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

该合同支持科罗拉多州立大学CSU-CHILL极化多普勒雷达设施的REU站点，该设施作为雷达工程和雷达气象学高级研究和教育的焦点。强调遥感和雷达气象学，并与工程合作，使学生获得技术开发和科学研究的经验。该网站为六名学生提供在CHILL设施的夏季研究经验，通常是在他们大三之后。这些学生将在科罗拉多州立大学居住10周。该计划包括一个完整的研究经验，从文献调查，发展仪器的背景，发展研究课题，并通过实际的研究。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成果。国家大气研究中心（NCAR）也将提供机会。此外，该设施已经完成了在互联网上创建虚拟雷达设施的主要倡议。通过这种方式，将为雷达实验、数据和计算机连接提供广泛的支持，以便学生可以在他们的家乡机构继续他们的工作，如果愿意的话，作为他们高级项目的一部分。CSU-CHILL REU站点使新一代研究人员能够熟悉主要研究中心的科学家，并使用高度先进的气象雷达系统进行尖端跨学科研究的实践经验。该系统的强大和灵活，方便了本科生学习雷达操作、数据采集、产品展示和新产品的生成。这种努力的智力价值集中在独特的学生驱动的活动上，连接了大气科学和工程社区。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。教职员工、科罗拉多州立大学的chill员工和NCAR员工的参与将使学生获得强大的理论和实验背景，同时参与团队导向和个人研究项目，利用这一独特的雷达设施。

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.