CIRES Research Scientist
NOAA ESRL/GML
Betsy Andrews’ research focus is on in-situ aerosol optical properties for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Earth Systems Research Laboratory's (ESRL) Aerosol Group. This program is dedicated to measuring and understanding aerosol characteristics relevant for climate change. The approach is to make aerosol measurements at a wide variety of sites across the globe in order to encompass various aerosol types (e.g., dust, smoke, sea salt, etc.) and regions (e.g., Asia, Arctic, etc). Currently, Betsy is very involved in using these measurements of the surface in-situ measurements of aerosol optical properties to evaluate global climate model simulations of aerosols.