Educational Qualifications
Graduate Diploma in Management
2000 (
PhD 1998 (The
Graduate Diploma in Meteorology
1977-78 (Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre)
BSc 1974 (The University of New South Wales)
Research Interests
Applied mesoscale
meteorological modelling including the following
phenomena:-
Severe storms;
East coast lows;
Air quality phenomena;
Extratropical climate variability and change
Synoptic
and mesoscale meteorology
Active Projects
Documenting Australian east coast subtropical rain systems in
collaboration with Bureau of Meteorology, Sydney.
Impacts/causes of multi-decadal changes in NSW coastal rainfall.
Australian
east coast rainfall decline related to large scale climate drivers in
collaboration with several USA colleagues.
A mesoscale model analysis of diurnal and
spatial variations in particulate matter over the Korean east coast in
collaboration with Professor Choi, Gangneung University, Korea.
A meteorological analysis of the 31 March 2009 Coffs Harbour
flash flood rainfall and implications for flash flood warnings, in
collaboration with Bureau of Meteorology, Sydney.
Awards
Bureau of Meteorology Fire Weather Forecasting Excellence Award for the
Bureau’s response to the January 2003 fires of southeastern
The
Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society’s Christopher Taylor Award,
1996 (awarded for meteorological research and investigation)
Committees/Invitations (since 2000)
Invited scientific expert
for the NSW Environmental Defender’s Office from 2008.
Associate Editor, Australian Meteorological
and Oceanographic Journal from 2007.
Invited Visiting Professor to Atmospheric
Sciences Department, Kangnung National University,
Kangnung, Republic
of Korea, 6-10 November, 2006.
Secretary, Asia-Oceania
Geosciences Society (Atmosphere Section), 2005-2009
Editorial Board, Asia-Oceania Geosciences
Society (Atmosphere Section), 2005-2009
Chair,
Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Sydney Centre 2000-2001
Affiliated Publications
Speer, M.S., Leslie, L.M., Fierro, A. Australian east coast rainfall decline related to large scale climate drivers. Climate Dynamics (submitted)
Lamb, P.J., Leslie, L.M, Timmer,
R., Speer, M.S. 2009. Multidecadal Variability of Eastern Australian Dust and Northern New Zealand
Sunshine: Associations with Pacific Climate System. Journal of
Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, Vol. 114, D09106, doi:10.1029/2008JD011184.
Speer, M.S., Wiles, P. and A. Pepler.
2009. Low
pressure systems off the
Speer,
M.S. 2008. On the Late Twentieth Century Decrease in
Australian east coast Rainfall Extremes. Atmos. Sci. Let., 9, 160-170.
Choi, H.
and Speer, M.S. 2007. Influence of
secondary chemical processes of gases on PM1, PM2.5 and PM10
concentrations over the Korean coast, Advances in Geosciences, Vol.9: Solid Earth., Ocean Sciences
& Atmospheric Science, World Scientific Publishing.
Choi, H.
and Speer, M.S. 2006 The influence of
synoptic-mesoscale winds and sea surface temperature
distribution on fog formation near the Korean western peninsula, Meteorol. Appl., 13, 347-360.
Leslie,
L.M. and Speer, M.S. 2006 Modelling dust
transport over central eastern
Speer, M.S. and Leslie, L.M. Local to long-range dust transport over central eastern Australia, Advances in Geosciences 2006: Vol. 5 (Oceans and Atmospheres), World Scientific Press, Singapore, pp.134.
Choi, H., and M.S. Speer
2006: Effects of atmospheric circulation and boundary layer structure on the
dispersion of suspended particulates in the
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Other Publications
(last 8 years)
L. Qi., Leslie, L.M. and M.S.Speer 2006: Climatology of cyclones over the southwest Pacific: 1992-2001, Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 91 (1-4), 201-209.
Schuster, S.S, Blong, R.J. and M.S.Speer 2005: A Hail Climatology of the Greater Sydney Area and New South Wales, Int. J. Climatol., 25, 1633-1650.
Speer,
M.S., Leslie, L.M., Lixin Qi
and B.W. Buckley 2004: Urban scale modelling: The
Leslie, L.M.
and M.S. Speer 2004: Preliminary modelling results of an urban air
quality model verifying the prediction of nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and
ozone over the
Leslie, L.M., P. Kastner-Klein, M.S. Speer and Lixin Qi 2004: Editorial Special Issue on Air Pollution, Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 87, 1.
Speer, M.S. and L.M. Leslie 2004: Preliminary testing of an urban air quality model for ozone forecasting over the Sydney basin, Journal of the Environmental Sciences (Korea), Vol. 13, No. 8, 733-737.
Liu, S,
Leslie, L.M., Speer, M.S., Bunker, R. and
Leslie, L.M.
and M.S. Speer 2003: Comment Modelling a
coastal ridging event over south-eastern
Leslie, L.M. and M.S. Speer. 2003: Prediction of Extreme Rainfall for the Coffs Harbour Catchment Aust. Meteor. Mag., 52, 95-100.
Buckley, B.W., Leslie, L.M. and M.S. Speer 2003. The Impact of Observational Technology on Climate Database Quality: Tropical Cyclones in the Tasman Sea. J. Climate, 16, 2640-2645.
Speer, M.S., Leslie, L.M. and L.Qi. 2003: Numerical Prediction of Severe Convection: comparison with operational forecasts. Meteorol. Appl., 10, 11-19.
Speer,
M.S., and L.M. Leslie. 2002: The Prediction of Two Cases of
Severe
Convection: Implications for Forecast Guidance. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 80, 1‑4, 165-175.
Leslie, L.M., Abbey, R.F. Jr., Speer, M.S. and T.C.L.
Skinner. 2002: Intense Tropical Cyclogenesis
in the Northwest Australia Region in 1998/1999: Causal Factors. Meteorol.
Atmos. Phys., 80, 1‑4, 89‑101.
Morison, R.P., Leslie, L.M., Speer, M.S. and Lixin Qi. 2002: Atmospheric Modelling of Air Pollution as a Tool for Environmental Prediction and Management. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 80, 1‑4, 141‑151.
Leslie, L.M., and M.S. Speer. 2001: Comments on “Statistical Single-Station Short-Term Forecasting of temperature and Probability of Precipitation: Area Interpolation and NWP Combination” by C.C. Raible, G. Bischoff, K. Fraedrich and E. Kirk. Wea. Forecasting, 16, 765-767.
Speer, M.S., Leslie, L.M., Morison, R., Catchpole, W., Bradstock, R. and R. Bunker. 2001: Modelling Fire Spread Rates for the Sydney January 1994 fires. Aust. Met. Mag., 50, 241-246.
Leslie, L.M, Lixin Qi, Morison, R, and Speer,
M. 2000. High Resolution Numerical Modelling in Environmental Prediction.
Proceedings of the Australia-Taiwan Joint Symposium on Environmental Modelling
and Management held at
Leslie, L.M., Lixin
Qi, Morison, R, and Speer, M. 2000. High
Resolution Air
Pollution
Modelling as a Tool for Air Quality Management. Proceedings of the
Australia-Taiwan Joint Symposium on Environmental Modelling and Management held
at
Batt, K.L, Morison, R.P and M.S. Speer. 2000. Direct
verification of forecasts from a very high resolution Numerical Weather
Prediction (NWP) model. Meteorol.
Atmos. Phys. 74, 117-127.
Leslie, L.M. and M.S. Speer 2000. Comments on
“Using Ensembles for Short-Range Forecasting” Mon. Wea.
Rev. 128, 3018-3020.
Speer, M.S. and L.M. Leslie 2000. Mesoscale
Model Forecasting as a Tool for Air Pollution Management: A Case Study of
Sustained Air Pollution over the Greater Sydney Area. Meteorol. Appl. 7, 177-186.
Speer, M.S. and L.M. Leslie, 2000. Flood Rain Events
on the New South Wales North Coast: Comparison of Events Affecting Coffs
Harbour and Case Study. International Journal of Climatology, 20, 543-563.
Leslie, L.M. and M.S.Speer, 1998.
Reply to Comments on Short Range Ensemble Forecasting of Explosive
Australian East Coast Cyclogenesis by Thomas M. Hamill. Weather and Forecasting, 13, No. 4,
1208-1209.
Leslie, L.M. and M.S. Speer, 1998.
Speer, M.S. and L.M.Leslie,
1998. Numerical Simulation of Two Heavy Rainfall Events Over Coastal
Leslie, L.M. and M.S.Speer,
1998. Atmospheric Particulate Transport Modelling in a Controlled
Burn Event. Meteorol. Appl. 5, No.1, 17-24.
Speer,M.S. and L.M. Leslie, 1997. A
Climatology of Coastal Ridging over
Speer, M.S. and L.M. Leslie, 1997. An example of the utility of ensemble
rainfall forecasting. Aust. Met. Mag., 46, 75-78.
Book chapters
Lance M. Leslie, Russel P.
Morison, Milton S. Speer, Lixin Qi.
Atmospheric
Modelling and Prediction. In ‘Environmental Modelling and Prediction’
Editors, Gongbing Peng,
Lance M. Leslie and Yaping
Shao. Springer-Verlag, 2001.
Edited journals
Co-editor, Advances in Geosciences 2006: Vol. V
(Oceans and Atmospheres), World Scientific Press, Singapore.
Editor, Special Issue on Environment
Symposium, Korean Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2004: Vol. 13, No. 8, (English version)
Co-editor
Special Edition of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics on air quality. Meteor.
Atmos. Phys., 87 (Issue 1-3), (September 2004).
Co-editor
Special Edition of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics on surface-atmosphere
interactions: Meteorol Atmos
Phys 80 (2002) Issue1‑4.
Theses
Speer, M.S.
(awarded April 1998). Observational and modelling studies of Australian severe
weather. PhD (UNSW).