Projects
From CHILL
This page lists major projects involving the use of the CSU-CHILL facility since 2000.
Project List
| Name | Date | Principal Investigator | Affiliation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | ||||
| A10 flight testing | Summer 2015 | Andy Detwiler | SDSMT | NSF |
| Texas Tech mobile radar coordinated data collection | Summer 2015 | Eric Bruning | TTU | 20-hour |
| FRONT: detailed drop shape study | Spring 2015 (field season 1) | B. Notaros | CSU ECE | NSF |
| 2014 | ||||
| FRONT PORCH: VHS cross-coupling | Jul 2014 | John Hubbert | NCAR | NSF |
| FRONT PORCH: educational cases | Jun 2014 | Sandra Yuter | North Carolina State University | NSF |
| REU | May - Jul 2014 | V. Chandrasekar | Colorado State University | NSF |
| 2013 | ||||
| NCAR HCR Flight tests | October 2013 | S. Ellis | NCAR | 20-hour |
| FRONT Rainfall and Streamflow Prediction Tests | August 2013 | R. Roberts and J. Wilson | NCAR | 20-hour |
| High Park burn area runoff | 15 July - Aug 2013 | S. Matrosov | NOAA Boulder | 20-hour |
| REU | May-Jul 2013 | V. Chandrasekar | CSU | NSF |
| Unmanned Aircraft System Test | June 2013 | A. Houston | University of Nebraska Lincoln | 20-hour |
| CHILL Microphysical Investigation of Electrification (CHILL MIE) | June - July 2013 | B. Fuchs | CSU Atmospheric Science | 20-hour |
| FROST: X-Band winter precipitation studies | Jan - April 2013 | M. Kumjian and R. Rasmussen | NCAR | 20-hour |
| 2012 | ||||
| University of Iowa X-band radar validation | Aug - Sep 2012 | W. Krajewski | University of Iowa | 20-hour |
| ADMIRARI multi-frequency radiometer tests | May - Jul 2012 | P. Garfias | University of Bonn | 20-hour |
| REU | May-Jul 2012 | V. Chandrasekar | CSU | NSF |
| DC3 | May - Jun 2012 | M. Barth, W. Brune, C. Cantrell, S. Rutledge | NCAR, PSU | NSF |
| 2011 | ||||
| IDEAS4 | October - November 2011 | J. Stith et al. | NCAR | NSF |
| DOW6 + 7 Polarimetric Data Investigations | Jul - Aug 2011 | J. Wurman | CSWR | 20-hour |
| MC3E | May 2011 | S. Rutledge | CSU | 20-hour |
| REU | May-Jul 2011 | V. Chandrasekar | CSU | NSF |
| DC3 Test Flights | May 2011 | M. Barth, W. Brune | NCAR, PSU | NSF |
| Heavy Rainfall | Jun - Aug 2011 | D. Gochis | NCAR | 20-hour |
| 2010 | ||||
| Aircraft Icing | Dec 2010 - May 2011 | J. Hubbert | NCAR | 20-hour |
| Heavy Rainfall | Jun - Aug 2010 | D. Gochis | NCAR | 20-hour |
| N-POL Antenna Validation | Oct-Dec 2010 | V. Chandrasekar, S. Rutledge | NASA | Cost Recovery |
| REU | May-Jul 2010 | V. Chandrasekar | CSU | NSF |
| Precipitation Echo Statistics | Jan 2010 | A. R. Jameson | RJH Scientific, Inc. | NSF (ATM-31996) |
| 2009 | ||||
| ASP: Observational Instruments and Techniques | Jun 2009 | Wen-Chau Lee | NCAR | NSF |
| REU | May-Jul 2009 | V. Chandrasekar | CSU | NSF |
| Heavy Rainfall | Jun - Aug 2009 | D. Gochis | NCAR | 20-hour |
| CoCoNUE | Mar - Sept.2009 | A. Houston | University of Nebraska Lincoln | NSF (ATM-0715941 and others) |
| Off-the-Grid X-Band Radar Tests | Oct - Dec. 2009 | G. A. Pablos Vega | UPRM | 20-hour |
| N-POL Calibration and Validation | Nov 2008 - Jan 2009 | V. Chandrasekar, S. Rutledge | NASA | 20-hour |
| 2008 | ||||
| Heavy Rainfall | Aug 2008 | D. Gochis | NCAR | 20-hour |
| REU | May-Jul 2008 | V. Chandrasekar | CSU | NSF |
| 2007 | ||||
| ICE-L | Nov-Dec 2007 | A. Heymsfield | NCAR | 20-hour (ATM 0735110) |
| REU | May-Jul 2007 | V. Chandrasekar | CSU | NSF |
| 2006 | ||||
| REFRACTT | Jun-Aug 2006 | R. Roberts | NCAR | NSF |
| REU | May-Jul 2006 | V. Chandrasekar | CSU | NSF |
| 2005 | ||||
| CHILL - Pawnee Bistatic tests | Jun-Aug 2005 | S. Frasier | UMASS | 20-hour |
| REFRACTT Demo | Jun-Aug 2005 | R. Roberts | NCAR | 20-hour |
| REU | May-Jul 2005 | V. Chandrasekar | CSU | NSF |
| CASA IP1 validation | March - May 2005 | F. Junyent | UMASS | 20-hour |
| FSU Seminole mobile radar tests | March - July 2005 | P. Ray | FSU | 20-hour |
| 2004 | ||||
| Front Range Pilot Project | May-Jul 2004 | S. Matrosov, S. Rutledge | NOAA | 20-hour |
| REU | May-Jul 2004 | V. Chandrasekar | CSU | NSF |
| 2003 | ||||
| COMET | May-Jul 2003 | R. Cifelli | CSU | 20-hour |
| REU | May-Jul 2003 | V. Chandrasekar | CSU | NSF |
| CHILL-TEX 2003 | July 2003 | A. Detwiler, V.N. Bringi | SDSMT | NSF |
| 2002 | ||||
| Winter Precipitation | Jan-March 2002 | E. Brandes | CSU | 20-hour |
| REU | May-Jul 2002 | V. Chandrasekar | CSU | NSF |
| CHILL-TEX 2002 | June 2002 | A. Detwiler, V. N. Bringi | SDSMT | NSF |
| 2001 | ||||
| Gust Front Observations | May-Jul 2001 | B. Lee | UNC | 20-hour |
| REU | May-Jul 2001 | V. Chandrasekar | CSU | NSF |
| Heavy Rain over Bobcat Burn Scar | Jun-Aug 2001 | J. Moody | USGS | 20-hour |
| 2000 | ||||
| STEPS | May-Jul 2000 | M. Weisman, C. Knight, D. Macgorman, S. Rutledge, et al. | NCAR, OU, CSU | NSF (ATM-9912562 and others) |
| REU | May-Jul 2000 | V. Chandrasekar | CSU | NSF |
Notes
NSF: National Science Foundation sponsored projects with deployment pool funding.
20 hr: Focused projects supported by the CHILL base funding.
Projects highlighted in green are scheduled for future operations
