Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere

V. Chandrasekar

University Distinguished Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, Colorado State University

chandra@engr.colostate.edu

Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere
Colorado State University
1375 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1375

970-491-7981

Research Interests: 

Polarimetric Radar Observations, Radar System Design, Radar Network Development, Image Processing, Neural Network Applications, Large Scale System Simulation

Dr. Chandrasekar (Chandra) has made pioneering contributions in the area of “Polarimetric Radar Observations of the Atmosphere”. Dr. Chandra has extensive experience in Radar System Design, Radar Network Development, DSP Design as well as RF Communication Systems. He has contributed significantly to the areas of weather radar and applications to Atmospheric Sciences. He also conducts research on related topics including Image Processing, Neural Network Applications and Large Scale System Simulation. He has organized and participated in six large multi-agency, national level experiments involving many radars, aircraft and ground instrumentation. He is an avid experimentalist conducting special experiments to collect in-situ observations to verify the new techniques and technologies. Dr. Chandra is co-author of two textbooks, Polarimetric and Doppler Weather Radar (by Cambridge University Press) and Probability and Random Processes (by McGraw Hill).

Current Research Projects: 

Co-PI of the CSU-CHILL radar facility where he plays an important role in maintaining it as one of the most advanced meteorological radar systems in the world available for research.  Dr. Chandra works actively with the CSU-CHILL radar supporting its research and education mission. He is also Co-PI and the associate director of the NSF Engineering Research Center, CASA (Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere), where he provides leadership for the sensing research in the center.