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Karunarathne, N., Marshall, T. C., Karunarathne, S., & Stolzenburg, M. (2020). Studying sequences of initial breakdown pulses in cloud‐to‐ground lightning flashes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125, e2019JD032104. https://doi.org/ 10.1029/2019JD032104

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Karunarathne, N., Karunarathne, S., Marshall, T., Stolzenburg, M., “Modeling Initial Breakdown Pulses of lightning flashes using a matrix inversion method”, Radio Science, 2019, 54, 268-280

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Marshall, T., Bandara, S., Karunarathne, N., Karunarathne, S., Kolmasova, I., Siedlecki, R., Stolzenburg, M., “A study of lightning flash initiation prior to the first initial breakdown pulse”, Atmospheric Research, 2019, 217, 10-23.

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Bandara, S., Marshall, T., S., Karunarathne, S., Karunarathne, N., Siedlecki, R., Stolzenburg, M., “Characterizing three types of negative narrow bipolar events in thunderstorms”, Atmospheric Research, 2019, 227, 263-279

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Kolmasova, I., Marshall, T., Bandara, S., Karunarathne, S., Stolzenburg, M., Karunarathne, N., Siedlecki, R., “Initial Breakdown Pulses Accompanied by VHF Pulses During Negative Cloud‐to‐Ground Lightning Flashes”, Geophysical research letters, 2019, 46, 5592-5600

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Nilmini Karunarathne, Thomas C. Marshall, Sumedhe Karunarathne, Maribeth Stolzenburg,” Modeling initial breakdown pulses of intracloud lightning flashes”, Atmospheric Research, Volume 261, 2021, 105734, ISSN 0169-8095, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105734

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Abstracts

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Low Altitude Negative Narrow Bipolar Events
Authors: Sampath Asiri Bandara, Thomas C Marshall, Sumedhe Karunarathne, Nilmini Dilrukshi Karunarathne, Raymond David Siedlecki II, Maribeth Stolzenburg
Publication date: 2018 Journal: 2018 AMERICAN GIOPHYSICAL UNION Fall Meeting

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Modeling Initial Breakdown Pulses of Intracloud Lightning Flashes
Authors: Nilmini Dilrukshi Karunarathne, Thomas C Marshall, Maribeth Stolzenburg Publication date: 2019/12/10 Journal: AMERICAN GIOPHYSICAL UNION Fall Meeting 2019

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Comparison of Different Engineering Models of Narrow Bipolar Pulses
Authors: Isaac Lies, Sumedhe Karunarathne, Nilmini Dilrukshi Karunarathne, Thomas C Marshall, Maribeth Stolzenburg
Publication date: 2018/12 Journal: AMERICAN GIOPHYSICAL UNION Fall Meeting Abstracts

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Modeling Initial Breakdown Pulses of CG Lightning Flashes Using Modified Transmission Line and Numerical Solution to Fredholm Equation
Authors: T.C. Marshall, N.D. Karunarathne, S Karunarathne, M Stolzenburg
Publication date: 2018/12 Journal: AMERICAN GIOPHYSICAL UNION Fall Meeting Abstracts

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Comparison of Different Engineering Models of Narrow Bipolar Pulses
Authors: Isaac Lies, Sumedhe Karunarathne, Nilmini Dilrukshi Karunarathne, Thomas C Marshall, Maribeth Stolzenburg
Publication date:2018/12 Journal: AMERICAN GIOPHYSICAL UNION Fall Meeting Abstracts

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Comparisons of Narrow and Classic Initial Breakdown Pulses in Mississippi Lightning Flashes
Authors: R.D. Siedlecki, Thomas C Marshall, Maribeth Stolzenburg, Sumedhe Karunarathne, Sampath Asiri Bandara, Nilmini Dilrukshi Karunarathne
Publication date: 2018/12 Journal: AMERICAN GIOPHYSICAL UNION Fall Meeting Abstracts

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Initial breakdown pulses found to be systematically accompanied by VHF pulses during initiation of negative cloud-to-ground lightning flashes
Authors: Ivana Kolmasova, Thomas Marshall, Sampath Bandara, Sumedhe Karunarathne, Ondrej Santolik, Maribeth Stolzenburg, Nilmini Karunarathne, Raymond Siedlecki
Publication date: 2018/4 Conference: EUROPEAN GEOSCIENCES UNION General Assembly Conference Abstracts

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Peak Source Power Associated with Positive Narrow Bipolar Lightning Pulses
Authors: Sampath Asiri Bandara, Thomas C Marshall, Sumedhe Karunarathne, Nilmini Dilrukshi Karunarathne, R.D. Siedlecki, Maribeth Stolzenburg
Publication date: 2017/12 Journal: AMERICAN GIOPHYSICAL UNION Fall Meeting Abstracts

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Lightning Initiation Observations in Mississippi Thunderstorms
Authors: Thomas Marshall, Sampath Bandara, Sumedhe Karunarathne, Nilmini Karunarathne, Raymond Siedlecki, Maribeth Stolzenburg
Publication date: 2017/4 Conference: EUROPEAN GEOSCIENCES UNION General Assembly Conference Abstracts

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Electric Field Change and VHF Radiation during Lightning Initiation
Authors: Thomas C Marshall, S Karunarathne, S.A. Bandara, N.D. Karunarathne, R Siedlecki, M Stolzenburg
Publication date: 2016/12 Journal: AMERICAN GIOPHYSICAL UNION Fall Meeting Abstracts

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Comparison Of Lightning Data From Electric Field Change And Electric Field Derivative Antennas
Authors: Sampath Bandara, Thomas Marshall, Sumedhe Karunarathne, Nilmini Karunarathne, Ray Siedlecki, Maribeth Stolzenburg
Publication date: 2016/12 Journal: AMERICAN GIOPHYSICAL UNION Fall Meeting Abstracts

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Peak Currents and Propagation Velocities of Initial Breakdown Pulses in Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Flashes
Authors: N.D. Karunarathne, TC Marshall, S Karunarathne, M Stolzenburg, N Karunarathna
Publication date: 2015/12 Journal: AMERICAN GIOPHYSICAL UNION Fall Meeting Abstracts

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Member of Physical Society, University of Peradeniya. Sri Lanka (2010-2012)

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Member of the Astronomical Society, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2011-2012)

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Member of American Geographical Union (2015-present)

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Member of Women in Physics group of the University of Mississippi (from 2014)

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Secretary of Women in Physics group of the University of Mississippi (2016-2018)

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Member of Physics Graduate Student Association of the University of Mississippi (2014 -2018)

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• AQT 104-2 Fundamentals of Physics
• SCT 151-2 Mechanics Waves and Vibrations
• SCT 252-1 Optics
• SCT 346-2 Quantum Mechanics