Breadcrumb
Senior Research Associate • Research Geophysicist • • Thermal geophysics • Polar sciences • Climate change
Bio
My research focuses on high-precision temperature measurement, analysis, and modeling to better understand processes in cold earth and planetary systems.
I focus on climate-change detection, both past and present, the environmental conditions controlling various features of the cryosphere (e.g., permafrost, ice-covered lakes, cryovolcanoes), and the response of those features to climate change. In support of these investigations, I have done extensive field work in Antarctica, Greenland, and arctic Alaska. Modeling studies range from the earth's polar regions to Mars and the outer solar system.
Education
- PhD, Geophysics: University of Utah
Awards
- Excellence in Partnering Award, National Oceanographic Partnership Program, 2010
- USGS Science Strategy Success Stories Award, U.S. Geological Survey, 2008
- Clow Island named in recognition of superior research contributions in Antarctica, U.S. Board on Geographic Names, 2000
- Superior Service Award, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1998
- Antarctic Service Medal of the United States, U.S. Department of Defense, 1986
Research
Program, labs, and groups Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS) Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P)
Heat-transfer processes in earth & planetary systems, polar climate-change detection (past and present), the cryosphere, planetary studies
Research labs and instruments
- Temperature-Sensor Calibration Facility (-50°C to +10°C)
- High-Precision Temperature Logging System for Polar Studies (standard uncertainty, 3 mK)
LaTeX tutorial materials
All the below materials are in a Google Drive folder.
- Slides from LaTeX tutorial seminar, Nov. 2019
- ReadMe file
- LaTeX basics
- CU dissertation template
- Journal templates (AGU, Copernicus, ...)
Publications
For additional publications, see Gary's ResearchGate profile.
Modeling erosion of ice-rich permafrost bluffs along the Alaskan Beaufort Sea coast
All Authors:
Barnhart KR; Anderson RS; Overeem I; Wobus C; Clow GD; Urban FE
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth SurfacePublication Date: 2014-05-01
Type: Journal Article
Temperature data acquired from the DOI/GTN-P Deep Borehole Array on the Arctic Slope of Alaska, 1973-2013
CU Boulder Authors:
Clow, Gary D
All Authors:
Clow GD
Published in: Earth System Science DataPublication Date: 2014-01-01
Type: Journal Article
DOI/GTN-P climate and active-layer data acquired in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
CU Boulder Authors:
Clow, Gary D
All Authors:
Urban FE; Clow GD
Publication Date: 2014-01-01Type: Journal Article
Onset of deglacial warming in West Antarctica driven by local orbital forcing
All Authors:
Published in: NatureFudge TJ; Steig EJ; Markle BR; Schoenemann SW; Ding Q; Taylor KC; McConnell JR; Brook EJ; Sowers T; White JWC...
- Fudge TJ
- Steig EJ
- Markle BR
- Schoenemann SW
- Ding Q
- Taylor KC
- McConnell JR
- Brook EJ
- Sowers T
- White JWC
Publication Date: 2013-08-22
Type: Journal Article
Modeling the subsurface thermal impact of Arctic thaw lakes in a warming climate
All Authors:
Matell N; Anderson RS; Overeem I; Wobus C; Urban FE; Clow GD
Published in: Computers and GeosciencesPublication Date: 2013-04-01
Type: Journal Article
Air temperature, wind speed and wind direction in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 1998-2011
CU Boulder Authors:
Clow, Gary D
All Authors:
Urban FE; Clow
Publication Date: 2013-01-01Type: Journal Article
DOI/GTN-P climate and active-layer data acquired in the National Petroleum Reserve: Alaska and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 1998-2011
CU Boulder Authors:
Clow, Gary D
All Authors:
Urban FE; Clow GD
Publication Date: 2013-01-01Type: Journal Article
Chapter 4. Climate change considerations
CU Boulder Authors:
Clow, Gary D
All Authors:
Clow; DeGange AR; Derksen DV; Zimmerman CE
Publication Date: 2011-12-01Type: Chapter
Sea ice loss enhances wave action at the Arctic coast
All Authors:
Overeem I; Anderson RS; Wobus CW; Clow GD; Urban FE; Matell N
Published in: Geophysical Research LettersPublication Date: 2011-09-09
Type: Journal Article
Recent surface temperature trends in the interior of East Antarctica from borehole firn temperature measurements and geophysical inverse methods
CU Boulder Authors:
Clow, Gary D; Scambos, Theodore A
All Authors:
Muto A; Scambos TA; Steffen K; Slater AG; Clow GD
Published in: Geophysical Research LettersPublication Date: 2011-08-12
Type: Journal Article
Thermal Erosion of a Permafrost Coastline: Improving Process-Based Models Using Time-Lapse Photography
All Authors:
Wobus C; Anderson R; Overeem I; Matell N; Clow G; Urban F
Published in: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine ResearchPublication Date: 2011-08-01
Type: Journal Article
On the nature of the dirty ice at the bottom of the GISP2 ice core
CU Boulder Authors:
Clow, Gary D
All Authors:
Bender ML; Burgess E; Alley RB; Barnett B; Clow GD
Published in: Earth and Planetary Science LettersPublication Date: 2010-11-01
Type: Journal Article
Thermal state of permafrost in North America: a contribution to the international polar year
CU Boulder Authors:
Clow, Gary D
All Authors:
Smith SL; Romanovsky VE; Lewkowicz AG; Burn CR; Allard M; Clow GD; Yoshikawa K; Throop J
Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial ProcessesPublication Date: 2010-04-01
Type: Journal Article
USGS Polar Temperature Logging System, description and measurement uncertainties
CU Boulder Authors:
Clow, Gary D
All Authors:
Clow
Publication Date: 2008-01-01Type: Journal Article
Modeling englacial radar attenuation at Siple Dome, West Antarctica, using ice chemistry and temperature data
CU Boulder Authors:
Clow, Gary D
All Authors:
MacGregor JA; Winebrenner DP; Conway H; Matsuoka K; Mayewski PA; Clow GD
Published in: Journal of Geophysical ResearchPublication Date: 2007-01-01
Type: Journal Article
Globally synchronous ice core volcanic tracers and abrupt cooling during the last glacial period
CU Boulder Authors:
Clow, Gary D
All Authors:
Bay RC; Bramall NE; Price PB; Clow GD; Hawley RL; Udisti R; Castellano E
Published in: Journal of Geophysical ResearchPublication Date: 2006-01-01
Type: Journal Article
Comment on "El Nino suppresses Antarctic warming" by N. Bertler et al.
CU Boulder Authors:
McKnight, Diane Marie; Clow, Gary D
All Authors:
Published in: Geophysical Research LettersDoran PT; Priscu JC; Lyons WB; Walsh JE; Fountain AG; McKnight DM; Moorhead DL; Virginia RA; Wall DH; Clow GD...
- Doran PT
- Priscu JC
- Lyons WB
- Walsh JE
- Fountain AG
- McKnight DM
- Moorhead DL
- Virginia RA
- Wall DH
- Clow GD
Publication Date: 2005-04-08
Type: Journal Article
Comparison of aerodynamically and model-derived roughness lengths (zo) over diverse surfaces, central Mojave Desert, California, USA
CU Boulder Authors:
Clow, Gary D
All Authors:
MacKinnon DJ; Clow GD; Tigges RK; Reynolds RL; Chavez PS
Published in: GeomorphologyPublication Date: 2004-11-01
Type: Journal Article
Dust emission and deposition in the southwestern U.S. - integrated field, remote sensing, and modeling studies to evaluate response to climatic variability and land use
CU Boulder Authors:
Clow, Gary D
All Authors:
Publication Date: 2003-01-01Reynolds RL; Reheis M; Chavez P; Hinkley T; Tigges R; Clow; MacKinnon D; Lamothe P; Lancaster N; Miller M...
- Reynolds RL
- Reheis M
- Chavez P
- Hinkley T
- Tigges R
- Clow
- MacKinnon D
- Lamothe P
- Lancaster N
- Miller M
Type: Chapter
Workshop advances interdisciplinary polar science and fast ice sheet drilling
CU Boulder Authors:
Clow, Gary D
All Authors:
Tulaczyk S; Clow GD; Elliot DH; Powell RD; Priscu JC
Published in: Eos, Transactions American Geophysical UnionPublication Date: 2003-01-01
Type: Journal Article
Valley floor climate observations from the McMurdo dry valleys, Antarctica, 1986–2000
CU Boulder Authors:
Clow, Gary D
All Authors:
Doran PT; McKay CP; Clow GD; Dana GL; Fountain AG; Nylen T; Lyons WB
Published in: Journal of Geophysical ResearchPublication Date: 2002-12-27
Type: Journal Article
Recent temperature trends in the Antarctic
CU Boulder Authors:
Clow, Gary D
All Authors:
Published in: NatureWalsh JE; Doran PT; Priscu JC; Lyons WB; Fountain AG; McKnight DM; Moorhead DL; Virginia RA; Wall DH; Clow GD...
- Walsh JE
- Doran PT
- Priscu JC
- Lyons WB
- Fountain AG
- McKnight DM
- Moorhead DL
- Virginia RA
- Wall DH
- Clow GD
Publication Date: 2002-07-01
Type: Journal Article
Antarctic climate cooling and terrestrial ecosystem response
CU Boulder Authors:
Clow, Gary D; McKnight, Diane Marie
All Authors:
Published in: NatureDoran PT; Priscu JC; Lyons WB; Walsh JE; Fountain AG; McKnight DM; Moorhead DL; Virginia RA; Wall DH; Clow GD...
- Doran PT
- Priscu JC
- Lyons WB
- Walsh JE
- Fountain AG
- McKnight DM
- Moorhead DL
- Virginia RA
- Wall DH
- Clow GD
Publication Date: 2002-01-31
Type: Journal Article
A fast mechanical-access drill for polar glaciology, paleoclimatology, geology, tectonics, and biology
CU Boulder Authors:
Clow, Gary D
All Authors:
Clow; Koci B
Publication Date: 2002-01-01Type: Journal Article
Climate logging with a new rapid optical technique at Siple Dome
CU Boulder Authors:
Clow, Gary D
All Authors:
Bay RC; Price PB; Clow GD; Gow AJ
Published in: Geophysical Research LettersPublication Date: 2001-12-15
Type: Journal Article
