I. Climate System Model Development and Research

1. Atmospheric General Circulation Model, Oceanic General Circulation Model, Land Surface Model and physical parameterizations
2. Coupled climate system model
3. Evaluation and improvement of climate models

II. Weather and Climate Dynamics

1. Dynamics of East Asian monsoons system
2. Climate change theories
3. Regional response to global climate change
4. Meso- and small- scale dynamics

III. Predictability of Weather and Climate

1. Seasonal prediction
2. Ensemble prediction, data assimilation, predictability studies and sensitivity analysis
3. Numerical modeling

IV. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

1. Nonlinear dynamics
2. Computational Geophysical Fluid Dynamics