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Research

Research highlights

Current and previous research at Chilbolton Observatory is concentrated in areas including dynamical meteorology, cloud physics, satellite transmission measurements and radiowave propagation.

  • Atmospheric billows
  • Clouds
  • Satellite remote sensing ground truth
  • Lidar
  • Squall line
  • Hail storm
  • Clear air observations
  • Weather front
  • Supercooled Layers
  • Storm Observations
  • April 2010 volcanic ash

Scientific campaigns

  • APPRAISE Project
  • CAESAR & MICROMIX
  • Cloud Lidar and Radar Experiment (CLARE)
  • Convective Storm Initiation project (CSIP)
  • Cloud and Water Vapour Experiment for Model Comparisons (CWAVE)
  • NCAVEO Field Experiment
  • CAESAR & WINTEX

Satellite experiments

  • Galileo
  • Space situational awareness

CFARR publications

  • Publications (2008 - 2009) (PDF - 38kB - link opens in a new window) (PDF - link opens in a new window)
  • Publications (2002 - 2007) (PDF - 130kB - link opens in a new window) (PDF - link opens in a new window)

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