| Did a gamma-ray burst initiate the late Ordovician mass extinction? AL Melott, BS Lieberman, CM Laird, LD Martin, MV Medvedev, ... International Journal of Astrobiology 3 (1), 55-61, 2004 | 247 | 2004 |
| Ozone depletion from nearby supernovae N Gehrels, CM Laird, CH Jackman, JK Cannizzo, BJ Mattson, W Chen The Astrophysical Journal 585 (2), 1169, 2003 | 212 | 2003 |
| Gamma-ray bursts and the Earth: Exploration of atmospheric, biological, climatic, and biogeochemical effects BC Thomas, AL Melott, CH Jackman, CM Laird, MV Medvedev, ... The Astrophysical Journal 634 (1), 509, 2005 | 153 | 2005 |
| Terrestrial ozone depletion due to a Milky Way gamma-ray burst BC Thomas, CH Jackman, AL Melott, CM Laird, RS Stolarski, N Gehrels, ... The Astrophysical Journal 622 (2), L153, 2005 | 72 | 2005 |
| Nitrate flux on the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica and its relation to solar cosmic rays EJ Zeller, GAM Dreschhoff, CM Laird Geophysical research letters 13 (12), 1264-1267, 1986 | 63 | 1986 |
| Correlation of solar energetic protons and polar cap absorption JD Patterson, TP Armstrong, CM Laird, DL Detrick, AT Weatherwax Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 106 (A1), 149-163, 2001 | 57 | 2001 |
| Computed contributions to odd nitrogen concentrations in the Earth’s polar middle atmosphere by energetic charged particles FM Vitt, TP Armstrong, TE Cravens, GAM Dreschhoff, CH Jackman, ... Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 62 (8), 669-683, 2000 | 35 | 2000 |
| Solar activity and nitrate deposition in South Pole snow CM Laird, EJ Zeller, TP Armstrong, BC Parker Geophysical research letters 9 (10), 1195-1198, 1982 | 35 | 1982 |
| Low time resolution analysis of polar ice cores cannot detect impulsive nitrate events CML D.F. Smart, M.A. Shea, A.M. Melott Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 2014 | 25 | 2014 |
| Atmospheric ionization by high‐fluence, hard‐spectrum solar proton events and their probable appearance in the ice core archive AL Melott, BC Thomas, CM Laird, B Neuenswander, D Atri Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 121 (6), 3017-3033, 2016 | 22 | 2016 |
| Interplanetary energetic ions and polar radio wave absorption TP Armstrong, CM Laird, D Venkatesan, S Krishnaswamy, TJ Rosenberg Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 94 (A4), 3543-3554, 1989 | 22 | 1989 |
| Evidence for a stratigraphic record of supernovae in polar ice GAM Dreschhoff, CM Laird Advances in Space Research 38 (7), 1307-1311, 2006 | 17 | 2006 |
| Has the Earth been exposed to numerous supernovae within the last 300 kyr? L Melott, Usoskin, Kovaltsov International Journal of Astrobiology, 2014 | 12* | 2014 |
| Deep ice stratigraphy and basal conditions in central West Antarctica revealed by coherent radar CM Laird, WA Blake, K Matsuoka, H Conway, CT Allen, CJ Leuschen, ... IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 7 (2), 246-250, 2009 | 11 | 2009 |
| Solar particle flux and nitrate in South Pole snow CM Laird Weather and climate responses to solar variations, 237, 1983 | 11 | 1983 |
| Reply to comment by EW Wolff et al. on “Low time resolution analysis of polar ice cores cannot detect impulsive nitrate events” DF Smart, MA Shea, AL Melott, CM Laird Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 121 (3), 1925-1933, 2016 | 9 | 2016 |
| Comments on “Relative contributions of tropospheric and stratospheric sources to nitrate in Antarctic snow” by MR Legrand and RJ Delmas CM Laird, EJ Zeller, GAM Dreschhoff Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology 40 (3), 233-236, 1988 | 9 | 1988 |
| Nitrate deposition in Antarctica; temporal and spatial variations CM Laird Ph. D. Thesis, 1986 | 9 | 1986 |
| Nitrate variability in South Pole and Ross Ice Shelf snow and firn CM Laird, GAM DRESCHHOFF Geophysics 18, 49-64, 1985 | 7 | 1985 |
| Nitrate variability in South Pole ice sequences and fossil surface effects CM Laird, EJ Zeller, GAM Dreschhoff Antarctica Journal US 23 (5), 8083, 1987 | 6 | 1987 |
