Caricoos Nasa Aerosols

This project, led by Pablo Méndez-Lázaro, associate professor at the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, is developing an experimental support and monitoring tool for Saharan dust to track how the seasonal dust particles travel across the Atlantic Ocean which affect air quality in Puerto Rico.

As Saharan dust travels across the Atlantic, it reflects visible and infrared light, which is detected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-16 mission; the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometers (MODIS) on NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites; and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) mission. Suomi NPP is a joint mission between NASA and NOAA.