Cesar Salazar

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Cesar Salazar

Research Scientist

cesar.salazar@ou.edu
cesar.salazar@noaa.gov
National Weather Center 4426

Education

PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Oklahoma
MS, Industrial Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
BS, Industrial Engineering, University of San Martin de Porres

Affiliated CIWRO Team

Advanced Radar Techniques (ART)

About

Cesar M. Salazar was born in Chiclayo, Peru, in March 1992. He earned a B.S. degree in industrial engineering from the University of San Martin de Porres, Peru, in 2012, an M.S. degree in industrial engineering from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez in 2017, and a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from The University of Oklahoma (OU), USA, in 2022, where he worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at the Advanced Radar Research Center (ARRC).

After his Ph.D., he held post-doctoral positions at the ARRC (Dec 2022–May 2023) and at the Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations (CIWRO), OU (May 2023–Dec 2024). Since December 2024, he has been a Research Scientist at CIWRO. His research focuses on signal processing with applications to polarimetric weather radars.

Research Focus

Signal processing for weather radars

CIWRO Research Themes

Weather Radar and Observations

Publications

Salazar, C. M., D. Schvartzman, B. Cheong, and R. D. Palmer, 2024: A Novel Cross-Polar Canceller Technique for Improved Polarimetric Performance of Fully Digital Phased Array Radar. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 62, 1–17. doi:10.1109/TGRS.2024.3435520.
Salazar, C. M., B. Cheong, R. D. Palmer, D. Schvartzman, and A. Ryzhkov, 2024: Improvements in the Compression Filter and Calibration Factor of the Progressive Pulse Compression Technique. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 62, 1–14. doi:10.1109/TGRS.2024.3353174.
Salazar, C., B. Cheong, and R. D. Palmer, 2021: Progressive Pulse Compression: A Novel Technique for Blind Range Recovery for Solid-State Radars. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 38, 1599–1611. doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0164.1.
Ramirez-Beltran, N. D., C. Salazar, J. M. Castro Sanchez, and J. E. Gonzalez, 2019: A Satellite Algorithm for Estimating Relative Humidity, Based on GOES and MODIS Satellite Data. Int. J. Remote Sens., 40, 9237–9259. doi:10.1080/01431161.2019.1629715.
Ramirez-Beltran, N. D., J. E. Gonzalez, J. M. Castro, M. Angeles, E. W. Harmsen, and C. Salazar, 2017: Analysis of the Heat Index in the Mesoamerica and Caribbean Region. J. Appl. Meteorol. Climatol., 56, 2905–2925. doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-16-0167.1.

Conference presentations

Salazar, C. M., and S. Torres, 2025: Developing a Machine Learning Algorithm for Detecting Wind Turbine Clutter Contamination on Radar Data. AMS 41st International Conference on Radar Meteorology, Virtual, 25–29 August 2025, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Salazar, C. M., B. L. Cheong, R. D. Palmer, D. Schvartzman, and A. V. Ryzhkov, 2023: Paving the Way to Pulse Compression Radar Systems Without Blind Range—An Experimental Evaluation of the PPC+ Technique. 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology, AMS, August 2023.
Salazar, C. M., D. Schvartzman, B. Cheong, and R. D. Palmer, 2023: Experimental Validation of the Cross-Polar Canceller (XPC) Technique: A Novel Solution to Improve the Cross-Polar Contamination on Polarimetric Phased Array Weather Radars. 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology, AMS, August 2023.
Salazar, C., D. Schvartzman, B. Cheong, and R. D. Palmer, 2022: Cross-Polar Canceller (XPC): A Technique to Reduce Cross-Polar Pattern Contamination in Polarimetric Weather Observations. In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology, pp. 1–8.
Salazar, C., B. Cheong, R. D. Palmer, D. Schvartzman, and A. Ryzhkov, 2022: Progressive Pulse Compression: A Promising Solution to the Blind Range Challenge for Solid-State Weather Radar. 11th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, 2022.
Salazar, C., D. Schvartzman, B. L. Cheong, and R. D. Palmer, 2022: Signal Processing Technique to Increase Cross-Polar Isolation on Fully Digital Phased Array Radars. 2022 IEEE Radar Conference (RadarConf22), pp. 1–6. doi:10.1109/RadarConf2248738.2022.9764360.
Ramirez-Beltran, N. D., C. Salazar, J. E. Gonzalez, and J. M. Castro, 2016: A Time Series Model and Satellite Data to Estimate Air Temperature. In Proceedings of ISERC 2016 Annual IISE Conference.
Salazar, C., and N. D. Ramirez-Beltran, 2016: Application of Clustering Techniques to Divide the Caribbean Area in Homogeneous Climatic Zones. In Proceedings of ISERC 2016 Annual IISE Conference.
Salazar, C., N. D. Ramirez-Beltran, J. M. Castro Sanchez, and J. E. Gonzalez, 2016: Estimation of Precipitable Water Using Satellite Data. XXI Sigma Xi Poster Day. Poster Presentation.
Salazar, C., N. D. Ramirez-Beltran, J. M. Castro Sanchez, and J. E. Gonzalez, 2016: Estimation of Precipitable Water Using Satellite Data. 51st Junior Technical Meeting—36th Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting. Poster Presentation.
Ramirez-Beltran, N. D., C. Salazar, J. M. Castro, and J. Gonzalez, 2016: A Real Time Algorithm Based on GOES Data to Estimate Hourly Air Temperature for Puerto Rico. Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences.
Castro Sanchez, J. M., and C. Salazar, 2016: Analysis of Heat Index and Heat Waves Over the Caribbean. AMS 96th Annual Meeting, American Meteorology Society. Poster Session.
Salazar, C., and N. D. Ramirez, 2015: Heat Index Caribbean Climatology and Heat Wave Detected Over the Greater Antilles. 8th NEA Science Day. Poster Presentation.

Professional organizations

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)