Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Neil F. Laird, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Geoscience

 

Journal Publications

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.

 

Laird, N. F., J. Desrochers, and M. Payer, (in review): Climatology of lake-effect precipitation bands over Lake Champlain. 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.

 

Gerbush, M. R., D. A. R. Kristovich, and N. F. Laird, (in press): Surface heat fluxes over pack ice-covered Lake Erie. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol.

 

Payer, M., J. Desrochers, and N. F. Laird, 2007: A lake-effect snow band event over Lake Champlain. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 3895-3900. PDF

 

Laird, N. F., 2005: Humidity halos surrounding small cumulus clouds in a tropical environment. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 3420-3425. PDF

 

Grim, J. A., N. F. Laird, and D. A. R. Kristovich, 2004: Mesoscale vortices embedded within a lake-effect shoreline band. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 2269–2274. PDF

 

Laird, N. F. and D. A. R. Kristovich, 2004: Comparison of observations with idealized model results for a method to resolve winter lake-effect mesoscale morphology. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 1093-1103. PDF

 

Laird, N. F., J. E. Walsh, and D. R. Kristovich, 2003: Model simulations examining the relationship of lake-effect morphology to lake shape, wind direction, and wind speed. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 2102-2111. PDF

 

Laird, N. F., D. R. Kristovich, and J. E. Walsh, 2003: Idealized model simulations examining the mesoscale structure of winter lake-effect circulations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 206-221. PDF

 

Kristovich, D. A. R., N. F. Laird, and M. R. Hjelmfelt, 2003: Convective evolution across Lake Michigan in a lake-effect snow event. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 643-655. PDF

 

Laird, N. F. and D. Kristovich, 2002: Variations of sensible and latent heat fluxes from a Great Lakes buoy and associated synoptic weather patterns. J. Hydrometeor., 3, 3-12. PDF

 

Laird, N. F., D. A. R. Kristovich, X.-Z. Liang, R. W. Arrit, and K. Labas, 2001: Lake Michigan lake breezes: climatology, local forcing, and synoptic environment. J. Appl. Meteor., 40, 409-424. PDF

 

Laird, N. F., L. J. Miller, and D. A. R. Kristovich, 2001: Synthetic dual-Doppler analysis of a winter mesoscale vortex. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 312-331. PDF

 

Laird, N. F., H. T. Ochs, R. M. Rauber and L. J. Miller, 2000: Initial precipitation formation in warm Florida cumulus. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 3740-3751. PDF

 

Cooper, K. A., M.R. Hjelmfelt, D. A. R. Kristovich, R. G. Derickson, and N. F. Laird, 2000: Numerical simulations of an observed lake effect snow storm with transitions between linear and cellular convective structures. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 3283-3295. PDF

 

Laird, N. F., 1999: Observation of coexisting mesoscale lake-effect vortices over the western Great Lakes. Mon. Wea. Rev., 127, 1137-1141. PDF

 

Kristovich, D. A. R., N. F. Laird, M. R. Hjelmfelt, R. G. Derickson, and K. A. Cooper, 1999: Transitions in boundary layer meso-gamma convective structures: An observational case study. Mon. Wea. Rev., 127, 2895-1909. PDF

 

Andsager, K., K. V. Beard and N. F. Laird, 1999: Laboratory measurements of axis ratios for large raindrops. J. Atmos. Sci, 56, 2673-2683. PDF

 

Isard, S. A., D. A. R. Kristovich, S. H. Gage, C. J. Jones and N. F. Laird, 1998: Atmospheric motion systems that influence the redistribution and accumulation of insects on the beaches of the Great Lakes in North America. Physical Aerobiology, 1.

 

Kristovich, D. A. R., and N. F. Laird, 1998: Observations of widespread lake effect cloudiness: Influences of lake surface temperature and upwind conditions. Wea. Forecasting, 13, 811-821. PDF

 

Rauber R. M., N. F. Laird and H. T. Ochs, 1996: Precipitation efficiency of trade wind clouds over the north-central Pacific Ocean. J. Geophys. Res.- Atmos., 101, D21., 26247-26253.

 

Laird, N. F., D. A. R. Kristovich, R. M. Rauber, H. T. Ochs, and L. J. Miller, 1995: The Cape Canaveral sea and river breezes: Kinematic structure and convective initiation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 123, 2942-2956. PDF

 

Ochs, H. T., K. V. Beard, N. F. Laird, D. J. Holdridge and D. E. Schaufelberger, 1995: Effects of relative humidity on the coalescence of small precipitation drops in free fall. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 3673-3680. PDF

 

Ochs, H. T., K. V. Beard, R. R. Czys, N. F. Laird, D. J. Holdridge and D. E. Schaufelberger, 1995: Collisions between small precipitation drops. Part I: Laboratory measurements of bounce, coalescence and temporary coalescence. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 2258-2275. PDF