Roshanka Ranasinghe
Expert on Climate change impacts on coasts, coastal risk, coastal morphodynamic modelling, coastal zone management
Roshanka.Ranasinghe@deltares.nl LinkedIn profileProf. dr. Roshanka (Rosh) Ranasinghe is a senior specialist at the Harbour, Coastal and Offshore department (Hydrualic Engineering Unit) at Deltares. He also holds the AXA Chair in Climate Change Impacts and Coastal Risk at the Department of Coastal & Urban Risk & Resilience, IHE Delft and at the Department of Water Engineering and Management, University of Twente. And he holds an Honorary Professor position at the University of Melbourne (Australia).
Rosh obtained his Bachelor of Science Engineering (1st Class Honours) from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in 1993 and his PhD in Coastal Engineering and Oceanography from the Centre for Water Research, University of Western Australia in 1998. Since then he has worked in the Academic and government sectors in Australia, USA and The Netherlands.
To date, Rosh has published over 200 peer reviewed articles and delivered numerous presentations around the world. He is regularly invited to provide expert advice on adaptation to climate change and coastal zone management by national and local governments and international agencies.
Rosh has supervised/co-supervised 10 Post-doctoral fellows, 20+ PhD candidates and numerous MSc students to date and has lead several capacity development projects in Sri Lanka, India, VietNam, Thailand, Sao Tome and Principe.
He actively contributes to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) process. Rosh is Coordinating Lead Author in Chapter 12, a lead author of the Summary for Policy Makers, and contributing author in Chapters 9, 11 and Atlas of the Working Group I contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). He is also a Contributing Author in the IPCC Special report on Oceans and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC).
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Extreme sea levels at different global warming levels
Claudia Tebaldi, Roshanka Ranasinghe, Michalis Vousdoukas, D. J. Rasmussen, Ben Vega-Westhoff, Ebru Kirezci, Robert E. Kopp, Ryan Sriver & Lorenzo Mentaschi
Nature Climate Change volume 11, pages746–751 (2021) -
A global analysis of extreme coastal water levels with implications for potential coastal overtopping
Rafael Almar, Roshanka Ranasinghe, Erwin W. J. Bergsma, Harold Diaz, Angelique Melet, Fabrice Papa, Michalis Vousdoukas, Panagiotis Athanasiou, Olusegun Dada, Luis Pedro Almeida & Elodie Kestenare
Nature Communications volume 12, Article number: 3775 (2021) -
Twenty-first-century projections of shoreline change along inlet-interrupted coastlines
Janaka Bamunawala, Roshanka Ranasinghe, Ali Dastgheib, Robert J. Nicholls, A. Brad Murray, Patrick L. Barnard, T. A. J. G. Sirisena, Trang Minh Duong, Suzanne J. M. H. Hulscher & Ad van der Spek
Scientific Reports volume 11, Article number: 14038 (2021) -
Sandy coastlines under threat of erosion
Michalis I. Vousdoukas, Roshanka Ranasinghe, Lorenzo Mentaschi, Theocharis A. Plomaritis, Panagiotis Athanasiou, Arjen Luijendijk & Luc Feyen
Nature Climate Change volume 10, pages260–263 (2020) -
Twenty-first-century projections of shoreline change along inlet-interrupted coastlines
Janaka Bamunawala, Roshanka Ranasinghe, Ali Dastgheib, Robert J. Nicholls, A. Brad Murray, Patrick L. Barnard, T. A. J. G. Sirisena, Trang Minh Duong, Suzanne J. M. H. Hulscher & Ad van der Spek
Scientific Reports volume 11, Article number: 14038 (2021) -
Probabilistic projections of the stability of small tidal inlets at century time scale using a reduced complexity approach
Trang Minh Duong, Roshanka Ranasinghe & David P. Callaghan
Scientific Reports volume 11, Article number: 22921 (2021) -
Climate Change impact assessment for inlet-interrupted coastlines
R. RANASINGHE, T. Duong, S. Uhlenbrook, D. Roelvink and M. Stive. 2013 Climate Change impact assessment for inlet-interrupted coastlines. Nature Climate Change, Vol. 3, 83-87.
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Probabilistic estimation of storm erosion using analytical, semi-empirical and process based storm erosion models
D. Callaghan, R. RANASINGHE and D. Roelvink. 2013. Probabilistic estimation of storm erosion using analytical, semi-empirical and process based storm erosion models. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 82, 64-75.
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Estimating coastal recession due to sea level rise: Beyond the Bruun Rule
R. RANASINGHE, D. Callaghan and M. J. F. Stive. 2012. Estimating coastal recession due to sea level rise: Beyond the Bruun Rule. Climatic Change, Vol. 110, 561-574
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Morphodynamic upscaling with the MORFAC approach: Dependencies and sensitivities
R. RANASINGHE, C. Swinkels, A. Luijendijk, D. Roelvink, J. Bosboom, M. Stive. and D. Walstra. 2011. Morphodynamic upscaling with the MORFAC approach: Dependencies and sensitivities. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 58, 806-811
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Shoreline response to a single shore-parallel submerged breakwater
R. RANASINGHE, M. Larson and J. Savioli. 2010. Shoreline response to a single shore-parallel submerged breakwater. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 57, 1006-1017.
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Rising Seas and Retreating Coastlines, Climatic Change (Invited Editorial Commentary)
R. RANASINGHE and M. J. F. Stive. 2009. Rising Seas and Retreating Coastlines, Climatic Change (Invited Editorial Commentary), Vol 97, 465-468.
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Statistical simulation of wave climate and extreme beach erosion
D. Callaghan, P. Nielsen, A. Short and R. RANASINGHE. 2008. Statistical simulation of wave climate and extreme beach erosion, Coastal Engineering, Vol 55(5), 375-390
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Shoreline Response to Submerged Structures: A Numerical and Physical modelling study
R. RANASINGHE, I. Turner and G. Symonds. 2006. Shoreline Response to Submerged Structures: A Numerical and Physical modelling study. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 53, 589-611
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Shoreline Response to Submerged Structures: A Review
R. RANASINGHE and I. Turner. 2006. Shoreline Response to Submerged Structures: A Review. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 53, 65-79.
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Morphodynamics of Intermediate Beaches: A Video Imaging and Numerical Modelling Study
R. RANASINGHE, G. Symonds, K. Black and R. Holman. 2004. Morphodynamics of Intermediate Beaches: A Video Imaging and Numerical Modelling Study. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 51, 629-655