People who live in the desert know dust. It settles on every piece of
furniture, and it reappears as soon as it's wiped off. It's a fact of life
and desert dwellers learn to live with it. But there's one big dust problem
in the desert no one wants to live with -- and DRI researchers are
looking for ways to help fix it.
Here are some road signs on DRI's journey "Back to the Future" . . .
Why Work on a Mountaintop?
DRI atmospheric scientists work in the Storm Peak laboratory on a
10,500-foot-high mountaintop. This enables them to actually work
inside of a cloud during winter, the stormiest season of the year. Their
research involves the microphysics of precipitation processes, snow
deposition, how precipitation removes pollutants from the air, and the
amount of solar energy storm clouds reflect back into space.
SHORT TAKES
Graduate Students Receive Awards
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1995 Maxey Award
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Jonathan O. Davis Scholarship Awarded
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General Frederick Lander Scholarship for Native Americans
PROFILES
Elizabeth Carter doesn't have her head in the clouds . . . she just likes
to work there.
Brad Lyles is a detective, but not the trenchcoat-clad, crime-solving
kind that leaps to mind. Instead, Lyles investigates water-
groundwater to be exact.