Cape San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA [CPR]
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GMD Projects at Cape San Juan
Aerosol Surface, Continuous Measurements
Cooperating Agency: Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies at University of Puerto Rico
NOAA ESRL/GMD and the University of Puerto Rico are cooperating to measure aerosol optical properties in the Caribbean. The aerosol instrumentation deployed will be similar to that at some of GMD baseline stations (e.g., MLO). Initially, the deployment will be part of two larger field studies RICO - Rain in Cumulus over the Ocean Experiment and PRACS (Puerto Rico Aerosols and Clouds Experiment).
Some of the objectives of these studies are:
- To gain a better understanding of the chemical, physical and optical properties of tropical marine organic aerosols
- To gain a better understanding of how marine organic aerosols affect tropical clouds and climate