With its hub at IIT Madras, GFL is a conglomerate of academic and industrial researchers from around the world. GFL is envisaged as a centre with a unified approach, combining field measurements, climate modelling and laboratory modelling (theory/simulations/experiments towards geophysical flows.
While significant recent progress has been achieved in physical oceanography, laboratory studies, and numerical ocean & atmospheric modelling, a synergistic approach combining the three is the need of the hour. At GFL, we rigorously combine (i) new fine-scale field measurements, (ii) fine-scale laboratory (experimental/numerical/theoretical) modelling of upper ocean physical processes, and (iii) large-scale coupled ocean-atmosphere modelling to improve our understanding of air-sea interactions in the northern Indian Ocean, especially the poorly observed/understood coastal regions.
Another thrust area of GFL is fine-scale process modelling in the lab, via experiments, simulations and theoretical modelling, of small-scale processes influencing the upper ocean structure in the …
At GFL, we perform coupled ocean-atmosphere climate modelling (sensitivity experiments and data assimilation) based on inputs from field experiments and fine-scale process modelling to progress …
GFL aims at a targeted survey of the coastal regions of the northern Indian Ocean (Bay of Bengal in the first phase, expanding towards the Arabian Sea in the second phase) using state-of-the-art …
We are happy to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between IIT Madras and the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services on January 21, 2022. Under the MoU, IIT Madras …
The first online meeting of the research initiative “Geophysical Flows Lab” was conducted on September 7-8 & 13, 2021. The meeting saw participation from the research groups of all the investigators …
A webinar to popularize GFL among the general public and other stakeholders was conducted on 30th November 2023. This was part of the second edition of IITM Research Initiatives webinar series. …
Geophysical Flow Lab (GFL) was introduced to the public as part of the IRIS webinar series on earth sciences on 28th September 2021. The webinar was well-attended and sparked several discussions. …
