Brief Introduction

The National Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG) was established in September, 1985. Since October, 1989 LASG has become a National Key Lab, jointly sponsored by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), State Economic Planning Committee (SEPC), State Science and Technology Committee (SSTC) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). LASG's mission is to conduct theoretic and numerical modeling research in atmospheric sciences and fluid dynamics, to provide state-of-the-art research facilities to the entire atmospheric sciences community and to train young scientists with an interest in climate system.

Currently, Dr. Wang, Bin is the director of LASG. Academician Ye Du-zheng is the director of academic advisory committee and Academician Wu Guo-xiong is the director of academic committee. There are twenty-four regular research scientists including three academicians of CAS and nineteen senior scientists who are working in the various fields such as atmospheric sciences, computational mathematics, fluid dynamics and ecological environment sciences etc. There is also a station for Tenure Track where more than twenty young scientists and several post-doctors purchase their studies. In addition, the lab also hosts near fifty post-graduate students.
During the past decade, LASG has undertaken many important projects such as National Climbing Projects, National Key Projects and several key projects sponsored by NSFC. The lab has also worked with scientists from USA, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Thailand and other international labs in many international projects.

At 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000, LASG received the outstanding awards of The National Key Laboratory, in four straight assessment of the geo-science

Fields of Research

1. Studying and developing the systematical theories about the macroevolution law and mechanism of geophysical fluid (atmosphere and ocean).
   
   
2. Studying on the dynamics of weather and climate, mastering the changing law of weather and climate systems and its abnormal mechanism, conducting numerical simulation and developing modular numerical modeling systems, providing new theories and new methods for improving prediction ability, preventing and alleviating weather and climate disasters, utilizing reasonably climate resource and water resource.

Research Focus

1. The research and development of numerical modeling system
   Numerical models of atmospheric general circulation, oceanic general circulation, and land surface processes, and parameterized method of the physical processes related to the above models,
   Coupled system models,
   The evaluation and improvement of numerical models.
   
   
2. Dynamics of weather and climate
   Dynamics of the East Asian monsoon system,
   Theory of climate change,
   The response mechanism of regional climate change to global climate change,
   Basic research on theory of mesoscale weather dynamics.
   
   
3. The new theory, new method and experiments of weather and climate prediction.
   Extra-seasonal prediction of climate,
   Studies on the ensemble forecasting, data assimilation and predictability and sensitivity analysis,
   Numerical simulation.
   
   
4. Geophysical fluid dynamics
   Nonlinear dynamics,
   Computational geophysical fluid dynamics.

Director: Prof. Wang Bin
Deputy Director: Prof. Mu Mu, Prof. Li Jian-Ping, Mr. Wu Jin-Sheng
Director Assistant: Ms. Wang Xuan
Tel: +86-10-82995299