Welcome
I am a Doherty Research Scientist at
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University.
I am generally interested in why and how climate changes. Why our Earth
can be a "hothouse" and a "snowball" and how we human beings change our
Earth's climate in a way that may affect our daily lives.
I pioneered research on “global
dimming” (view
animation), which is the analysis of surface solar irradiance and I
work on the implications of these changes on the climate system such as
the water and carbon cycle, for example. Aerosols, aerosol - cloud
interactions and greenhouse gas emissions are key factors in these
studies. See Realclimate blog stories on “Global
dimming and Climate models” and “Global
Dimming”
Data analyses and
mathematical models are my primary tools but my life as a scientist
wouldn't be complete without field measurements. Going up on a hot-air
balloon, or walking the streets of Manhattan to measure air pollution,
weather, and radiation are some of these activities. See
New Yorker - Talk of the Town story "Up,
up and away" by Nick Paumgarten.
Contact Info:
Dr. Beate Liepert
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
New Core Lab Rm. 201
P.O. Box 1000
61 Rte. 9W
Palisades, NY 10964
USA
1-845-365 8870
1-845-365 8154 (fax)
email address
© 2006 Dr. Beate Liepert