The sun photometer facility is used for continuous monitoring of atmospheric aerosols. It provides high-quality measurements of aerosol optical depth (AOD) and related parameters, enabling studies on aerosol loading, aerosol–radiation interaction, and aerosol–cloud–precipitation processes. The observations support validation of satellite products and numerical model simulations.

The Automatic Weather Station installed under IMD standards provides real-time meteorological observations, including temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, rainfall, and surface pressure. These data are crucial for:

• Local weather analysis

• Urban microclimate studies

• Model validation and bias assessment

• Extreme weather event monitoring

The carbon microsthelometer is used for measuring black carbon and light-absorbing aerosols in the atmosphere. This facility supports research on:

• Aerosol–radiation interaction

• Urban air quality

• Aerosol impacts on cloud microphysics and precipitation

• Climate forcing due to absorbing aerosols

The GPS facility supports atmospheric and geospatial applications, including:

• Precise location and surveying measurements

• Studies related to atmospheric water vapour and boundary layer processes

• Integration with meteorological and geospatial datasets

• MASLAB maintains multiple high-end Linux workstations for:

• Model development and testing

• Data analysis and visualization

• Pre- and post-processing of WRF, MPAS, and planetary models

• Satellite and reanalysis data analysis

• GPU-enabled systems are available to support machine learning and deep learning applications, including:

• Rainfall and extreme weather prediction using DL models

• Bias correction and downscaling

• Hybrid NWP + ML/DL frameworks

• Training of neural networks on large atmospheric datasets