Peer-Reviewed Publications
Watson, L. M., Iezzi, A. M., Toney, L., Maher, S. P., Fee, D., McKee, K., Ortiz, H. D., Matoza, R. S., Gestrich, J. E., Bishop, J. W., Witsil, A. J. C., Anderson, J. F., Johnson, J. B. (2022) Volcano infrasound: progress and future directions. Bulletin of Volcanology.
Watson, L. M. (2022) Likelihood of infecting or getting infected with COVID-19 as a function of vaccination status, as investigated with a stochastic model for New Zealand (Aotearoa) for Delta and Omicron variants. New Zealand Medical Journal. Available at medRxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.28.21266967
Watson, L. M. (2022) Simulating the impact of vaccination rates on the initial spread of a COVID-19 outbreak in New Zealand (Aotearoa) with a stochastic model. New Zealand Medical Journal. Availabe at medRxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.22.21266721
Watson, L. M., Carpenter, B., Thompson, K., Johnson, J. B. (2021) Characterizing snow avalanche activity along the Milford Road (New Zealand) using infrasound, Natural Hazards, doi: 10.1007/s11069-021-05086-w .
Watson, L. M., Dunham, E. M., and Mohaddes, D. (2021) Infrasound radiation from impulsive volcanic eruptions: nonlinear aeroacoustic 2D simulations, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, doi: 10.1029/2021JB021940.
Johnson, J. B., Anderson, J. F., Marshall, H. P., Havens, S., and Watson, L. M. (2021) Snow avalanche detection and source constraints made using multiple infrasound sensor arrays, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, doi: 10.1029/2020JF005741.
Lindeberg, L. Rydin, Y. L., and Watson, L. M. (2020) A high-order finite-difference scheme to model the fluid-structure interaction in pneumatic seismic sources, Journal of Computational Physics, 424, 109849, doi: 10.1016/j.jcp.2020.109849.
Watson, L. M., Johnson, J. B., Sciotto, M., and Cannata, A. (2020) Changes in crater geometry revealed by inversion of harmonic infrasound observations: 24 December 2018 eruption of Mount Etna, Italy, Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2020GL088077.
Watson, L. M. (2020) Using unsupervised machine learning to identify changes in eruptive behavior at Mount Etna, Italy, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 405, 107042, doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2020.107042.
Johnson, J. B., and Watson, L. M. (2019) Monitoring volcanic craters with infrasound "music", EOS, doi: 10.1029/2019EO123979.
Watson, L. M., Dunham. E. M., and Johnson, J. B. (2019) Simulation and inversion of harmonic infrasound from open-vent volcanoes using an efficient quasi-1D crater model, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.05.007.
Chelminski, S., Watson, L. M., and Ronen, S. (2019) Low frequency pneumatic seismic sources, Geophysical Prospecting, doi: 10.1111/1365-2478.12774.
Watson, L. M., Werpers, J., and Dunham, E. M. (2019) What controls the initial peak of an air gun source signature? Geophysics, 84 (2), P27-P45, doi: 10.1190/geo2018-0298.1.
Johnson, J. B., Ruiz, M. C., Ortiz, H. D., Watson, L. M., Viracucha, G., Ramon, P., and Almeida, M. (2018) Extraordinary infrasound tornillos produced by Volcan Cotopaxi's deep crater, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, doi: 10.1029/2018GL077766.
Johnson, J. B., Watson, L. M., Palma, J. L., Dunham, E. M., and Anderson, J. F. (2018) Forecasting the eruption of an open-vent volcano using resonant infrasound tones, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, doi: 10.1002/2017GL076506.
Watson, L. M., and van Wijk, K. (2015) Resonant ultrasound spectroscopy of horizontal transversely isotropic samples, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, 120, 4887-4897, doi: 10.1002/2014JB011839.
Conference Proceedings
Watson, L. M., Jennings, J., and Ronen, S. (2017) Source designature of ocean-bottom node data using deterministic airgun modeling, SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2017, 121-126, doi: 10.1190/segam2017-17750879.1.
Watson, L. M., Ronen, S., Goldbogen, J. A., and Dunham, E. M. (2017) Comparing whales to marine seismic sources: low frequency sound generation by fin whales, SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2017, 90-95, doi: 10.1190/segam2017-17752002.1.
Watson, L. M., Dunham, E. M., and Ronen, S. (2016) Numerical modeling of seismic airguns and low-pressure sources, SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2016, 219-224, doi: 10.1190/segam2016-13846118.1.
Theses
Geophysical Applications of Sound: Volcano Infrasound and Marine Seismic Sources, Doctorate of Philosophy, (2020), Department of Geophysics, School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, United States of America.
Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy of Anisotropic Shale Samples, Bachelor of Science (Honours), (2014), Department of Physics and School of Environment, Faculty of Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Other Publications
Watson, L. M., and Watson, A. M. (2019) Motion is predictable: why do things move how they do? STEMTaught Scientific Journal for Kids (Grade 3).
Watson, L. M. (ed.) (2018) New Zealand: A Geological Field Guide, Stanford Alpine Project.
Watson, L. M. (2018) Water, water everywhere, STEMTaught Scientific Journal for Kids (Grade 5).