Gary Clow
- Senior Research Associate
- Research Geophysicist
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.
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.