Welcome to the Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. Growing from a department focused on the Indian monsoon, our research now spans the entire realm of atmospheric, oceanic, and climate science. CAOS is one of the few centres in the world, most certainly in India, where these problems are tackled using a combination of observational, experimental, numerical modeling, data analysis and theoretical techniques.

Worldwide efforts over the past few decades, including those at CAOS, have revealed the details and complexities of the atmosphere, ocean and climate system. Our vision for the next decade is ambitious. We believe that it is an exciting time in our field, with an opportunity to bring things together and address grand challenges. In CAOS, with a focus on the tropical climate, we hope to build a coherent framework that accounts for both local details and global teleconnections.

Graduate study at CAOS

CAOS offers a supportive environment for graduate study. Students can pursue MTech and PhD degrees, and are trained to think across disciplines, ask fundamental questions, and tackle real-world weather and climate problems.

We offer courses ranging from the basics of climate science to advanced fluid dynamics. The full list is on the courses page.