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Cassandra Gaston

@tropicalCass

Associate professor @MiamiRosenstiel. Interested in all things dusty, smokey, and marine. Beagle enthusiast

Joined September 2020
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Check out our new paper on the impact of volcanic ash and dust on marine phosphorus cycling frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
Frontiers | Godzilla mineral dust and La Soufrière volcanic ash fallout immediately stimulate...

Frontiers | Godzilla mineral dust and La Soufrière volcanic ash fallout immediately stimulate...

During the "Godzilla" dust storm of June 2020, unusually high fluxes of mineral dust traveled across the Atlantic from the Sahara Desert, reaching the Caribb...

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Check out BACO’s feature from @NewsAtTheU 🙌 Thank you to the University of Miami communications team for putting together this comprehensive overview of BACO’s past, present, and future. news.miami.edu/stories/2023/… – at Miami, FL
Barbados site ramps up efforts to measure dust, aerosols

Barbados site ramps up efforts to measure dust, aerosols

Upgrades to a University of Miami observatory that tracks the transport of dust and other aerosols will make all sorts of new measurements possible and could help determine if the high number of...

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NC Sea Grant@SeaGrantNC1 Nov 2023
Congrats to Dr. Plaas, a member of our NC Sea Grant Advisory Board!
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David Ho@_david_ho_14 Sep 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Heather Benway of @WHOI, the recipient of the 2023 @theAGU Ocean Sciences Award in recognition of her excellent leadership of @US_OCB. Her tireless work helps advance science and maintain a sense of community. 🎉 agu.org/honors/announcement/…
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My good friend and neighbor is in urgent need of a kidney. Please read her post: akidney4lisa.com/post/sad-ne…
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CIMH@CIMHbb18 Aug 2023
The Barbados Atmospheric Chemistry Observatory (BACO) is set to receive a US $1M grant from the US government enabling it to undergo a significant upgrade, expanding its research capabilities to study the impact of African dust particles on clouds, climate, & air quality.
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CIMH@CIMHbb18 Aug 2023
The upgrade of the BACO coincides with the Barbados segment of the Moisture and Aerosol Gradients/Physics of Inversion Evolution (MAGPIE) field experiment, which focuses on atmospheric dynamics, moisture transport and aerosol-cloud interactions, is underway in Barbados.
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#SaharanDust has moved in heavily over #Barbados @MiamiRosenstiel – at Barbados
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Youloo - The Ragged Point spirit animal🐶 – at Barbados
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More excitement in the Atlantic! NOAA’s GOES satellite captures Tropical Storm Don pulling in Saharan dust and forcing plumes further north! Skies are looking very hazy today over Miami! #saharandust #dust #tropicalstormdon #umiami #atlantic #barbados
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GEOS forecast for Saharan dust #saharandust #dust #aerosols #miami #barbados – at Miami, FL
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Mark Parrington@m_parrington9 Jul 2023
#SaharanDust across the Atlantic/Caribbean & Spain/W Mediterranean, ahead of thicker plume developing with #Calima winds & long-range transport in @CopernicusECMWF Atmosphere Monitoring Service @ECMWF aerosol optical depth forecast from 9 July 00 UTC ads.atmosphere.copernicus.eu…
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Saharan dust haze and Miami morning traffic 🚗 #saharandust #dust #miami #barbados – at Miami, FL
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And here at BACO, we’re ready to conduct more intense sampling with the anticipation of the dust! #saharandust #research – at Barbados
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Several large dust plumes are due to move in over the Caribbean and South Florida starting tonight and lasting into the week! What to expect: hazy skies, lower temperatures, less rainfall, and gorgeous sunsets. #saharandust #miami #barbados – at Miami, FL
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The BACO tower against a beautiful Barbados night sky 🌌 Image curtesy of @aerosoloist #barbados #miami #umiami #aerosol #science #universityofmiami #research
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📍Ragged Point, Barbados Incredible views from BACO 🌊
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Sampling in Barbados with @Haley_M_Royer, Albert Ortiz, and Dr. Edmund Blades
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#ThrowbackThursday BACO in 1984! Shots of the tower on Ragged Point by Dr. Joe Prospero #saharandust #dustresearch #climate #universityofmiami #umiami #barbados – at Barbados
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Congratulations to Dr. Haley Royer for an outstanding defense.
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