Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

[1] GFDL is engaged in comprehensive long-lead-time research to expand our scientific understanding of the physical and chemical processes that govern the behavior of the atmosphere and the oceans as complex fluid systems.

Much current research within the laboratory is focused around the development of Earth System Models for assessment of natural and human-induced climate change.

[5] The GFDL has a diverse community of about 300 researchers, collaborators and staff, with many from Britain, India, China, Japan, France, and other countries around the world.

Current head: Thomas L. Delworth[9] This divisions goal is to improve our understanding of climate variability, predictability and change on time scales ranging from seasonal to multidecadal.

This contrasts from their previous systems architecture, which consisted of eight Silicon Graphics Altix computers, each housing 1024 processor cores.