National TV Meteorologists Hear About Latest in Weather Radar Technology

A Colorado State University professor on Wednesday will teach a short course in Denver for TV meteorologists on the latest in weather radar developed at Colorado State.

Professor V. "Chandra" Chandrasekar will teach the nationwide audience of broadcast meteorologists a course on dual-polarization radars preceding the American Meteorological Society's 36th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology. Dual-polarization radar is the latest technology to be used by forecasters to warn the public about developing severe weather and will be adopted as the new National Weather Service standard starting in 2009.
Read the full story of Professor Chandrasekar's seminar on next-generation weather radar here.

CSU a Pioneer in Wind Energy, Partner with World-leading Denmark

Since 2005, Denmark - the world's most advanced wind-powered nation - Colorado State University and a startup company in Fort Collins have collaborated to address challenges of taking intermittent wind power and turning it into a stable and reliable renewable resource. Colorado State University and Fort Collins' Spirae Inc. jointly developed the InteGrid Laboratory, one of the largest facilities of its type in the world, to provide innovative solutions of renewable and distributed power integration.

CSU officials have been invited to participate in a series of conferences in Denmark this summer including the "Citris-Copenhagen Research Conference on Climate and Energy" June 18-19, which will feature only one other American university. Wade Troxell, associate dean in the College of Engineering at Colorado State, will also speak at the University of Copenhagen's Climate Lecture about CSU's plans for a 65-megawatt wind farm.
Read the full story of CSU's work to develop renewable-friendly power grid management technologies.