keywords
- thermal geophysics, cryosphere, permafrost, ice sheets, climate change detection, borehole paleothermometry
- Contact Info
Clow, Gary D Sr Research Associate
Positions
- Sr Research Associate, Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research (INSTAAR)
Research Areas
Research
Publications
selected publications
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book
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chapter
- Chapter 4. Climate change considerations. 81-108. 2011
- 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. 271-282. 2003
- Perennial ice covers and their influence on Antarctic lake ecosystems. 53-70. 1993
- Computational modeling of Antarctic lake ice. 105-116. 1992
- The Canyon System of Mars. 453-492. 1992
- Calculation of crater dimensions from oblique images. 251-257. 1988
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journal article
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Newly collected data across Alaska reveal remarkable biases in solar radiation products.
International Journal of Climatology.
497-512.
2021
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Geothermal heat flux from measured temperature profiles in deep ice boreholes in Antarctica.
The Cryosphere.
4021-4037.
2020
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The Diurnal Temperature Range in CMIP6 Models: Climatology, Variability, and Evolution.
Journal of Climate.
8261-8279.
2020
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DOI/GTN-P Climate and Active-Layer Data Acquired in the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 1998–2017.
1-72.
2020
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Reconstructed global monthly land air temperature dataset (1880-2017).
Geoscience Data Journal.
4-12.
2019
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Changing Arctic River Dynamics Cause Localized Permafrost Thaw.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface.
2324-2344.
2019
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A synthesis dataset of permafrost-affected soil thermal conditions for Alaska, USA.
Earth System Science Data.
2311-2328.
2018
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CVPM 1.1: a flexible heat-transfer modeling system for permafrost.
Geoscientific Model Development.
4889-4908.
2018
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A modeling toolbox for permafrost landscapes.
Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union.
2018
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DOI/GTN-P climate and active-layer data acquired in the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 1998–2016
2018
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Continuously amplified warming in the Alaskan Arctic: Implications for estimating global warming hiatus.
Geophysical Research Letters.
9029-9038.
2017
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The recent warming trend in North Greenland.
Geophysical Research Letters.
6235-6243.
2017
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DOI/GTN-P Climate and active-layer data acquired in the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 1998–2015
2017
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Deglacial temperature history of West Antarctica.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA.
14249-14254.
2016
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A synthesis of the basal thermal state of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface.
1328-1350.
2016
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DOI/GTN-P Climate and active-layer data acquired in the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 1998–2014
2016
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A Green's function approach for assessing the thermal disturbance caused by drilling deep boreholes in rock or ice.
Geophysical Journal International.
1877-1895.
2015
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Radar attenuation and temperature within the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface.
983-1008.
2015
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Precise interpolar phasing of abrupt climate change during the last ice age.
Nature.
661-U169.
2015
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The WAIS Divide deep ice core WD2014 chronology - Part 1: Methane synchronization (68-31 kaBP) and the gas age-ice age difference.
Climate of the Past.
153-173.
2015
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Modeling erosion of ice-rich permafrost bluffs along the Alaskan Beaufort Sea coast.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface.
1155-1179.
2014
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DOI/GTN-P climate and active-layer data acquired in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
2014
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Temperature data acquired from the DOI/GTN-P Deep Borehole Array on the Arctic Slope of Alaska, 1973-2013.
Earth System Science Data.
201-218.
2014
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Onset of deglacial warming in West Antarctica driven by local orbital forcing.
Nature.
440-+.
2013
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Modeling the subsurface thermal impact of Arctic thaw lakes in a warming climate.
Computers and Geosciences.
69-79.
2013
- Air temperature, wind speed and wind direction in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 1998-2011 2013
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DOI/GTN-P climate and active-layer data acquired in the National Petroleum Reserve: Alaska and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 1998-2011
2013
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Sea ice loss enhances wave action at the Arctic coast.
Geophysical Research Letters.
2011
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Recent surface temperature trends in the interior of East Antarctica from borehole firn temperature measurements and geophysical inverse methods.
Geophysical Research Letters.
2011
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Thermal Erosion of a Permafrost Coastline: Improving Process-Based Models Using Time-Lapse Photography.
Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research.
474-484.
2011
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On the nature of the dirty ice at the bottom of the GISP2 ice core.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
466-473.
2010
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Thermal state of permafrost in North America: a contribution to the international polar year.
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes.
117-135.
2010
- USGS Polar Temperature Logging System, description and measurement uncertainties 2008
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Modeling englacial radar attenuation at Siple Dome, West Antarctica, using ice chemistry and temperature data.
Journal of Geophysical Research.
2007
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Globally synchronous ice core volcanic tracers and abrupt cooling during the last glacial period.
Journal of Geophysical Research.
2006
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Comment on "El Nino suppresses Antarctic warming" by N. Bertler et al..
Geophysical Research Letters.
2005
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Comparison of aerodynamically and model-derived roughness lengths (zo) over diverse surfaces, central Mojave Desert, California, USA.
Geomorphology.
103-113.
2004
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Workshop advances interdisciplinary polar science and fast ice sheet drilling.
Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union.
111-111.
2003
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Recent temperature trends in the Antarctic.
Nature.
292-292.
2002
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Antarctic climate cooling and terrestrial ecosystem response.
Nature.
517-520.
2002
- A fast mechanical-access drill for polar glaciology, paleoclimatology, geology, tectonics, and biology. 5-37. 2002
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Valley floor climate observations from the McMurdo dry valleys, Antarctica, 1986–2000.
Journal of Geophysical Research.
2002
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Climate logging with a new rapid optical technique at Siple Dome.
Geophysical Research Letters.
4635-4638.
2001
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The State and Future of Mars Polar Science and Exploration.
Icarus.
210-242.
2000
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Past Temperatures Directly from the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Science.
268-271.
1998
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Synchronous climate changes in Antarctica and the North Atlantic.
Science.
92-95.
1998
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Temperature, accumulation, and ice sheet elevation in central Greenland through the last deglacial transition.
Journal of Geophysical Research.
26383-26396.
1997
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A new high-precision borehole-temperature logging system used at GISP2, Greenland, and Taylor Dome, Antarctica.
Journal of Glaciology.
576-584.
1996
- Acquistion of borehole temperature measurements from Taylor Dome and the Dry Valleys for paleoclimate reconstruction. Antarctic journal of the United States / National Science Foundation. 71-72. 1996
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LARGE ARCTIC TEMPERATURE-CHANGE AT THE WISCONSIN-HOLOCENE GLACIAL TRANSITION.
Science.
455-458.
1995
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Heat flow at Cajon Pass, California, revisited.
Journal of Geophysical Research.
2005-2012.
1995
- High-precision temperature logging at GISP2, Greenland, May 1992 1995
- High-precision temperature measurements in the GISP2 and GRIP boreholes. 44-47. 1995
- Permafrost temperatures and the changing climate. 36-37. 1995
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The circum-Chryse region as a possible example of a hydrologic cycle on Mars: Geologic observations and theoretical evaluation.
Journal of Geophysical Research.
5433-5433.
1995
- The role of glacier geophysics in the GISP2 ice core program. 10-19. 1995
- Deconvolution of continuous borehole temperature logs: algorithms and accuracies 1994
- Glacier geophysics at Taylor Dome, Year 4. Antarctic journal of the United States / National Science Foundation. 82-84. 1994
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Light transmission and reflection in perennially ice-covered Lake Hoare, Antarctica.
Journal of Geophysical Research.
20427-20427.
1994
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The extent of temporal smearing in surface-temperature histories derived from borehole temperature measurements.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
81-86.
1992
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Changes in ice cover thickness and lake level of Lake Hoare, Antarctica: Implications for local climatic change.
Journal of Geophysical Research.
3503-3503.
1992
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Climatological Observations and Predicted Sublimation Rates at Lake Hoare, Antarctica.
Journal of Climate.
715-728.
1988
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Generation of liquid water on Mars through the melting of a dusty snowpack.
Icarus.
95-127.
1987
- Sand/ice interactions and sediment deposition in perennially ice-covered Antarctic lakes. Antarctic journal of the United States / National Science Foundation. 217-220. 1986
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Thickness of ice on perennially frozen lakes.
Nature.
561-562.
1985
- Average spacing for rings of individual multi-ring basins is √D. NASA Technical Memorandum. 189-191. 1985
- Radiation-dominated snowmelt on Mars. NASA Technical Memorandum. 335-336. 1985
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A summary of Viking sample-trench analyses for angles of internal friction and cohesions.
Journal of Geophysical Research.
10043-10043.
1982
- Downward-travelling infrared flux at the martian surface for past CO2/H2O atmospheres. NASA Technical Memorandum. 271-273. 1982
- Geomorphology of craters on Mercury: First results from a new sample. NASA Technical Memorandum. 120-122. 1982
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Martian channels and valleys: Their characteristics, distribution, and age.
Icarus.
91-117.
1981
- Numerical taxonomy of central volcanoes on the planets. NASA Technical Memorandum. 138-140. 1981
- Revised classification of terrestrial volcanoes and catalog of topographic dimensions, with new results on edifice volume 1981
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Stability of sulfur slopes on Io.
Icarus.
268-279.
1980
- Prediction of seismic intensities on the Wasatch Front. 109-152. 1980
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Newly collected data across Alaska reveal remarkable biases in solar radiation products.
International Journal of Climatology.
497-512.
2021
International Activities
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