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Hobart and William Smith Colleges |
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Neil F. Laird, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Geoscience |
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Summer Research Program |
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Participants: Jason Cordeira—Plymouth State University (graduating senior) Ryan Sobash—Penn State University (rising senior) Helen Carr—William Smith College (rising junior) Outcomes: Cordeira, J. and N. F. Laird, 2006: An investigation of two lake-effect snow events over an ice-covered Lake Erie. 1st Annual SUNY Oswego Lake-Effect Conference. Laird, N. F., H. Carr, and R. Sobash, 2006: Climatology of lake-effect snow bands in the New York State Finger Lakes region. 31st Northeastern Storm Conference. Cordeira, J. and N. F. Laird, 2006: The impact of ice cover on two lake-effect snow events in the eastern Great Lakes region. 31st Northeastern Storm Conference. Sobash, R., H. Carr, and N. F. Laird, 2006: An investigation of New York State Finger Lakes snow band events. Preprint, 5th Annual Student Conf., AMS Annual meeting. Carr, H. and N. F. Laird, 2006: An investigation of New York State Finger Lakes snow band events. 1st Northeast Sigma Xi Student Poster Conf. Sobash, R., H. Carr, and N. F. Laird, 2005: An investigation of New York State Finger Lakes snow band events. Preprint, 11th Conf. Mesoscale Processes. AMS. Cordeira, J. and N. F. Laird, 2005: The impact of ice cover on two lake-effect snow events in the eastern Great Lakes region. Preprint, 11th Conf. Mesoscale Processes. AMS. Laird, N. F., H. Carr, R. Sobash, and J. Cordeira, 2005: Lake-effect snow storm research at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. National Weather Service Forecast Office, Binghamton, NY |
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2005 |
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Participants: Ryan Sobash—Penn State University (graduating senior) Natasha Hodas—Cornell University (rising senior) Melissa Payer—Plymouth State University (rising junior) Jared Desrochers—Hobart College (rising senior) Outcomes: Laird, N. F., R. Sobash, and N. Hodas, (in prep): The frequency and characteristics of lake-effect precipitation bands in the New York State Finger Lakes region. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol. Cordeira, J. M. and N. F. Laird, (in revision): The influence of ice cover on two lake-effect snow events over Lake Erie. Mon. Wea. Rev. Payer, M., J. Desrochers, and N. F. Laird, 2007: A lake-effect snowband over Lake Champlain. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 3895-3900. Payer, M., J. Desrochers, and N. F. Laird, 2007: A climatological study of Lake Champlain lake-effect snow band events. 32nd Annual Northeastern Storm Conference. Hodas, N., R. Sobash and N. F. Laird, 2007: New York State Finger Lakes winter lake-effect events: Event characteristics. 32nd Annual Northeastern Storm Conference. Laird, N. F., J. Desrochers and M. Payer, 2007: An investigation of the climatic variability and forcing of Lake Champlain lake-effect snow systems. Symposium on Connections between Mesoscale Processes and Climate Variability. Desrochers, J., M. Payer and N. F. Laird, 2007: The variability of regional climate conditions associated with Lake Champlain lake-effect snows. 6th Annual AMS Student Conf. Payer, M., J. Desrochers and N. F. Laird, 2007: A climatological study of Lake Champlain lake-effect snow band events. 6th Annual AMS Student Conf. Hodas, N., R. Sobash and N. F. Laird, 2007: New York State Finger Lakes winter lake-effect events: Event characteristics. 6th Annual AMS Student Conf. Sobash, R., N. Hodas and N. F. Laird, 2007: New York State Finger Lakes winter lake-effect events: Surface, sounding and synoptic environment. 6th Annual AMS Student Conf. Payer, M., and N. F. Laird, 2006: A climatology and case study of Lake Champlain lake-effect snow bands. National Weather Service Forecast Office, Burlington, VT, Winter Weather Workshop. Payer, M., J. Desrochers, and N. F. Laird, 2006: A climatological study of Lake Champlain lake-effect snow band events. 1st Annual SUNY Oswego Lake-Effect Conference. Hodas, N., R. Sobash and N. F. Laird, 2006: New York State Finger Lakes winter lake-effect events: Event characteristics. 1st Annual SUNY Oswego Lake-Effect Conference. Laird, N. F., R. Sobash, and N. Hodas, 2006: New York State Finger Lakes winter lake-effect events: Surface, sounding, and synoptic environments. 1st Annual SUNY Oswego Lake-Effect Conference. Desrochers, J. and N. F. Laird, 2006: A climatological study of Lake Champlain lake-effect snows in northern New York and Vermont. 13th Conf. on the Adirondacks, Adirondack Research Consortium. Desrochers, J. and N. F. Laird, 2006: A climatological study of Lake Champlain lake-effect snows in northern New York and Vermont. 1st Northeast Sigma Xi Student Poster Conf. Laird, N. F., R. Sobash, N. Hodas, J. Desrochers, and M. Payer, 2006: Lake-effect snow storm research at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. National Weather Service Forecast Office, Binghamton, NY |
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2006 |
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Participants: Jared Desrochers—Hobart College (graduating senior) Gena Renninger—Penn State University (rising senior) Colin Zarzycki—Cornell University (rising senior) Outcomes: Laird, N. F., J. Desrochers, and M. Payer, (in review): Climatology of lake-effect precipitation bands over Lake Champlain. Appl. Meteor. Climatol. Renninger, G., C. Zarzycki and N. F. Laird, 2007: Rapid Variations in Lake Erie Ice Cover: Event Characteristics and the Influence of Cold Frontal Passages. 2nd Annual SUNY Oswego Lake-Effect Conference. Zarzycki, C., G. Renninger and N. F. Laird, 2007: Weather Conditions associated with Rapid Variations in Lake Erie Ice Cover. 2nd Annual SUNY Oswego Lake-Effect Conference. Laird, N. F., J. Desrochers and M. Payer, 2007: Climatology of Lake Champlain Lake-Effect Snow Events. 2nd Annual SUNY Oswego Lake-Effect Conference. |
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2007 |
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Six research positions are available for undergraduate students during the 2008 summer research program. Student research will examine several aspects of lake-effect snowstorms, Great Lakes ice cover, and summer lake-breeze circulations using a variety of meteorological data sets. Accepted students will conduct research investigations in close collaboration with Dr. Neil Laird during an 8-week summer program at Hobart & William Smith Colleges from June 2 through July 25, 2008. Students will receive a $2,800 summer salary, a food allowance of $800, free housing (with kitchen facilities) on the Hobart & William Smith Colleges campus, and reimbursement of travel costs to and from Geneva, NY. See 2008 announcement and application form for more details or contact Professor Laird (laird@hws.edu, (315) 781-3603) with questions. |
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2008 |
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