IIT Madras and Finnish Meteorological Institute set up joint virtual climate research centre

IIT Madras and the Finnish Meteorological Institute signed an MoU to launch VAYYU, a virtual research centre using advanced simulations to study aerosol impacts on Himalayan cryosphere change, urban air quality in Indian metros, and regional hydro-climate.
IIT Madras and Finnish Meteorological Institute set up joint virtual climate research centre
Why it matters
The MoU creates a formal cross-border research vehicle that can pool models, data, and compute without building a new physical lab, accelerating joint simulation work and publication output. Outputs from VAYYU can tighten assumptions used in India-focused climate-risk planning for Himalayan meltwater, metro air-quality interventions, and regional water management by improving attribution of aerosol effects. The partnership also provides a defined channel for future shared datasets and co-developed methods that can be reused by government and industry stakeholders relying on regional climate and air-quality modeling.
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Science & Research Research Methods Climate & Environment Climate Science Pollution

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