Address:

Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Indian Institute of Science

Bengaluru 560 012, INDIA

e-mail: bhat@caos.iisc.ernet.in

Phone: 080-2293 3071

 Fax    : 080-23600 865

 Education:   

 

Qualification	University / Institute	Subject / field	Remarks
Ph.D. 1990	IISc Bangalore	Aerospace Engg.	Thesis won 2 gold medals
M.E. 1983	IISc Bangalore	Mechanical Engg.	First class with distinction
B.Tech. 1981	IIT Mumbai	Mechanical Engg.	First class with distinction

 

 Professional Career

 

 

Period	Organisation	Designation
2006-	IISc Bengaluru	Chairman, CAOS
2003-	IISc Bangalore	Professor
1997-2003	IISc Bangalore	Associate Professor
1991-97	IISc Bangalore	Assistant Professor
1989-91	IISc Bangalore	Scientific Officer
1984-89	IISc Bangalore	Scientific Assistant
1997-98	Florida State University, USA	Visiting Scientist

 

 Research Interests: 

Tropical  convection, cloud physics and dynamics, atmospheric boundary layer, laboratory modelling of atmospheric phenomena, field experiments, ocean-atmosphere coupling, intraseasonal variation.

 

 Courses taught

 

a. Atmospheric Boundary Layer         

b. Observational Techniques

c. Physical Meteorology

d. Tropical Convection

 

 Awards & Recognitions:

1. J. C. Bose Fellowship, Department of Sience ad Technology, New Delhi, 2010

 

2. Prof. Satish Dhawan Young Engineer Award (Earth Sciences) for the year 2006 by the Govt. Karnataka

 

3. 2002 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary

    Sciences, given by the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi.

 

4. PRL Award for the year 2001 in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences given by

    Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.

 

5. P S Narayana medal for the best Ph.D. thesis in  the  Division  of  Mechanical Sciences, Indian Institute  of  Science,   for  the year 1990.

 

6. 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, Bengaluru India

 

    Member, India Meteorological Society, New Delhi.

 

    Member, Ocean Society of India, Cochin

 Brief Profile of Professional Career

    

               His engineering background and opting to work in atmospheric sciences enabled him to bring a unique combination of expertise to the research in the field of atmospheric Sciences in India. He has wide research interests that include tropical convection, ocean-atmosphere interactions, clouds, boundary layer, flow turbulence, dynamical chaos and tropical intraseasonal oscillation. G S Bhat has carried out laboratory experiments, field experiments over land and ocean, theoretical studies and data analysis. He was the Principal Investigator for the atmospheric component in the first two Indian national observational experiment under the Indian Climate Research Programme (ICRP) viz. the Bay of Bengal Monsoon Experiment (BOBMEX) carried out during July-August 1999 and the Arabian Sea Monsoon Experiment (ARMEX), carried out over the west coast of India and Arabian Sea during 2002-2003. Crucial data has been successfully collected from research ships using the state of the art instruments under the raging monsoon conditions over the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. BOBMEX and ARMEX have added a different dimension to the kind of research work done from the country in the areas of atmospheric sciences and oceanography and have drawn the attention of international community.

 

He is/was a member of several committees including,

 

(i)              Chairman, Indian National Committee for Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics

(ii)             Chairman, the task team constituted by ISRO for Doppler Weather Radars

          Calibration

(iii)     Member, Scientific Steering Committee for Continental Tropical Convergence Zone (CTCZ)  Field Campaign under ICRP (DST)

(iv)    Was a Member, Expert Panel on Fast Tack Young Scientist in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (DST)

(v)      Vice-Chairman, Asian Fluid Mechanics Committee

(vi)     Member, Programme Advisory Committee – Atmospheric Sciences (DST)

Important Publications

1. L. Kiranmayi and G. S. Bhat, 2009: Quasi-periodic, global oscillations in sea level pressure on intraseasonal timescales, Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-008-0413-7.

 

2. Bhat G. S. and Arunchandra S.C., 2008: Energy Budget over a Land Surface during the Summer Monsoon. J. Earth System Sci. 117,  911–923.

 

3. G. S. Bhat and R. Narasimha, 2007: Indian summer monsoon experiments, Current Science, 93, 153-164.

 

4. G. S. Bhat 2006: The Indian drought of 2002:  a subseasonal phenomenon?, Q. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc.,  132, 2583-2602.

 

6. 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.

 

7. 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.

 

8. 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.

 

9. Bhat, G. S., 2003: Measurement of air-sea fluxes over the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal.  J. Climate, 16, 767-775.

 

10.  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.

 

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. 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.

 

15. 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.

 

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. 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.