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Measurement report: A comparative analysis of an intensive incursion of fluorescing African dust particles over Puerto Rico and another over Spain
Bighnaraj Sarangi
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, PR, USA
Darrel Baumgardner
Droplet Measurement Technologies, LLC, Longmont, CO, USA
Ana Isabel Calvo
Department of Physics, Universidad de León, 24071 León, Spain
Benjamin Bolaños-Rosero
Department of Microbiology and Medical Zoology, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico – Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR, USA
Roberto Fraile
Department of Physics, Universidad de León, 24071 León, Spain
Alberto Rodríguez-Fernández
Department of Biodiversity and Environmental Management, University of León, 24071 León, Spain
Delia Fernández-González
Department of Biodiversity and Environmental Management, University of León, 24071 León, Spain
Carlos Blanco-Alegre
Department of Physics, Universidad de León, 24071 León, Spain
Cátia Gonçalves
Department of Physics, Universidad de León, 24071 León, Spain
Estela D. Vicente
Department of Physics, Universidad de León, 24071 León, Spain
Olga L. Mayol-Bracero
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, PR, USA
Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
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Measurements of fluorescing aerosol particle properties have been made during two major African dust events, one over the island of Puerto Rico and the other over the city of León, Spain. The measurements were made with two wideband integrated bioaerosol spectrometers. A significant change in the background aerosol properties, at both locations, is observed when the dust is in the respective regions.
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