Gary Clow

  • Senior Research Associate

Thermal geophysics • Polar sciences • Climate change

Heat-transfer processes in earth & planetary systems, polar climate-change detection (past and present), the cryosphere, planetary studies

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.

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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, ...)

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

Publications

For additional publications, see Gary's ResearchGate profile.