Address
: Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore 560 012, INDIA
e-mail: bhat@caos.iisc.ernet.in
Phone: 080-2393 3071
Fax :
080-23600 865
Education:
B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering , IIT Bombay 1981
M. E. in Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore 1983
Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, IISc Bangalore 1990
Research Interests:
Tropical convection,
cloud dynamics, mesoscale convection, laboratory modelling of
atmospheric phenomena, field experiments, ocean-atmosphere coupling,
atmospheric boundary layer.
Positions
Held:
Chairman
CAOS,
Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore
2006-
Professor
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2003-
Associate
Professor Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore
1997-2003
Assistant Professor Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore
1991-97
Scientific
Officer Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore
1989-91
Scientific
Assistant
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
1984-89
Awards &
Recognitions:
1. PRL
Award for the year 2001 in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences
given by
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.
2. 2002 Shanti
Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary
Sciences, given by the Council of Scientific & Industrial
Research, New Delhi.
3. P S Narayana medal for the
best Ph.D. thesis in the Division of
Mechanical Sciences,
Indian Institute
of Science,
for the year 1990.
4. Sabita
Choudhuri medal
for the
best Ph.D.
thesis in
the Department of
Aerospace Engineering
Indian
Institute of
Science, for the
year 1990.
Fellow/Membership of Professional
Bodies:
Fellow,
Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore India
Member, India
Meteorological Society, New Delhi.
Some Important Publications
1.
G. S. Bhat 2006:
The Indian drought of 2002 – a subseasonal phenomenon?, Q. J. Roy.
Meteorol. Soc., 132,
2583-2602.
2.
G. S. Bhat 2006: Near surface temperature inversion over the Arabian Sea
due to natural aerosols.
Geophys.
Res.Lett.. 33,
L02802, doi:10.1029/2005GL024157.
3. G. S. Bhat, 2005: Convection inhibition energy of the
inversion and the suppressed rainfall
over the Arabian Sea during July 2002. Mausam (ARMEX
Special Issue), 56, 89-96.
4.
G. S. Bhat, G. A. Vecchi and S. Gadgil
, 2004: Sea Surface Temperature of the Bay of Bengal derived from
TRMM Microwave Imager. J. Atmos. Ocean
Tech. 21,
.1283-1290.
5.
Bhat, G. S., 2003: Measurement of air-sea fluxes over the Indian Ocean
and Bay of Bengal. J. Climate, 16,
767-775.
6. Bhat,
G. S., M. A. Thomas, C. P.
Chandrasekhar and J. V. S. Raju, 2003: Surface characteristics over the
central tropical Indian Ocean observed during INDOEX IFP99. Boundary-Layer Meteor, 106, 263-281.
7. L. Venkatakrishnan,
R. Elavarasan, G. S. Bhat,
A. Krothapalli and L. Lourenco, 2003: Particle image velocimetry study
of a cloud-like flow. Current Science, 85,
n4, 778-785.
8.
Sengupta, D., P. K. Ray and G. S. Bhat, 2002: Spring warming of
the Eastern Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal from buoy data. Geophys. Res. Lett. Vol. 29, No. 15, C. No. 1734, 2002GL015340).
9. Bhat,
G. S., 2002: Near surface variations and surface fluxes over the North
Bay of Bengal during the 1999 Indian Summer Monsoon. J. Geophys. Res., Atmospheres, 107, 4336,
10.1029/2001JD000382.
10. Bhat, G. S.,
2001: Near surface atmospheric characteristics over the North Bay of
Bengal during the Indian summer Monsoon. Geophys.
Res. Lett., 28, 987-990.
11.
Bhat G. S, S. Gadgil, P. V.
Harish Kumar, S. R. Kalsi, Madhusoodanan, V. S. N. Murty, C. V. K.
Prasada Rao, V. Ramesh Babu, L. V. G. Rao, R. R. Rao, M. Ravichandran,
K. G. Reddy, P. Sanjeeva Rao, D. Sengupta, D. R. Sikka, J. Swain, P. N.
Vinayachandran, 2001:
BOBMEX - the Bay of Bengal Monsoon Experiment. Bull.
Amer. Meteor. Soc., 82,
2217-2243.
12. Gambheer, A. V., and G. S. Bhat, 2001: Diurnal variation of
deep cloud systems over the Indian region using INSAT-1B pixel data. Meteorol.
Atmos. Phys. 78, 215-225.
13. Gambheer , A. V. and G. S. Bhat, 2000: Life Cycle characteristics
of deep cloud systems over the Indian Region Using INSAT-1B Pixel Data. Mon.
Wea. Rev., 128, 4071–4083.
14. Bhat, G. S. and A. Krothapalli, 2000: Simulation
of a round jet and a plume in a regional
atmospheric model. Mon. Wea. Rev.,
128, 4108–4117.
15. Venkatakrishnan, L., G. S. Bhat and R. Narasimha, 1999: Experiments on a
plume with off-source heating: Implications for cloud fluid dynamics. J.
Geophys. Res., 104D, 14271-14281.
16. Bhat, G. S., 1998: The dependence of deep cloud mass flux and area
cover on convective
and large-scale processes. J.
Atmos. Sci., 55,
2993-2999.
15.
Venkatakrishnan, L., G.
S. Bhat, A. Prabhu, and
R. Narasimha, 1998: Visualization studies on cloud-like flows. Current Science, 74,
597-606.
16.
Bhat, G S and R Narasimha, 1996: A volumetrically heated
jet: Large eddy structure and entrainment characteristics.
J. Fluid Mech. 325, 303-330
17.
Bhat, G S, J Srinivasan and Sulochana
Gadgil, 1996: Tropical deep convection, convective available
potential energy
and sea surface
temperature. J.
Meteor. Soc. Japan, 74,155-166.
18. Elavarasan, R., G S Bhat, R Narasimha
and A Prabhu, 1995: An
experimental study of a jet with local buoyancy enhancement. Fluid
Dyn. Res. 16, 189-202.
19.
Bhat, G S, R Narasimha and S Wiggins, 1990: A simple dynamical system
that mimics
open-flow turbulence.
Physics
of Fluids,
A2(11), 1983-2001.
20.
Bhat, G S and V H Arakeri,
1989: Dynamics
of a
two-phase bubble. Reg. J
Energy Heat and Mass Transfer, 11,
No. 2, 103-107.
21.
Bhat G S, R Narasimha and V H Arakeri, 1989: A new method of
producing local
enhancement of
buoyancy in
liquid flows. Experiments
in Fluids, 7, 99-102.
22.
Das, P K, G S Bhat and V H Arakeri, 1987: Some investigations on the propagation of phase change front in a
superheated liquid. Intl.
J Heat & Mass Transfer, 30,
631-638.
