Prof. Amithirigala Widhanelage Jayawardena

Department of Civil Engineering

The University of Hong Kong, China

Adjunct Professor

Department of Civil Engineering

Chu Hai College of Higher Education-Hong Kong, China

Visiting Professor

E-mail: hrecjaw@hku.hk

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of London, UK

Publications (Selected)

1. Sivakumar, B., Jayawardena, A.W., Fernando, T.M.K.G., River Flow Forecasting: Use of Phase-Space Reconstruction and Artificial Neural Networks Approaches, Journal of Hydrology 265 (1-4), pp.225-245, 2002.
2. Lee, J.H.W., Huang, Y., Jayawardena, A.W., et al., Neural Network Modelling of Coastal Algal Blooms, Ecological Modelling 159 (2-3), pp.179-201, 2003.
3. Jayawardena, A.W., Lai, F.Z., Analysis and Prediction of Chaos in Rainfall and Stream-Flow Time-Series, Journal of Hydrology 153 (1-4), pp.23-52, 1994.
4. Zhang, S.L., Yang, H.B., Jayawardena, A.W., et al., Quantifying the Effect of Vegetation Change on the Regional Water Balance Within the Budyko Framework, Geophysical Research Letters 43 (3), pp.1140-1148, 2016.
5. Fernando, D.A.K., Jayawardena, A.W., Runoff Forecasting Using RBF Networks with OLS Algorithm, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 3 (3), pp.203-209, 1998.
6. Jayawardena, A.W., Gurung, A.B., Noise Reduction and Prediction of Hydrometeorological Time Series: Dynamical Systems Approach vs. Stochastic Approach, Journal of Hydrology 228 (3-4), pp.242-264, 2000.
7. Jayawardena, A.W., Zhou, M.C., A Modified Spatial Soil Moisture Storage Capacity Distribution Curve for the Xinanjiang Model, Journal of Hydrology 227 (1-4), pp.93-113, 2000.
8. Badrzadeh, H., Sarukkalige, R., Jayawardena, A.W., Hourly Runoff Forecasting for Flood Risk Management: Application of Various Computational Intelligence Models, Journal of Hydrology 529, pp.1633-1643, 2015.
9. Jayawardena, A.W., Li, W.K., Xu, P., Neighbourhood Selection for Local Modelling and Prediction of Hydrological Time Series, Journal of Hydrology 258 (1-4), pp.40-57, 2002.
10. Badrzadeh, H., Sarukkalige, R., Jayawardena, A.W., Impact of Multi-Resolution Analysis of Artificial Intelligence Models Inputs on Multi-Step Ahead River Flow Forecasting, Journal of Hydrology 507, pp.75-85, 2013.
11. Jayawardena, A.W., Rezaur, R.B., Drop Size Distribution and Kinetic Energy Load of Rainstorms in Hong Kong, Hydrological Processes 14 (6), pp.1069-1082, 2000.
12. Sivakumar, B., Jayawardena, A.W., Li, W.K., Hydrologic Complexity and Classification: A Simple Data Reconstruction Approach, Hydrological Processes 21 (20), pp.2713-2728, 2007.
13. Sivakumar, B., Jayawardena, A.W., An Investigation of the Presence of Low-Dimensional Chaotic Behaviour in the Sediment Transport Phenomenon, Hydrological Sciences Journal 47 (3), pp.405-416, 2002.
14. Jayawardena, A.W., Rezaur, R.B., Measuring Drop Size Distribution and Kinetic Energy of Rainfall Using a Force Transducer, Hydrological Processes 14 (1), pp.37-49, 2000.
15. Papacharalampous, G., Tyralis, H., Koutsoyiannis, D., et al., Probabilistic Hydrological Post-Processing at Scale: Why and How to Apply Machine-Learning Quantile Regression Algorithms, Water 11 (10), 2019.
16. Muttil, N., Jayawardena, A.W., Shuffled Complex Evolution Model Calibrating Algorithm: Enhancing its Robustness and Efficiency, Hydrological Processes 22 (23), pp.4628-4638, 2008.
17. Jayawardena, A.W., Bhuiyan, R.R., Evaluation of an Interrill Soil Erosion Model Using Laboratory Catchment Data, Hydrological Processes 13 (1), pp.89-100, 1999.
18. Jayawardena, A.W., Lai, F.Z., Time-Series Analysis of Water-Quality Data in Pearl River, China, Journal of Environmental Engineering-ASCE 115 (3), pp.590-607, 1989.
19. Jayawardena, A.W., Xu, P.C., Li, W.K., et al., Determining the Structure of a Radial Basis Function Network for Prediction of Nonlinear Hydrological Time Series, Hydrological Sciences Journal 51 (1), pp.21-44, 2006.
20. Lui, G.C.S., Li, W.K., Jayawardena, A.W., et al., Modelling Algal Blooms Using Vector Autoregressive Model with Exogenous Variables and Long Memory Filter, Ecological Modelling 200 (1-2), pp.130-138, 2007.

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