Dr.(Mrs.) H. K. W. I. Jayawardena
B.Sc. (Hons.) , University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1999. M.Phill.( Physics), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2004 Ph.D. ( Atmospheric Physics),University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2012.
Senior Lecturer - Grade II
Department of Physics
- Room 209, Department of Phyiscs, Science and Technology Building, Central Campus, The Open University of Sri Lanka.
- 011 2881242 Ext: 267
- hkjay2@ou.ac.lk
Numerical methods for atmospheric modeling
Meteorology
Extreme weather events
Dispersion of atmospheric pollutants
Wind pattern and wind energy over Sri Lanka and the surrounding region,
Climate change and related topics
Environmental Physics
Medical Physics
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Institute/Company |
Division/Department |
Post |
From |
To |
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Open university of Sri Lanka |
Department of physics |
Senior Lecturer |
2014 |
To date |
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Uppsala University, Sweden |
Earth Science Department |
Postdoctoral Research Associate |
2013 |
2014 |
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University of Colombo |
Department of physics |
Senior Lecturer |
2012 |
2013 |
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University of Colombo |
Department of physics |
Research Assistant |
2000 |
2012 |
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Course code |
Course Name |
Level |
program |
From (year) |
To (year) |
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PHU5302/PHU3162 |
Atmospheric Physics |
5 |
Degree |
2014 |
To date |
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PHU 5315/ PHU 4168 |
Renewable Energy Resources |
5 |
Degree |
2017 |
To date |
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PHU 5307/PHU3167 |
Medical Physics |
5 |
Degree |
2020 |
2020 |
- The Effect of Mountain Wake Vorticity on Lightning Occurrence in Sri Lanka (H. K. W. I. Jayawardena, Sri Lanka), Lightning Protection, edited by Dr. Shriram Sharma, NAM S&T Centre, 2013: ,ISBN-978-81-7035-835-0
- H.K.W.I. Perera and D.U.J. Sonnadara, Preliminary results of short term and long term rainfall forecasting, IPSL, Proc. 16th Technical Session, Sri Lanka (2000)
- H.K.W.I. Perera, D.U.J. Sonnadara and D.R. Jayewardene, Forecasting the occurrence of rainfall in selected weather stations in the wet and dry zones of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan J. of Physics, 3 (2002) 39-53
- H.K.W.I. Jayawardene, D.U.J. Sonnadara and D. R. Jayewardene, Spatial interpolation of weekly rainfall depth in the Dry zone of Sri Lanka, Climate Research, 29 (2005) 223-231
- H.K.W.I Jayawardene, D.U.J. Sonnadara and D.R. Jayewardene, Trends of Rainfall in Sri Lanka over the last century, Sri Lankan J. of Physics, 6 (2005) 7-17.
- Jayawardene, M. Fernando, U. Sonnadara, Satellite observation of lightning activities over Sri Lanka, IPSL, Proc. 30th Technical Session, Sri Lanka (2014).
- H.K.W.I. Jayawardene, D.R. Jayewardene and D.U.J. Sonnadara, Interannual variability of rainfall in Sri Lanka, J. Natn. Sci. Foundation Sri Lanka 43 (1) 75-82 (2015).
- Upul Sonnadara, Wasana Jayawardena, Mahendra Fernando (2019) Climatology of lightning flash activities over Sri Lanka. Theoretical and Applied Climatology (2019) 137:3173–3182 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-019-02808-w).
Abstracts
- H.K.W.I. Perera, D.U.J. Sonnadara and D.R. Jayewardene, Preliminary results of Markov model approach in forecasting wet/dry condition over short periods, SLAAS, Proc. 56th Annual Session, Sri Lanka (2000).
- L.Enger, W. Jayawardene, A dynamic model for simulating air pollution and wind field in Sri Lanka, The 28th international conference on Alpine Meteorology, Croatian meteorological Journal, 40 (2005) 685.
Extended Abstracts
- Rupasinghe, K. K. D. L. Ruvinda, H. K. W. I. Jayawardena (2018)Monte Carlo simulation of 6mv photon beam characteristics with dosimetric functions for medical linear accelerator applications. Open University International Research Sessions 2018 (iOURS 2018), 29-30 November 2018, The Open University of Sri Lanka.
Conferences / Symposiums
- H.K.W. Jayawardene, L.Enger, The effect of Mountain Wake Vorticity on Lightning Occurence in Sri Lanka, International Symposium on Lightning Protection, Kathmandu, Nepal, 12-14 October 2011.”
- H.K.W.I Jayawardene, L.Enger, Preliminary work of climatic variation of lightning pattern and The effect of Mountain Wake Vorticity on Lightning Occurence in Sri Lanka, International Workshop on ‘Climate Change and Sustainable Management of Water Resources in the Asia-Pacific Region’, November 22-24, 2011, Islamabad, Pakistan.
- Matthias Mohr, Wasana Jayawardena, Johan Arnqvist and Hans Bergström Wind energy estimation over forest canopies using WRF mesoscale model, Poster presentation, EWEA 2014 , 10-13 March 2014, Barcelona, Spain (2014).
- H.K.W.I Jayawardene, L.Enger, Numerical simulation of air pollution dispersion in a lee side wake: A case study at south western part of Sri Lanka, Poster presentation, 15th AeroCom and 4th AeroSAT workshops and 15th CTWF international symposium on atmospheric aerosol, 19-27 September, Beijing, China, (2016).
- K. W. I. Jayawardena, Understanding Connections between Climate, Extreme Weather, Air Quality, and Health with a Glance at Sri Lanka, International Roundtable on the Impact of Extreme Natural Events: Science and Technology for Mitigation. 13-15 December 2017 Colombo, Sri Lanka (2017).
Monte Carlo simulation of 6mv photon beam characteristics with dosimetric functions for medical linear accelerator applications.
- Validated the National Competency Standard for the occupation of Meteorological Observer.
- National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority, 971, Sri Jayewardenepura Mawatha, Welikada, Rajagiriya.
Awards, Scholarships
Memberships
- Institute of Physics Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellowships
- ISP Fellowship for PhD – Uppsala University, Sweden (February 2004 – June 2004).
- EXPERT III post-doctoral fellowship – ERASMUS MUNDUS program, Uppsala University, Sweden (August 2013 – February 2014).
- UNU fellowship for UN-CECAR training course on Climate Change Downscaling Approaches and Applications, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
