Xinzhao Chu Associate Professor Aerospace Engineering Sciences University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0429 Phone: (303) 735-1008, (303) 492-3280 Xinzhao.Chu@colorado.edu

Focus Area

Remote Sensing, Earth, & Space Sciences

Education 

Ph.D., Physics and Electrical Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 1996

B.S., Physics and Electrical Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 1991

Professional Experience

2007-Present, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado

2005-2007, Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado

2005-Present, Fellow, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado

2005, Visiting Scientist, Arecibo Observatory, National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center

1997-2005, Research Scientist, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Illinois

1996-1997, Visiting Scientist, Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany

Awards & Honors (selected)

Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Award, National Science Foundation (NSF) (2007)
Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation (2007)
Director, Consortium Technology Center for NSF Lidar Consortium of Resonance and Rayleigh Lidars (2006-Present)

Antarctica Service Medal of the United States of America, National Science Foundation (NSF) (2001)

NSF recognition of the completion of a successful season at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica (2000,2001)

NASA recognition of valuable contribution to the success of the 1998 Leonid Meteor Encounter Multi-Instrument Airborne Science Mission(1998)

Research Interests

Lidar remote sensing instrumentation and applications on various platforms; Atmospheric and space sciences; Atomic, molecular, and laser physics and spectroscopy; Photonics, optoelectronics, and quantum electronics; Atmospheric remote sensing using lidar, radar, and satellite techniques

Publications (selected)

Chu, X., P. J. Espy, G. J. Nott, J. C. Diettrich, and C. S. Gardner, Polar mesospheric clouds observed by an iron Boltzmann lidar at Rothera (67.5°S, 68.0°W), Antarctica from 2002-2005: properties and implications, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D20213, doi: 10.1029/2006JD007086, 2006.

Chu, X., Alexandrite-ring-laser based Fe Doppler lidar for mobile/airborne deployment, Proceeding of the 23rd International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC), 385-388, 2006.

Chu, X., and G. C. Papen, Resonance Fluorescence Lidar for Measurements of the Middle and Upper Atmosphere, in the book of Laser Remote Sensing, edited by T. Fujii and T. Fukuchi, published by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, ISBN: 0-8247-4256-7, page 179-432, 2005.

Chu, X., C. S. Gardner, and S. J. Franke, Nocturnal thermal structure of the MLT region at Maui, HI (20.7°N) and Starfire Optical Range, NM (35°N), Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, D09S03, doi:10.1029/2004JD004891, 2005.

Stevens, M. H., R. R. Meier, X. Chu, M. T. DeLand, and J. M. C. Plane, Antarctic polar mesospheric clouds formed from space shuttle exhaust, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L13810, doi:10.1029/2005GL023054, 2005.

Chu, X., G. J. Nott, P. J. Espy, C. S. Gardner, J. C. Diettrich, M. A. Clilverd, and M. J. Jarvis, Lidar observations of polar mesospheric clouds at Rothera, Antarctica (67.5°S, 68.0°W), Geophysical Research Letter, 31, L02114, doi: 10.1029/2003GL018638, 2004.

Plane, J. M. C., B. J. Murray, X. Chu, and C. S. Gardner, Removal of meteoric iron on polar mesospheric clouds, Science, 304, 426-428, 2004.

Chu, X., G. S. Gardner, and R. G. Roble, "Lidar studies of interannual, seasonal and diurnal variations of polar mesospheric clouds at the South Pole", Journal of Geophysical Research, 108 (D8), 8447, doi: 10.1029/2002JD002524, 2003.

Chu, X., W. Pan, G. Papen, C. S. Gardner, and J. Gelbwachs, "Fe Boltzmann Temperature LIDAR: Design, Error Analysis, and Initial Results at the North and South Poles", Applied Optics, 41, 4400-4410, 2002.

Chu, X., C. S. Gardner, and G. Papen, "Lidar observations of polar mesospheric clouds at South Pole: Diurnal variations", Geophysical Research Letters, 28, 1937-1940, 2001.

Gardner, C. S., G. C. Papen, X. Chu, and W. Pan, "First lidar observations of middle atmosphere temperatures, Fe densities, and polar mesospheric clouds over the North and South poles", Geophysical Research Letters, 28, 1199-1202, 2001.

Chu, X., W. Pan, G. Papen, C. S. Gardner, G. Swenson, and P. Jenniskens, "Characteristics of Fe ablation trails observed during the 1998 Leonid meteor shower", Geophysical Research Letters, 27, 1807-1810, 2000.

Chu, X., A.Z. Liu, G. Papen, C.S. Gardner, M. Kelley, J. Drummond, and R. Fugate, "Lidar observations of elevated temperatures in bright chemilluminescent meteor trails during the 1998 Leonid shower", Geophysical Research Letters, 27, 1815-1818, 2000.

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