Research
Decades of excellence in understanding and predicting climate and weather
Colorado State University engineers translate research to commercial and societal impact, through our broad capabilities in engineering for environmental sustainability, climate and weather, infrastructure resilience, health and human-environment systems, and the cross-cutting themes of data, information, and systems.
Research that defines
Cutting-edge
We bring together academic researchers from Colorado State University with researchers from NOAA, NASA, and other institutions, to perform cutting edge research using satellite observations, numerical modeling, machine learning, and other methods to better our understanding of our planet and improve operational forecasting of weather and climate.
Our broad capabilities include:
- Predicting climate and weather
- AI for weather and climate research
- Predicting climate change
- Extreme weather and climate events
- Earth remote sensing instruments and technologies
- Predicting water availability and wildfire risk in a changing climate
- Climate intervention modeling
1984
First of CSU's globally respected Atlantic Hurricane Forecasts released
Faculty and Researchers
Department of Atmospheric Science featured on PBS NOVA
Researchers in the Department of Atmospheric Science are featured in a new episode of the long-running PBS science documentary series NOVA. It explores the occurrence of “rain bombs” – a potentially deadly global weather phenomenon that continues to mystify scientists.