The Météo-France Centre at La Réunion has been hosting its own research team since 1998.

In support of the RSMC operations, its role is to conduct research work at a high level about the dynamics and the physics of tropical cyclones, and to develop skillful tools and models for cyclone forecasting.

Since 2006, this team has been inside the "Laboratoire de l'Atmosphère et des Cyclones" (LACy), a joint research lab between Météo-France, the "Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique" (CNRS) and the University of La Réunion.

The "Cyclone" team of LACy is thus composed of 5 researchers, 2 research engineers, and a technician.

For more information about the LACy research activities about tropical cyclones, please refer to the LACy website : https://lacy.univ-reunion.fr