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Dr. Prasanna Liyanage

Department of Physics
University of Colombo
Colombo 00300
Sri Lanka
Telephone +94 45 80010 (office)
+94 74 402576 (home)
Fax +94 11 2 584 777
Email jpl244@yahoo.com
Academic Qualifications  
  • B.Sc. (Physics) Hons - University of Colombo
Fields of Specialization & Research Interests
  • Physics of Lightning
Publications
List of articles at national seminars
  1. A study of LLP systems and their performance in locating ground flashes in Sri Lanka (1998-1999), D.U.J. Sonnadara for LLP group, IPSL, Proc. 16th Technical Session, Sri Lanka (March 2000)
  2. Measurements of lightning peak currents in the first return stroke of negative cloud to ground flashes, A.B. Weerasekera, J.P. Liyanage, D.U.J. Sonnadara and I.M.K. Fernando, SLAAS, Proc. 56th Annual Session, Sri Lanka (December 2000).
  3. A comparison between some characteristics between positive and negative cloud to ground flashes observed in Sri Lanka and their seasonal variations, J.P. Liyanage, A.B. Weerasekera, D.U.J. Sonnadara and I.M.K. Fernando, SLAAS, Proc. 56th Annual Session, Sri Lanka (December 2000).
  4. Lightning ground flash activities in monsoon thunderstorms over Sri Lanka, A.B. Weerasekera, J.P. Liyanage, I.M.K. Fernando, D.U.J. Sonnadara and T.R. Ariyaratne, Proc. Annual Sessions - 2000, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, (December 2000).
  5. Simulation study of the effect of random and systematic errors in magnetic direction finding stations, J.P. Liyanage, A.B. Weerasekera, D.U.J. Sonnadara and I.M.K. Fernando, Proc. Annual Sessions - 2000, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, (December 2000).
  6. Activity of Cloud-to-Ground lightning observed in Sri Lanka and in the surrounding area of the Indian Ocean, A.B. Weerasekera, D.U.J. Sonnadara, I.M.K. Fernando, J.P. Liyanage, R. Lelwala and T.R. Ariyaratne, Sri Lankan J. of Physics, accepted (2001)
  7. Measurements of lightning peak currents in the first return stroke of negative cloud-to-ground flashes, A.B. Weerasekera, D.U.J. Sonnadara, I.M.K. Fernando, J.P. Liyanage, R. Lelwala and T.R. Ariyaratne, Singapore J. of Physics, submitted (2001)
  8. Some characteristics of cloud to ground lightning obtained with lightning direction finding systems in Sri Lanka, I.M.K. Fernando, A.B. Weerasekera, J.P. Liyanage and D.U.J. Sonnadara, SLAAS, Proc. 57th Annual Session, Sri Lanka accepted (2001).
  9. A simulation study on the correction of the systematic errors in a network of magnetic direction finding network, J.P. Liyanage, D.U.J. Sonnadara and I.M.K. Fernando, SLAAS, Proc. 57th Annual Session, Sri Lanka accepted (2001).
 
 

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