Current Events

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Current Events

Site photographs from the GXY traffic pattern: Dec 27, 2010
CSU-CHILL radar site
NASA N-Pol radar
NASA N-Pol radar: closer view
Dr. Brenda Dolan (research scientist in the CSU Atmospheric Science Department) took photographs from an aircraft in the traffic pattern at the Greeley-Weld County Airport (GXY). The CSU-CHILL radar and the temporarily-visiting NASA N-Pol radar are located on opposite sides of the main runway at GXY.
Radar calibration sphere flight: 2 December 2010
Balloon-borne calibration sphere
A light weight foil-covered sphere provides a target with a known backscattering cross section that is used as a reference during a radar calibration experiment.
N-Pol Radar Antenna Installation: Oct 21, 2010
Rigging for antenna lift
Lowering antenna onto pedestal
The new center-fed antenna was mounted on the N-Pol radar at GXY on 21 October 2010.
VCHILL Utilization at the ERAD conference in Romania: Sept 4, 2010
Live video from the CSU-CHILL site
Students examining example archive data cases
Prof. Chandrasekar included various VCHILL services as a part of a short course taught at the ERAD 2010 conference in Sibiu, Romania.
N-Pol Radar Site Survey: Jul 26, 2010
N-Pol at GXY
Mike Watson (L) and John Gerlach (R) gather soil strength data at a candidate operating site for the NASA N-Pol radar on the property of the Greeley- Weld County Airport.
CMMAP Interns Visit: Jun 25, 2010
CMMAP
Participants in the Center for Multiscale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes (CMMAP) program at CSU took a tour of the CSU-CHILL radar facility.
UCAR 50th Anniversary Open House: Jun 6, 2010
Open House at NCAR
NCAR hosted an open house in honor of the 50th anniversary of the creation of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). Real time displays of data from the CSU-CHILL and EOL S-POL radars were presented to the open house visitors.

Recent Changes

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