Preliminary Mission Plan for a Puerto Rico Dust Experiment (PRIDE) for Summer 2000

Summary The Puerto Rico Dust Experiment (PRIDE) is an applied science field research study of the radiative, microphysical, and transport properties of Saharan dust, scheduled for June 27-July 25, 2000. A group of Navy, NASA, and university scientists intend to conduct a combined surface, airborne, satellite and modeling campaign out of the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, Puerto Rico in an