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Facilities

The department operates several facilities in the CSU Foothills campus and around northern Colorado.

Main Building (ATS)
  • The largest of all the facilities, this building contains the majority of department offices and classrooms.
Main building
Atmospheric Science and CIRA Research Center (ACRC) ACRC
Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosol Laboratory
  • This building houses offices and laboratories associated with the three Atmospheric Chemistry research groups. Laboratories include several analytical chemistry labs, an aerosol-cloud interactions laboratory, and two instrument development labs.
Atmospheric Chemistry
CHILL National Radar Facility
  • Located in the plains northeast of Greeley, CO, the CHILL facility contains an 11cm polarmetric radar system and several supporting offices.
CHILL National Radar Facility
Satellite Earth Station
  • The department operates several laboratory facilities dedicated to the acquisition, processing, and display of satellite and other weather data products.
Satellite Earth Station
CSU Campus and Christman Field Weather Stations
  • Stations located on the CSU campus and at Christman Field near the department headquarters monitor and report weather conditions continuously.
Christman Field
Colorado Climate Center
  • The Colorado Climate Center assists the state of Colorado in monitoring climate over time scales of weeks to years.
CCC
Atmospheric Science Branch Library
  • This facility is located within the main building and affords faculty, staff, and students with physical and electronic access to most modern atmospheric science materials as well as many historical items.
Branch Library