability Impacts on
Coconut Production in Sri Lanka, AIACC Working Paper No. 45,
Washington, DC: START.
pdf .
Dec 2006: Zubair, L. and J. Chandimala, Epochal Changes in
ENSO-Streamflow relations in Sri Lanka, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 7
(6):1237-1246.
Abstract and Print Version
June 2006: Zubair, L., Ralapanawe V., Tennakone, U., Yahiya, Z., and
Perera, R., Natural Disaster Risks in Sri Lanka: Mapping Hazards and
Risk Hotspots, Chapter 4, in Eds: Margaret Arnold, Robert Chen, Uwe
Deichmann, Maxx Dilley and Arthur Lerner-Lam, Randolph E. Pullen, Zoe
Trohanis, Natural Disaster Hotspots Case Studies, Washington, DC: World
Bank 2006.
Apr 2006: Zubair, L. and C.F. Ropelewski, The strengthening
relationship of ENSO and the North-East Monsoon rainfall over Sri Lanka
and Southern India, Journal of Climate, 19 (8): 1567-1575.
Abstract and Print Version
Sep 2005: Zubair, L., R. Perera and Z. Yahiya, Was the 2002/03 Maha
bumper harvest due to El Nino?, Journal of the Institute of Engineers,
Sri Lanka, XXXVIII, (4): 63 - 70.
Jul 2005, Zubair, L., Modernization of Sri Lanka's Traditional
Irrigation System and Sustainability, Science, Technology and Society,
10 (20): 161-195.
Abstract and Print Version
Nov 2004: Zubair, L., May 2003 disaster in Sri Lanka and Cyclone
01-B in the Bay of Bengal, Natural Hazards, 33: 303-318, 2004. Abstract
and Print Version
Apr 2004: Zubair, L., Towards Developing Weather and Climate
Prediction for Sri Lanka, Journal of the Institute of Engineers, Sri
Lanka, XXXVII, 2:53-58.
Sep 2003: Zubair, L., Sensitivity of Kelani streamflow in Sri Lanka
to ENSO, Hydrological Processes, 17 (12) 2439-2448. Abstract
and Print Version
Jul 2003: Zubair, L., U. Tennakone, Z. Yahiya, J. Chandimala &
M.R.A. Siraj, What led to the May 2003 Floods?, Journal of the
Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka, XXXVI (3): 51 - 56.
Jan 2003: Zubair, L., Suryachandra Rao and Toshio Yamagata,
Modulation of Sri Lanka Rainfall by the Indian Ocean Dipole,
Geophysical Research Letters, 10 (2) 1063-1066.
Abstract
and Print Version
Jan 2003: Zubair, L., ENSO influences on Mahaweli Streamflow in Sri
Lanka, International Journal of Climatology, 23(1)91-102
Abstract and Print Version
May 2002: Zubair, L., Development of Meteorology in Sri Lanka,
Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka. 15(2):14-18.
February 2002: Zubair, L., El-Ni¤o-Southern
Oscillation influences on Rice Production in Sri Lanka, International
Journal of Climatology. 22 (2):249-260
Abstract and Print Version
January 2002: Zubair, L., Diurnal and Seasonal Variations in
Surface Winds at Sita Eliya, Sri Lanka, Theoretical and Applied
Climatology. 71 (1-2): 119-127. Abstract
PDF file
September 2001: Zubair, L., Challenges to EIA in Sri Lanka,
Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 21(5): 469-478
May 1999: Zubair, L., Energy Conservation in Government
Institutions, Journal of the Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka, Vol.
30, No. 1, pp 40.
Oct 1998: Diurnal and seasonal variation of surface winds at
Hambantota, Journal of the National Science Council, Sri Lanka,
25(3).235-245p.
August 1995: Characterization of Intermittency in Turbulence,
Physics of Fluids, 7 (8) pp. 2089-2091, 1995
Abstract and full text
December 1991: Zubair, L., Compression of turbulence data and images
using wavelet packets, In: Studies in Turbulence, Eds: Gadsky, T.,
Sirkar, S., Speziale, C., Springer Verlag, pp. 489-513, 1991, with K.R.
Sreenivasan and V. Wickerhauser
Abstract
Books/Chapters
January 2004: Zubair, L., Weather and Climate of Sri Lanka and
Impacts and Adaptation: A Reference Guide, Natural Resources Management
Services, Kandy, Sri Lanka ISBN 955-8968-00-5, 117 pages.
December 2000: with Rupa Kumar Kolli, G.B. Pant, K. Krishnakumar,
R.G. Ashrit, G.S. Mandal, L.P. Devekota, A.M. Chaudhury and Ch.
Qamar-uz-Zaman, Monsoon changes and extreme climate events, in Ed. A.P.
Mitra, South Asia Committee Synthesis Report on Climate Change,
START/IGBP Secretariat, Washington, D.C.
Submitted/Under Review
Zubair, L., H. Bulathsinhala, M. Siriwardhana, J. Chandimala, Z.
Yahiya, Climate Change
Assessments for Sri Lanka from Quality Controlled Temperature Data,
International
Journal of Climatology, in review.
S. Gadgil, M. Rajeevan, L. Zubair and P. Yadav, South Asian Monsoon:
Inter Annual Variability, In Eds., Ding et al., Global Monsoon System,
Research and Forecast, World Scientific Publications and World
Meteorological Organization. 2008.
Published Articles
July 2004:
Empowering the Vulnerable , TIEMPO, 52:3-6, University of East
Anglia, UK,
pdf version , Also see SciDev.net
Communities facing climate change need local science .
December 2003: Climate and
Cricket in Sri Lanka , Ceylon Daily News, Sri Lanka.
September 2003:
Saving Weather Data , TIEMPO, University of East Anglia, UK.
August 2003: What led to
the May Flooding , The Island, Sri Lanka, August 23, 2003.
July 2002:
Questions for Climate Science from the Mahaweli Water Managers,
Frontier Newsletter, Volume 19. for pdf
June 2002:
Climate Change and National Security , The Island, June 22, 2002.
Conference Proceedings/Abstracts
December 2008:Zubair et al., Analysis of Impacts of Climate
on Malaria for Risk Predictions, EcoHealth
Conference, Merida, Mexico.
December 2008: Yahiya, Z, Zubair, L., et al., Malaria Risk
Prediction using Climate and Environment
Monitoring and Prediction: Demonstration in Sri Lanka, Ecohealth
Conference, Mexico.
August 2008: Zubair, L. et al., The Use of Climate Information
in the Tropics: Learning from Practice,
Twelfth Southern Africa Climate Outlook Forum, Pretoria, South Africa.
August 2008: Zubair, L. et al., Current Global Climate
Conditions, Twelfth Southern Africa Climate
Outlook Forum, Pretoria, South Africa.
July 2008: Zubair, L. et al., Soil Moisture Memory and
Predictability of Seasonal Streamflow in Sri
Lanka, Western Pacific Geophysics Conference, Cairns, Australia.
July 2008: Zubair, L. et al., Inter-Annual Variability and Decadal
Change of the North-East Monsoon
Rainfall over South Asia, Western Pacific Geophysics Conference,
Cairns, Australia.
March 2007: Sarith Mahanama, Lareef Zubair, Janaki Chandimala,
Lareef Zubair, Soil Moisture Memory and Predictability of Seasonal
Streamflow in Sri Lanka, International Conference on Mitigation Of The
Risk Of Natural Hazards, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, March 27,
2007.
February 2007: Lareef Zubair, Developing a Suite of Climate
Information for Applications for Sri Lanka, ESSIC, University of
Maryland, Silver Spring, Maryland. February 16, 2007.
December 2007: Chandimala J., Hirsh S., Ralapanawa V., Zubair L.,
Vegetation Mapping and its Application in Drought Disaster
Identification. International Conference on Humid Tropical Ecosystems:
Changes, Challenges, Opportunities, UNESCO and Sri Lanka National
Science Foundation. Kandy, 4th-9th December, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
December 2007: , Ralapanawe, V., Zubair L., Interpreting Food
Insecurity in Sri Lanka in Relation to the Biosphere and Geosphere.
International Conference on Humid Tropical Ecosystems: Changes,
Challenges, Opportunities, UNESCO and Sri Lanka National Science
Foundation. Kandy, 4th-9th December, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
December 2007: Zeenas Yahiya and L. Zubair, Human Elephant Conflict
in Sri Lanka: Climate Impacts on Water and Fodder. International
Co?ference on Humid Tropical Ecosystems: Changes, Challenges,
Opportunities, UNESCO and Sri Lanka National Science Foundation. Kandy,
4th-9th December, Kandy, Sri Lanka
December 2007: Lareef Zubair, Sarith Mahanama, Janaki Chandimala and
Neil Ward, Hydroclimatological Simulation over Sri Lanka Using Global
Reanalyses, American Geophysical Union Annual Conference, San
Francisco. Poster
August 2006: Topographically informed interpolation of temperature
in Sri Lanka, Janaki Chandimala, Upamala Tennakoon, Manjula
Siriwardhana, Lareef Zubair, Third Annual Sessions of the GIS society
of Sri Lanka, Central Environment Authority, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka.
June 2006: Chandimala J., Siriwardhana, M., and Zubair L.,
Topographically informed high resolution temperature estimates for Sri
Lanka, Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science, 62nd annual
sessions, 2006
June 2006: Siriwardhana M, Chandimala J, Zubair L., ENSO influences
on mean temperature of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Association for Advancement
of Science, 62nd annual sessions, 2006.
March 2006: Lareef Zubair, Progress in Developing a Climate based
Malaria Early Warning System in Sri Lanka, Climate Predictions and
Applications Sciences Workshop, Tucson, Arizona, 21-24 March 2006.
February 2006: Lareef Zubair, Using Climate Information for River
Basin Management in Sri Lanka, Invited Presentation, Annual Meeting of
the American Meteorological Society, Atlanta, February 2, 2006.
January 2006: Lareef Zubair, Advances in Climate for River Basin
Management, Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka, Headworks Adminstration
and Operations Management Division, Digana, Sri Lanka, January 4, 2006.
July 2005: Lareef Zubair, Climate Risk Management: Case Studies in
Public Health, Natural Disasters and Renewable Energy, Biennal
Conference of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science
Professors, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, July 23-27.
March 2005: Lareef Zubair, Using Climate Information for Disaster
Risk Identification in Sri Lanka, Climate Prediction Applications
Science Workshop
March 15-17, 2005, Palisades, New York.
December 2004: Sarath Peiris, Lareef Zubair and C.H. Piyasiri,
Forecasting National Coconut Production - A Novel Approach,
International Sri Lankan Statistical Conference, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 28 -
30 December 2004.
December 2004: Lareef Zubair, Joshua Qian, Neil Ward, Ousmane
Ndiaye, Janaki Chandimala, Ruvini Perera, Vidhura Ralapanawe and Benno
Blumenthal, Complementary Dynamical and Statistical Downscaling from a
GCM: Maha rainfall over Sri Lanka, Annual Meeting of the American
Geophysical Union, San Francisco.
December 2004: Using Climate Information for Disaster Risk
Identification in Sri Lanka, Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical
Union, San Francisco.
November 2004: Downscaling of Sri Lanka's Maha Rainfall from a GCM
and Indian Ocean Dipole and ENSO influences, International Conference
on Sustainable Water Resources Management in the Changing Environment
of the Monsoon Region, United Nations University, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
November 2004: with Janaki Chandimala, Predictability of Streamflow
and Rainfall in the Kelani river basin in Sri Lanka using ENSO,
International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management in
the Changing Environment of the Monsoon Region, United Nations
University, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
November 2004: with Upamala Tennakoon and Manjula Siriwardhana,
Climate Change Assessments for Sri Lanka from Quality Evaluated Data,
International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management in
the Changing Environment of the Monsoon Region, United Nations
University, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
July 2004: Weather, Climate Variability and Climate Change, Workshop
Report, Synthesis Workshop on Climate Variability, Climate Change and
Health in Small-Island States, pages 13-14, World Health Organization,
Bandos, Maldives.
May 2004: with Joshua Qian, High-?esolution dynamic regional climate
downscaling over Sri Lanka, 10th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics,
Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
May 2004: with Ajith Gunaratne, Wind Climatologies From A
Mass-Consistent Wind Model For Sri Lanka, 10th Asian Congress of Fluid
Mechanics, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
October 2003: with Vidhura Ralapanawe, Assessment of High-Risk
Natural Disaster Hotspots of Sri Lanka, 2003 Open Meeting of the Human
Dimensions of Global
Environmental Change Research Community, Montreal, Canada
June 2003: with Ruvini Perera and Herath Mathrithillake, Using
Climate Information for Mahaweli river basin management, World Water
and Environmental Resources Congress 2003, Philadelphia.
December 2002: with Heli Bulathsinhala, Quality Evaluation of Mean
Historical Temperature Data in Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Association for the
Advancement of Science, 58th Annual Sessions, University of Colombo,
Colombo, Sri Lanka.
October 2001: Seasonal streamflow predictions from sea surface
temperatures: Application to Mahaweli river in Sri Lanka, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency 26th Climate Diagnostics Workshop, San
Diego, California.
October 2001: 1997-99 El Nino / La Nina Episode in Sri Lanka:
Forecasts, Communication, Responses and Impacts in an Indebted and
Peripheral Country., 2001 Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of
Global
Environmental Change Research Community, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
October 2000: A dynamical model for orographic rainfall in monsoonal
Sri Lanka, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency 25th Climate
Diagnostics Workshop, New York 25:305-308.
March 2001: Climate Applications for Water Management in Sri Lanka,
1st International Science and Technical Advisory Committee Meeting,
IRI, Palisades, New York.
December 1999: A dynamical model for orographic rainfall in Sri
Lanka, Proceedings of the Asian Fluid Dynamics Congress, Shenzen, China
8:864-867.
December 1999: with Gunaratne, A.U.K, A mass consistent wind model
for Sri Lanka, Proceedings of the Asian Fluid Dynamics Congress,
Shenzen, China 8:817-820.
November 1999: Modelling of Irrigation Networks: Udawalawe in Sri
Lanka, Jubilee Congress of
the Asian Institute for Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, 1999, IV:
91-100, with R. Aloysius.
Representing the IRI around the World
September 2008: The Use of Climate Information in the Tropics:
Learning from Practice, Botswana Meteorological Services, Gaborone
September 2008: The Use of Climate Information in the Tropics:
Learning from Practice, South African Weather Service, Pretoria, South
Africa
August 2008: The Use of Climate Information in the Tropics: Learning
from Practice, Twelfth Southern Africa Climate Outlook Forum, Pretoria,
South
Africa
August 2008: Current Global Climate Conditions, Twelfth Southern
Africa Climate Outlook Forum, Pretoria, South
Africa
August 2008: The Use of Climate Information in the Tropics: Learning
from Practice, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia
July 2008: Soil Moisture Memory and Predictability of Seasonal
Streamflow in Sri Lanka, Western Pacific Geophysics Conference, Cairns,
Australia.
July 2008: Inter-Annual Variability and Decadal Change of the
North-East Monsoon Rainfall over South Asia, Western Pacific Geophysics
Conference, Cairns, Australia
September 2007: Some Climate and Malaria Linkages in Sri Lanka,
Climate and Hydrological Monitoring and Prediction for Sri Lanka,
Conclusion workshop on the NOAA project of Climate and Malaria,
International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka, September
2007.
September 2007: Climate and Malaria in Sri Lanka, Workshop on the
Use of Climate Information for Malaria Risk Management, Post-Graduate
Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, September
2007. Announcement.
April 2007: Meetings with ICPAC and ICR?F personnel, Nairobi Kenya,
April 14-16, 2007.
March 2007: Lareef Zubair, participation and presentation at Greater
Horn Of African Climate Outlook Forum and Malaria Outlook Forum,
Nairobi, Kenya. March 5-10, 2007.
November 2005: Neil Ward, James Hansen, Sankar Arumugam, Dan Osgood,
Lareef Zubair, Casey Brown, Ashok Mishra, Decision System Research and
Tool Development at the IRI, U.S. Climate Change Science Program
Workshop, "Climate Science in Support of Decisionmaking," Arlington,
Virginia. November 14-16, 2005
October 2005: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Office of Global Program, Program Meetings.
October 2005: National Aeronautial and Space Agency, Global
Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, Maryland, presentation on
Predictability of Climate and Climate Applications in and around Sri
Lanka.
March 2005: International Centre for Theoretical Physics,
Discussions on Climate Applications.
December 2004: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, California, 13-17 December 2004.
November 2004: "Convenor on Climate" for the International
Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management in the Changing
Environment of the Monsoon Region, United Nations University, Colombo,
Sri Lanka, 17-19 November, 2004 (Lareef Zubair)
November 2004: Climate and Malaria project work; Department of
Wildlife and AIACC project partner meetings, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 8-16
November 2004
March 2004: with Vidhura Ralapanawe, Identification of Global
Natural Disaster Hotspots Review and Synthesis Meeting, World Bank,
Washington, D.C.
March 2004: with Gawrie Galapaththy of the Sri Lanka Anti-Malaria
Campaign, Malaria and Climate Variability in Sri Lanka, Principal
Investigators Meeting of the Joint Program on Climate Variability and
Human Health, Atlanta, Georgia.
December 2003: Using Climate Information for Water Resources and
Disaster Management, Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau and
Mahaweli Authority Headworks Division, Digana, Sri Lanka.
December 2003: Climate Applications, Workshop on Early Warning
Systems for Malaria Risk, International Water Management Institute, Uva
Provincial Management Training Centre, Sri Lanka.
November 2003: Weather, Climate Variability and Climate Change 101,
WHO workshop on Climate Change, Climate Variability and Health in Small
Island States, Maldives.
Workshop
Report , See pages 12-14.
November 2003: Malaria Early Warning Project, with Aurelia Micko
(NOAA/OPGP) and Olivier Briet (International Water Management Insitute)
and D.M. Gunawardhana (Sri Lanka Anti-Malaria Campaign), WHO workshop
on Climate Change, Climate Variability and Health in Small Island
States, Maldives.
October 2003: Sustainable River Basin Management under Climate
Variability and Change, School of Engineering, UNITEC Institute of
Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
June 2003: IRI's Sri Lanka Projects, Board of Overseers of the
International Research Institute for climate prediction, Palisades, New
York.
January 2003: Climate Prediction for Water Resources Management in
Sri Lanka, Office of the Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation,
Colombo.
January 2003: Seasonal Climate Predictions and its Applications in
Sri Lanka, International Water Management Institute, Colombo.
January 2003: Climate Prediction for Water Resources Management,
Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, Colombo.
December 2003: Climate Predictions for Mahaweli River Basin
Management, Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
December 2003: Climate Predictions for Sri Lanka, Center for
Environmental Studies, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
October 2002: El Nino's impacts half a world away: Stories from
Southern Asia, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory Open House, Palisades.
July 2002: The Impact ?f Oceans on the the Climate of Sri Lanka,
Post-Graduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya,
Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
July 2002: Review of IRI-MASL projects and plans for the future,
Environment and Forestry Division, Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka,
Polgolla.
May 2002: Climate Change, Climate Variability and Water Resources:
Case Study of the Mahaweli Basin, School of Engineering, Tokyo
University, Japan.
May 2002: Climate Change, Climate Variability and Water Resources:
An Applications Perspective, Frontier Research System for Global
Change, Yokohama, Japan.
April 2002: Application of Climate Information and Prediction:
Towards
Comprehensive Climate Services for River Basin Management in Sri Lanka,
Frontier Research System for Global Change, Yokohama, Japan.
February 2002: Towards Developing Climate Prediction for Sri Lanka,
Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, Colombo, Sri
Lanka.
January 2002: Lessons from the Last ENSO in Sri Lanka, Department of
Meteorology, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
January 2002: Exercises in Mesoscale Climate Modelling for Sri
Lanka, Department of Meteorology, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
January 2002: Introduction to IRI, Global Databases and to Internet
based climate resources, Department of Meteorology, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
November 2001: Presentation to Taiwanese Delegation Visiting IRI on
Mahaweli Project, Palisades.
March 2001: Sri Lanka Water Resources Project, International
Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee of the International
Research Institute, Palisades, New York.
January 2001: IRI Water Resources Applications Project in Sri
Lanka, NOAA Office of Global Programs, Silver Spring, Maryland.
August 2000: Climate Prediction for Water Resources Management,
International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
August 2000: Climate and its Prediction in the Mahaweli Basin,
Environment and Forest Conservation Division, Mahaweli Authority of Sri
Lanka, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
August 2000: Climate Prediction in the Mahaweli Basin, Water
Management Secretariat, Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri
Lanka.
August 2000: Climate Prediction for Water Management, Department of
Irrigation, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
August 2000: Climate Prediction for Sri Lanka, Institute of
Engineers, Sri Lanka.
