Elisabeth Andrews
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
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About
Elisabeth Andrews is an atmospheric scientist whose research focuses on the complex role of aerosols in the climate system, with particular emphasis on their optical properties and radiative effects. Her work spans multiple critical areas: the climatic impacts of land-use change, the spatial representativeness of aerosol observations, and the characterization of light-absorbing aerosols including black carbon and dust. Andrews's most influential study (56 citations) investigates how rapid agricultural expansion on the U.S. Great Plains has dramatically increased windblown dust emissions, linking land management practices directly to regional climate forcing. Her highly cited work on black carbon radiation absorption (45 citations) addresses a major source of uncertainty in climate modeling by quantifying spatial representativeness errors in ground-based observation networks. Andrews has also contributed to the AeroCom Phase III initiative, evaluating how well global models simulate aerosol optical properties against a suite of satellite and ground-based observations. Her recent research in the Po Valley examines the complex absorption properties of urban aerosols using innovative filter-based photometers. Through her integration of satellite remote sensing, ground-based observations, and model evaluation, Andrews provides essential constraints on aerosol radiative forcing that improve our understanding of anthropogenic climate change.
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- 1Dust Impacts of Rapid Agricultural Expansion on the Great Plains56 citations · 2020
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