
Steven A. Rutlege
Professor, Atmospheric Science Department, Colorado State University
About Me:
Research Interests:
Cloud physics, radar meteorology, cloud electricity and lightning, tropical meteorology
Current Research Projects:
The CSU-CHILL Radar Facility; Analysis of TRMM precipitation radar and microwave imager data to study the characteristics of tropical rainfall; study of the dynamical, microphysical and electrical characteristics of mid-latitude convection and Mesoscale Convective Systems; shipboard radar PI for DYNAMO, DOE ASR support to analyze radar data for Improving numerical models; Developing ground validation plans for the Global Precipitation Measurement mission; developing multi-Doppler, hydrometeor identification and rainfall algorithms for the CASA-ERC X-band radar system.