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D-Index
40
Citations
10628
World Ranking
5686
National Ranking
2081

Gary D. Clow publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gary D. Clow sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 98 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Gary D. Clow D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gary D. Clow sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gary D. Clow is affiliated with the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Atmospheric Science. Their work also intersects with subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Global and Planetary Change, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Their research topics cover a range of areas including:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Astro and Planetary Science

Gary D. Clow has published in several scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • The Cryosphere
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Journal of Climate
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Recent publications include the following papers:

  • Contrasting characteristics, changes, and linkages of permafrost between the Arctic and the Third Pole (2022, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • Geothermal heat flux from measured temperature profiles in deep ice boreholes in Antarctica (2020, The Cryosphere)
  • The Diurnal Temperature Range in CMIP6 Models: Climatology, Variability, and Evolution (2020, Journal of Climate)
  • Permafrost Thermal Responses to Asymmetrical Climate Changes: An Integrated Perspective (2023, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • Observed permafrost thawing and disappearance near the altitudinal limit of permafrost in the Qilian Mountains (2022, Advances in Climate Change Research)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, notably with:

  • Aditya Khuller
  • Kang Wang
  • Tingjun Zhang
  • Wen Sun
  • Yan-Hua Sun

Best Publications

  • Past Temperatures Directly from the Greenland Ice Sheet

    D. Dahl-Jensen;K. Mosegaard;N. Gundestrup;G. D. Clow

  • Antarctic climate cooling and terrestrial ecosystem response

    Peter T. Doran;John C. Priscu;W. Berry Lyons;John E. Walsh

  • Large Arctic Temperature Change at the Wisconsin-Holocene Glacial Transition

    Kurt M. Cuffey;Gary D. Clow;Richard B. Alley;Minze Stuiver

  • Temperature, accumulation, and ice sheet elevation in central Greenland through the last deglacial transition

    Kurt M. Cuffey;Gary D. Clow

  • Valley floor climate observations from the McMurdo dry valleys, Antarctica, 1986–2000

    Peter T. Doran;Christopher P. McKay;Gary D. Clow;Gayle L. Dana

  • Thermal State of Permafrost in North America: A Contribution to the International Polar Year

    S.L. Smith;V.E. Romanovsky;A.G. Lewkowicz;Christopher Burn

  • Climatological observations and predicted sublimation rates at Lake Hoare, Antarctica.

    Gary D. Clow;Christopher P. McKay;George M. Simmons;Robert A. Wharton

  • Precise interpolar phasing of abrupt climate change during the last ice age

    Christo Buizert;Betty Adrian;Jinho Ahn;Mary Albert

  • Synchronous climate changes in Antarctica and the North Atlantic

    E. J. Steig;E. J. Brook;J. W. C. White;C. M. Sucher

  • Onset of deglacial warming in West Antarctica driven by local orbital forcing

    T.J. Fudge;Eric J. Steig;Bradley R. Markle;Spruce W. Schoenemann

  • Sea ice loss enhances wave action at the Arctic coast

    Irina Overeem;Robert S. Anderson;Cameron W. Wobus;Gary D. Clow

  • Martian channels and valleys: Their characteristics, distribution, and age

    Michael H. Carr;Gary D. Clow

  • The WAIS Divide deep ice core WD2014 chronology – Part 1: Methane synchronization (68–31 ka BP) and the gas age–ice age difference

    C. Buizert;K. M. Cuffey;J. P. Severinghaus;D. Baggenstos

  • Thickness of ice on perennially frozen lakes.

    Christopher P. McKay;Gary D. Clow;Robert A. Wharton;Steven W. Squyres

  • The canyon system on Mars

    Baerbel K. Lucchitta;A.S. McEwen;Gary D. Clow;Paul E. Geissler

  • Generation of liquid water on Mars through the melting of a dusty snowpack

    Gary D. Clow

  • Deglacial temperature history of West Antarctica

    Kurt M. Cuffey;Gary D. Clow;Eric J. Steig;Christo Buizert

  • A synthesis of the basal thermal state of the Greenland Ice Sheet.

    Joseph A. MacGregor;Joseph A. MacGregor;Mark A. Fahnestock;Ginny A. Catania;Andy Aschwanden

  • Physical properties of the surface materials at the Viking landing sites on Mars

    H.J. Moore;R.E. Hutton;G.D. Clow;C.R. Spitzer

  • Modeling Englacial Radar Attenuation at Siple Dome, West Antarctica, Using Ice Chemistry and Temperature Data

    Joseph A. MacGregor;Dale P. Winebrenner;Howard Conway;Kenichi Matsuoka

Frequent Co-Authors

Irina Overeem
Irina Overeem University of Colorado Boulder
Christopher P. McKay
Christopher P. McKay Ames Research Center
Kurt M. Cuffey
Kurt M. Cuffey University of California, Berkeley
Eric J. Steig
Eric J. Steig University of Washington
Edward J. Brook
Edward J. Brook Oregon State University
Jeffrey P. Severinghaus
Jeffrey P. Severinghaus University of California, San Diego
John C. Priscu
John C. Priscu Montana State University
Richard B. Alley
Richard B. Alley Pennsylvania State University
Andrew G. Fountain
Andrew G. Fountain Portland State University
Todd Sowers
Todd Sowers Pennsylvania State University

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