Deputy Director, NSIDC

B.S., Michigan Technological University, 1967
PhD., Colorado State University, 1970

Specialties [top]

Environmental science; management in both academic and private sectors.

Recent Highlights top]

Deputy Director, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, 2003 – present
Professor, Glenville State College, Glenville, WV, 1999 – 2003
Project Engineer and Manager, Morrison Knudsen Corp., Boise, ID, Richland, WA, Denver, CO, and Los Alamos, NM, 1980 – 1999
Senior Environmental Scientist, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH, 1985 – 1986

Current Roles [top]

Clark is the Deputy Director, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado at Boulder. He is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the National Snow and Ice Data Center. The Center has an interdisciplinary staff of 65 full-time people providing data management and scientific support to the cryospheric sciences.

Current Projects [top]

Clark is responsible for planning and managing data stewardship activities at the National Snow and Ice Data Center. His current work includes developing an approach that responds to the evolving needs of scientists, educators, decision makers, and our funding providers. Those needs include a desire for common cyberinfrastructure and collaboration; closer integration of data management and science activities; enhanced data discovery and delivery; and cost-effective and user-friendly solutions.

Publications and Presentations [top]

Bauer, R., L. Husted, T. Scambos, J. Bohlander, T. Haran, C. Judy, and G. Scharfen.  2006. Antarctic data management at the National Snow and Ice Data Center: Web-based geospatial tools for Antarctic discovery and analysis. Presentation at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 2006. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract C21C-1186.

Judy, C., B. Raup, S. J. Khalsa, and C. Helm.  2005.  Snow, Ice, and Permafrost Data for interdisciplinary research and decision support.  Presentation at AAG Annual Meeting, 2005.

Bauer, R., T. Scambos, G. Scharfen, and C. Judy. 2005.  National Snow and Ice Data Center: Antarctic data management support. Presentation at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 2005.

Scharfen, Gregory, Robert Bauer, Clark Judy. 2005. Supporting access to Antarctic scientific data: Antarctic Master Directory content and usage continues to increase. Presentation at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco.

Judy, C. 2002. Information Technology Project Management: An adaptation of course materials to WebCT format.  NSF Advanced Tech Education Program Grant No. 0053279.

Related Resources [top]

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)

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