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<br />D(>cember
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<br />2002
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<br />COLORADO \VATER
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<br />COl.ORADO STATE U:>;I\'ERSITY RECEIVES $IA \'111,1.10:>; :>;SF (;R,,\:>;T
<br />TO E:>;IJ,\"CE ITS :>;,\T10"Al. IIEATHER RADAR F,\CII.ITY
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<br />Colorado Slalt" L~nt\t'r\lI~ .....lIl111ovC into lhe forefronl of
<br />wurld weather radar Tc\earch v.ith ~l $] A million major
<br />re...earch in...trumem:llion ,g:rant from the Satinna] Science
<br />Foundation. The grant i"'l.'nhancing Colorado St:HCo,
<br />CHILL Nation;J] Rad;'IT Facility by fundln!,'! the dc\clt1p-
<br />men! of an :mh:nn;\ lhat will gre:uly lInprO\ e the acclI-
<br />racy of radar mapping: of precipllalion type and :,"lOunt.
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<br />The CHILL Radar (;U:llity wa, :mankd lht~ SSF gram
<br />for the den~](lpn1t:nl of;\ nt'.... I) pe of hi~h-per-
<br />(onnance radar amt'lma. I.;n(m n a... a dual-
<br />o(f...('1 Gregl1ri:m antenna. Colorado Stale ....lil
<br />he the tiT" Ul11\'cr...rly in lhe world III own and
<br />opcr:lle (hi... highly ad\';m..:ed weather radar
<br />antenna lechnlllog~. The new alllenll<l will
<br />repl<lce the l'urren! p<lr;Il'x1lic relleclor ;lIltt'nna
<br />at the CHILL Radar re"earch fa,,:ility loe.lIed
<br />near Greele~, Coin.
<br />"There i, no lIther 9-meter. dual-oIT,et antenna
<br />;Ivailable for a meteorolo!.!ical r;!llar ;1Il~ \\ here
<br />in the world:' ,aid V.:\;. Bringi. profe...,,{u of
<br />electrical enginet~ring and prindpallllH....tiga-
<br />tor of the proJe-CI. 'Thi... \\ill nl;ll.e CHILL Ihe
<br />premier facilit~ for advanct~d wealhl'r r:ldar re...e;tn:h:'
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<br />Colorado State-'" CHILL facllit~. fundell h~ the ;-':atlOnal
<br />Science Foundalion ami (he ...tale of ('('Ilor;Klo, ...uppnrb
<br />the aC:Jdemic ;lIld <lllllo"'phe-ric n:...earch cOml11Unil~
<br />hy providing data and evalualing ne.... hxhni4ue" and
<br />lechnologie... for remole "en"ing of the :ltmo...phere. The
<br />fad lilY i... a collaboration of (he uni\\:f';il~ '... Department
<br />of EJeclnl'al ;lI1J Cmnpuler Engin~rinf: ami II... Dt~p:Jn-
<br />ment of Atmo'pheric Scienl'e.
<br />'The impacl of lhe ne\\, high-rll:rfomunce antenna will
<br />place Colorado Slale', CHILL Radar facilit~ :lllhl.'
<br />forefront of l11elcor{llogy for at lea,t the nexl dl'c;tde:'
<br />,aid Stl'\'en RUlkdge. ,cicmitic direclOr of the fadhl~
<br />and he;ld of the atnu)'phcric "cience departmem. "It \\ iii
<br />en:lhlc u, to pinpoint more prt'ci...e ralllfall ;lIld prccipil;l+
<br />lion mea"urelllt.'nh and allO\\ ......ieml...t... 10 c\mducl nl'....
<br />level, of wC:lIher-rel:ttcd rt.~'earch:'
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<br />With the ne\\ 'y'lem, inten-.e rainfall Ihal pn"llluce' tb,h
<br />tlolxh can be OCHer e'timaled and mapping rain and hail
<br />"lOml' will Ix'come more accurale. The aJ\ anced tC1.:h-
<br />nolog~ al"o can di,tinplI,h among the \..riOll' I~ lX" Df
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<br />pre~.tpll:nHln particle" in hoth ,ummer and wimer ,toml'
<br />allllv. in~ 'cientl'h to Illl:;lIe, tral:l. and re...ean.:h e\en Ihe
<br />mo,1 nunule preclpll;uion ekll1ei1I",
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<br />The CHILL facilit~ i.. operaled a":1 natwnal wealher
<br />r:ldar fl"e;trch cenler under :J <:ooperatl\'e agreemem
<br />\\, Ith the .\:ational Science Foundation. Ii i, a national
<br />and imem:ltional eJucational and ba"lc re...earch faeil-
<br />H~. meal11ng Ihat OIher uni\"er,ilie... :lnd '>Ciemiti.,: orga-
<br />IlI/:tti<l!l" can LI,e Ihe faCIlity to conducl
<br />re...earch and collanorate Oil projech, The
<br />llt'\\, anlenna wllllll1pro\'e re"ean:h l.:apa-
<br />bi1ilic, rll)t onl~ al Colof:ldo State bul for
<br />"denli'>!" Ihroughout Ihe United Stale, ;.lnd
<br />Ix'yond.
<br />Acr.:urdlllf: to eleclncal engineering pro-
<br />re,,"or and co-principal llwc...tig:lwr V,
<br />Ch;lIldra'el.ar.lhe ne.... radar lechm1lllgy
<br />will al"o be lI"t'd by undergraduate ;1Ilt!
<br />gr:ldu:llc ,tude Ill, :ll Colorado Slate a.. pan
<br />of Iheir academic program" "Thi, de\'K'c
<br />\\ill l.'\po...e ,tudenl" 10 new !echnology
<br />and allo\\ them to g.;lIn h:lI1d...-on experi-
<br />ence u"ing. the late'>! in radar relll{lIe-"en\ing re"earch:'
<br />he >;;1Il1.
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<br />The :-.iatitlml Wealher SCf".ice cllrrenll~ ha...:t ..y'tem of
<br />more than 151) D(lpplcr radar, thai \\,..... c...tab\i"hed in Ihe
<br />earl~ IlJ9()..., bill i, lool..ing 10 upgr:ule :!lIl1f the Dop-
<br />pkr" with new technology de\'eloped hy Colorado Stale.
<br />Ba"H.' re,ean.:h perfl1rmcd;1I Coltlrado SI:!le \',ill provide
<br />much ncetk'd infonnallOn re4uired by the i'\\VS to make
<br />Ihe Ir:lI1...1II011.
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<br />The radar I' being dl.'\'cloped and huilt in collaboration
<br />\lith Co\or.tdo St:l1e hy \\orld-It'ading: anlenna de,igner
<br />Vene\. RSI ('If Kilgore. Tel."". The projecl \~IIII:!l.e Iwo
<br />year" 10 Cllmplcte ;JnJ I... the Iarge't alllenna llf ii' I) pc
<br />('ver nm'tructcd by the company, Once a..,embled and
<br />le'lcd. II \\ III be "hIpped fnlm the company'" manu-
<br />f;h:IUnng facilit~ III Te\.:I... 10 Colorado and '1.'1 Lip al
<br />C(lI\lrado SI;UC', CHILL ~;ulon;11 Radar F:lClIiI~. ~1ore
<br />infoml:1lion atll,)ut the CHILL t~ICI1iIY can he f('lund on
<br />Ihe Web;1t hup://chill.l.'olo"l;tle.edu,
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<br />Brad Bohlander. CSU Uni\'C:f\it~ R.:I<ltion" - IU/J/02
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