The Role of African Dust Particles on Cloud Chemistry and Microphysics in a Tropical Montane Cloud Forest in the Caribbean

Elvis Torres-Delgado1, Carlos J. Valle-Diaz2, Darrel Baumgardner3, William H McDowell4, Grizelle Gonzalez5 and Olga L Mayol-Bracero1, (1)University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, Department of Environmental Science, San Juan, PR, United States, (2)Coastal Carolina Community College, Natural Sciences, Jacksonville, NC, United States, (3)Droplet Measurement Technologies, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, (5)USDA Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, Vallejo, United States