Glenn Edmond Shaw

Glenn Edmond Shaw is an American scientist specializing in atmospheric physics, especially relating to global climate change and long-range transport of aerosol material. He is Emeritus Professor of Physics and Atmospheric Science at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a member of the scientific staff of the Geophysical Institute. He is a pioneer in promoting the idea of global atmospheric transport of aerosols and in proposals relating to the feedback of biogenic aerosols on global climate. He and Kenneth Rahn are known for work in interpreting the sources and climatic effect of Arctic haze|Arctic haze. 
== Life ==
Glenn Edmond Shaw was born in Butte, Montana on December 5, 1938. He married Gladys Roberta Culver in 1957 in Butte, Montana. They have five children. He served in the US Navy on the USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) during 1957-1959. 
== Education ==
Shaw received a BS in 1963 from Montana State University, a MS in 1965 from University of Southern California, and a PhD in 1971 from University of Arizona. His PhD advisors were Benjamin S. Herman and John A. Reagan, and his dissertation was "An experimental study of atmospheric turbidity using radiometric techniques."
== Professional Activities ==
* Howard Hughes Fellowship, 1963-1965
* Professor, University of Alaska 1971-2010
* Sabbatical at World Radiation Center, Davos Switzerland sponsored by Claus Fröhlich (1977)
* Convenor of International Conference on Arctic Air Pollution, Cambridge England (September 1985)
* Convenor of Chapman Conference on the Gaia Hypothesis, San Diego, CA (1988)https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/88EO01043
* Sabbatical at University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria sponsored by Othmar Preining (1995)
* Member Polar Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences (1995-1999)
* Trustee, University Corporation of Atmospheric Research (1995-1999)
== Selected Publications ==
Shaw published around 200 papers during his career.
Notable contributions were made in the following fields:
=== Runaway electrons in lightning ===
* Shaw, G. E., Cosmic count increase associated with thunderstorms, J. Geophys Res., 72, 4623-4626, 1967
=== Precision radiometry (sun photometry) ===
* Shaw, G. E., J. A. Reagan, and B. M. Herman, Investigations of atmospheric extinction using direct solar radiation measurements made with a multiple wavelength radiometer, J. Appl. Meteor., 12, 374-380, 1973
* Shaw, G. E., Error analysis of multi-wavelength sunphotometry, Pure Appl. Geophys, 114, 1-14, 1976
* Shaw, G. E., and C. S. Deehr, A photoelectric coronameter for atmospheric turbidity studies, J. Appl. Meteor, 14, 1203-1205, 1975
* Shaw, G. E., Atmospheric ozone: determination by Chappuis-band absorption, J. Appl. Meteor., 18, 1335-1339, 1979
=== Radiative transfer and modeling ===
* Shaw, G. E. Observations and theoretical reconstruction of the Green Flash, Pure Appl. Geophys., 102, 223-235, 1973
* Shaw, G. E. Sky radiance during a total solar eclipse: a theoretical model, Appl. Optics, 17, 272-276, 1978
* Shaw, G. E., Inversion of optical scattering and spectral extinction measurements to recover aerosol size spectra, Appl. Optics., 18, 988-993, 1979
* Fröhlich, C., and G. E. Shaw, New determination of Rayleigh scattering in the terrestrial atmosphere, Appl. Optics, 19, 1773-1775, 1980
* Shaw, G. E., Radiance and color of the sky at twilight: perturbations caused by stratospheric haze, Pure Appl. Geophys., 119, 231-247, 1980
=== Arctic haze and long-range transport of aerosols ===
* Shaw, G. E., The vertical distribution of atmospheric aerosols at Barrow, Alaska, Tellus, 27, 39-50, 1975
* Shaw, G. E., Properties of the background aerosols and their effects on climate, Science, 192, 1334-1336, 1976
* Rahn, K. A., R. D. Borys and G. E. Shaw, The Asian source of Arctic haze bands, Nature, 268, 713-715, 1977
* Shaw, G. E., Transport of Asian desert aerosol to the Hawaiian Islands, J. Applied Meteorol. Climat., 19, 1254-1259, 1980
* Shaw, G.. E. , Solar spectral irradiance and atmospheric transmission at Mauna Loa Observatory, Appl. Optics, 21, 2006-2011, 1982
* Meinel, A. B., M P. Meinel and G. E. Shaw, Trajectory of the Mt. St. Augustine 1976 eruption ash cloud, Science, 193, 420-422, 1976
* Shaw, G. E., Eddy diffusion transport of Arctic pollution from the mid-latitudes: a preliminary model, Atmos. Environ., 15, 1483-1490, 1981
* Shaw, G. E., Evidence for a central Eurasian source area of Arctic haze in Alaska, Nature, 299, 815-818, 1983
* Bowling, S. A., and G. E. Shaw, The thermodynamics of pollution removal as an indicator of possible source areas for Arctic haze, Atmos. Environ., 26, 2953-2961, 1992
=== Cloud physics ===
* Ji, Q, G. E. Shaw and W. Cantrell, A new instrument for measuring cloud condensation nuclei: cloud condensation nucleus remover, J. Geophys, Res. 103, 28013-28019, 1998
* Cantrell, W., G. Shaw and R. Benner, Cloud properties inferred from bimodal aerosol number distributions, J. Geophys. Res. 104, 27615-27624, 1999
=== Global climate ===
* Shaw, G. E., Bio-controlled thermostasis involving the sulfur cycle, Climate Change, 5, 297-303, 1983
* Shaw, G. E., Aerosols as climate regulators: A climate biosphere linkage? Atmos. Environ., 21, 985-986, 1987
=== Miscellaneous ===
* Shaw, G. E., Harmonically forced Cavendish balance, Am. J. Phys., 51, 913-916, 1983
* Shaw, G. E., On the Weinberg mass, Am. J. Phys, 53, 486-487, 1985
* Shaw, G. E., On an interesting linkage between astrophysical and atomic variables in physics, Il Nuovo Cimento B, 109, 1119-1122, 1994
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Category:1938 births 
Category:American scientists