REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Atmospheric Remote Sensing Focused Around the CSU-CHILL National Radar Facility

该奖项支持科罗拉多州立大学CSU-CHILL偏振多普勒雷达设施的一个REU站点，该设施是雷达工程和雷达气象学方面的高级研究和教育的焦点。强调遥感和雷达气象学，并与工程学合作，使学生能够获得技术开发和科学研究的经验。该网站为六名学生提供夏季研究体验，通常是在他们三年级之后。这些学生在加州州立大学住宿10周。该计划包含了完整的研究经验，从文献综述，开发仪器的背景，开发研究课题，直到实际研究。在项目结束时，学生将写一份正式的报告，并在研究研讨会上展示他们的结果。机会也将通过国家大气研究中心(NCAR)获得。此外，该设施还完成了一项重大举措，即在因特网上创建一个虚拟雷达设施。通过这一项目，将为雷达实验、数据和计算机连接提供广泛的支持，以便学生如果愿意，可以继续在他们的家庭机构工作，作为他们高级项目的一部分。CSU-CHILL REU网站使新一代研究人员能够熟悉主要研究中心的科学家，并使用高度先进的天气雷达系统亲身体验尖端跨学科研究。该系统具有强大的功能和灵活性，便于本科生学习雷达操作、数据采集、产品展示和新产品的生成。这一努力的学术价值集中在以学生为主导的独特活动上，将大气科学和工程界联系起来。更广泛的影响是广泛的，包括来自代表性不足群体的学生参与者的参与，以及促进多个科学学科代表之间的交流。教师、CSU-CHILL工作人员和NCAR工作人员的参与将使学生能够获得坚实的理论和实验背景，同时利用这种独特的雷达设备参与一系列面向团队和个人的研究项目。

This award supports a REU Site at the Colorado State University CSU-CHILL polarized Doppler radar facility, which serves as a focal point for advanced research and education in radar engineering and radar meteorology. The emphasis on remote sensing and radar meteorology, and collaboration with engineering, enables students to gain experience with technology development as well as scientific research. The site provides summer research experiences at the CHILL facility for six students, usually following their junior year. The students spend 10 weeks in residence at CSU. The program encompasses a full research experience, from literature survey, developing background on instrumentation, developing research topics, and through to the actual research. At the end of the project, students will write a formal report and present their results in research seminars. Opportunities will also be available through the National Center for Atmospheric Research, NCAR. In addition, the facility has completed a major initiative to create a virtual radar facility over the Internet. Through this, extensive support will be provided for radar experiments, data, and computer links, so that students may continue their work at their home institutions as part of their senior projects if desired. The CSU-CHILL REU Site enables a new generation of researchers to gain familiarity with scientists at a major research center and hands-on experience with cutting-edge interdisciplinary research using a highly advanced weather radar system. The power and flexibility of this system makes it convenient for undergraduate students to learn radar operations, data collection, product display, and generation of new products. The intellectual merit of this effort centers on unique student-driven activities bridging the atmospheric science and engineering communities. Broader impacts are wide ranging, and include involvement of student participants drawn from underrepresented groups and facilitation of exchange among representatives of multiple scientific disciplines. Participation by faculty, CSU-CHILL staff, and NCAR staff will enable the students to acquire a strong theoretical and experimental background while participating in a mix of team-oriented and individual research projects making use of this unique radar facility.