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. Prof. …
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. The …
