Collaborative Research: AGS-FIRP Track 1--Reflections from the Radar - Educational Impacts of a Gulf Coast Field Experiment

This project will deploy a mobile weather radar to the Florida Gulf Coast to provide students a hands-on learning experience with advanced observational technology. Students will use the radar to study coastal thunderstorms, which are significant hazards in the region. The University of Oklahoma Rapid-scan X-Band Polarimetric mobile radar (RaXPol) will be deployed in support of a Radar Meteorology course to study mesoscale convective systems and other coastal weather. Students will gain comprehensive experience operating a mobile research radar, designing and executing scanning strategies, collecting and processing rapid-scan polarimetric observations, and conducting case-study analyses using the data. This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria. NSF Award ID: 2610378 | Program: 01002627DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT | Principal Investigator: Chaehyeon Nam | Institution: Florida State University, TALLAHASSEE, FL | Award Amount: $43,265 View on NSF Award Search: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/show-award/?AWD_ID=2610378 View on Research.gov: https://www.research.gov/awardapi-service/v1/awards/2610378.html