Deployments
The radar systems developed at CSU-CHILL are designed for deployment in support of scientific field campaigns. We summarize here the deployments that CSU-CHILL instruments, staff and students were involved in.
Sea-Pol
Sea-Pol has deployed around the globe on various ship- and land-deployments.
PRECIP-2022
Sea-Pol was deployed to Yonaguni Island, Okinawa, Japan in 2022 in support of the PRECIP-2022 field campaign. This campaign was sponsored by the National Science Foundation, and involved multiple Universities, agencies and instruments.
PISTON-2, 2019
Sea-Pol was deployed aboard the R/V Sally Ride in support of the Propagation of Intra-Seasonal Tropical OscillatioNs (PISTON-2) field campaign. The cruise departed from and returned to Keelung port, Taiwan. The campaign was sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
PISTON, 2018
Sea-Pol was deployed aboard the R/V Thomas G Thompson in support of the Propagation of Intra-Seasonal Tropical OscillatioNs (PISTON) field campaign. The cruise departed from and returned to Kaohsiung, Taiwan, with a mid-cruise stop at Palau. The campaign was sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
SPURS-2, 2017
Sea-Pol was deployed aboard the R/V Revelle in support of the Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study (SPURS-2) field campaign. The cruise departed from and returned to San Diego, California. The campaign was sponsored by the National Science Foundation and NASA.
CHIVO
CHIVO has been deployed on several field campaigns
ESCAPE 2022
In June 2022, CHIVO supported the Experiment of Sea-Breeze Convection, Aerosols, Precipitation and Environment (ESCAPE)-2022 field campaign in Houston, TX.
preCIP-2021
CHIVO (along with CSU-CHILL) supported the Prediction of Rainfall Extremes Campaign in the Pacific (PRECIP) planning campaign conducted locally in Colorado, designed to train scientists in the operation and analysis of data from C- and S-band radars executing coordinated scans.
RELAMPAGO
In 2018, CHIVO was deployed for three months to Alta Gracia, Argentina in support of the RELAMPAGO-CACTI field campaign.
CHILL
| 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 |
