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News
04/09/2012: 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Outlook released.
03/12/2012: Dr. Zong-Liang Yang, from Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin visited NCSU/MEAS, and met with several faculty members including Drs. Xie and Liu in our group.
02/25/2012: Dr. Xiaopei Lin, Vice-Director of Physical Oceanography Laboratory, College of Physical and Environmental Oceanography, Ocean University of China, visited NCSU/MEAS.
02/11/2012: Dr. Changlong Guan, Dean of CPEO, OUC, visited NCSU/MEAS/CFDL.
12/12/2011: Guests from SOA/FIO, Dr. Yeli Yuan, Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Ms. Yajuan Song, a Ph.D. student, visited NCSU/MEAS/CFDL.
Overview
The Coastal Fluid Dynamics Lab (CFDL) is a research facility of Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (MEAS), North Carolina State University (NCSU). It is located at 1142 Jordan Hall on NCSU's Central Campus.
Scientists and graduate students at CFDL conduct basic and applied research on coastal atmospheric and oceanic systems including: air-sea coupling; estuary circulation and plumes; impact of hurricanes on coastal ocean; storm surge, waves and tides; Gulf Stream and shelf fronts; data assimilation; trajectory and dispersion modelling; landfalling hurricanes; El Nino and impact on coastal region; high-performance computing and scientific visualization.
Funding for the research activities of CFDL are provided by the National Science Foundation; Office of Naval Research; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Department of Energy; Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation; IBM Environmental Research Program; and NCSU International Programs.
The new webpages of CFDL are still under construction. For more information, please refer to our previous website1 and/or website2.
visits since March 15th, 2010.
