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Research at CAOS has revolved around the central theme of understanding monsoon and its variability along with other aspects of weather and climate. Some of the questions being addressed include, (i) what controls the variability of Indian Monsoon ? (ii) what influence does the oceans around India have on the monsoon? (iii) how do cloud processes modulate the monsoon? (iv) can aerosols alter the monsoon ?, and (v) the impact of monsoon on agriculture? We use theoretical, experimental and numerical approaches. Experimental work has been a tradition at CAOS and continuous measurements of weather and climatic variables are being made using the state of the art instruments both outside and within the campus. Computer simulations of the ocean and the atmosphere are being carried out using simple as well as complex models. These efforts are supplemented by the analysis of data from a variety of sources including satellite and in situ observations, field experiments and outputs from comprehensive numerical models.  Broad of the research topics are listed below.

• Monsoon Variability and Predictability
  
   
• Computer Simulation of Atmospheres and Oceans
  
   
• Parallel Computing in Meteorology
  
   
• Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
   

• Ocean Atmosphere Coupling
  
   
• Atmospheric Boundary Layer
  
   
• Laboratory Investigation of Clouds
  
   
• Aerosols and Climate
  
   
• Climate and Agriculture