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

该奖项支持REU网站在科罗拉多州立大学CSU-CHILL偏振多普勒雷达设施，作为一个焦点，在雷达工程和雷达气象学先进的研究和教育。对遥感和雷达气象学的重视，以及与工程的合作，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了在CHILL设施的夏季研究经验，通常是在大三之后。学生在CSU居住10周。该计划包括一个完整的研究经验，从文献调查，仪器开发背景，开发研究课题，并通过实际研究。在项目结束时，学生将写一份正式报告，并在研究研讨会上展示他们的成果。机会也将通过国家大气研究中心，NCAR提供。此外，该设施还完成了一项重大举措，即在因特网上建立一个虚拟雷达设施。通过这一点，将提供广泛的支持，雷达实验，数据和计算机连接，使学生可以继续他们的工作在他们的家乡机构作为他们的高级项目的一部分，如果需要的话。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进行尖端跨学科研究的实践经验。该系统的强大功能和灵活性使本科生能够方便地学习雷达操作、数据采集、产品展示和新产品的生成。这项工作的智力价值集中在独特的学生驱动的活动，连接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。 教师，CSU-CHILL工作人员和NCAR工作人员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的组合，利用这种独特的雷达设施。

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.