Center for Atmospheric And Climate Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
NABHA Laboratory is a collaboration between IIT Madras and College of Engineering, Munnar. The first of its kind lab in India is located in Munnar, Kerala, on an elevation of approximately 1600m above MSL. The lab focuses on studying ambient aerosol properties to understand the climate change scenario in South India. Its strategic location away from dense urban agglomeration and roadsides with low-level monsoon clouds passing very close to the surface makes it ideal for investigating natural atmospheric conditions. The lab aims to better understand aerosol-cloud-precipitation-climate interactions critical to understanding the impact of pollution on climate change. The data gathered from this lab shall be used in pollution-related policy making, climate change studies, understanding precipitation events in the monsoon period, and studying the origin and effects of bio-aerosols.
The research activities of the Centre have been oriented towards achieving fundamental understanding of the various atmospheric and climatic processes which have immense relevance to society.