Name
Y.M.R. Nilupa Kumari
nilupa .samarakoon@gmail.com
Education
- MSc (Remote Sensing/GIS)- University of Peradeniya
- BSc.(Hons) (Surveying Sciences)
- Post Graduate certificate in Ocean Mapping – University of New Hampshire ,USA
Professional
- FIG/IHO/ICA Category A in Hydrography, USA
- FIG/IHO/ICA Category B in Nautical Cartography (M1) -UK
Research interest
- Tsunami Inundation Hazard Mapping.
- Satellite Derived Bathymetry
- Sea Bed Mapping
- Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure(MSDI)
- Crowd Sourced Bathymetry
Member of National / International Bodies
- Member of Surveyors Institute of Sri Lanka
- Member of Geographic Information Society of Sri Lanka
Major Task undertaken
- National Nautical Charting Program
- Tsunami Inundation Mapping Project
- DEOCOM (Delimitation of Outer boundary of Continental Margin)
- Establishment of Database Unit for Sea Bed Mapping with Crowd Sourced. Bathymetry parallel with the GEBCO Seabed 2030 mapping project
Abstracts/Publications
- NTRIP for Land & Hydrographic positioning in Sri Lanka,1st October 2009 East Asia Hydrographic Symposium & Exhibition, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
- Inundation mapping in Sri Lanka related to Tsunami 2009. East Asia Hydrographic Symposium & Exhibition, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
- Inundation mapping for future tsunami disasters. Case study Hambantota area, 13th International Forestry & Environment symposium 2008, Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sri Jayawardhanapura ,Sri Lanka, December 2008
- Inundation Mapping and Vulnerability Assessment based on the December 2004 tsunami event for Galle area, Sri Lanka, NARA Scientific Session 2013
- Spatial Variability of tidal dynamics in Jaffna Archipelago ,NARA Scientific Session ,2020
International Training Attended
- Tsunami on GIS Inundation Mapping - Germany
- Coastal Mapping, Modelling and Risk Assessment-Thailand
- Marine Cartography – Singapore
- International Training Database Design Management and Marine Spatial Database Infrastructure –Sri Lanka
- Chart Adequacy –NOAA,USA
- Ocean Observation and Hydrographic Surveying –Korea
- Workshop on Cooperation of Marine Science- China
Meetings & Conference
- North Indian Ocean Hydrographic Commission Colombo -2005, 2008
- North Indian Ocean Hydrographic Commission –Oman -2019
- Meeting on the Importance of Hydrographic Service against the Natural Disasters –Tokyo, Japan 2012
- Conference on Development of Road Map to the Sea Bed 2030 Mapping Project –Monaco, 2016