Michael Steele
Senior Oceanographer
Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105
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Phone: (206) 543-6586
Fax: (206) 616-3142
Email: mas@apl.washington.edu |
| Education |
1987
1981 |
PhD: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
BA (Phi Beta Kappa): Physics, Reed College, Portland, OR |
| Experience |
1997-present
1996-1999
1989-1997
1987-1988
1982-1987
1980 |
Senior oceanographer, Polar Science Center, Seattle, WA
Chairman, Polar Science Center
Oceanographer, Polar Science Center
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Polar Science Center
Assistant in Research, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab, Princeton, NJ
Research Assistant, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY |
| Community Service |
2005-ongoing
2004-ongoing
2002-ongoing
2002-ongoing
1999-ongoing
ongoing
ongoing
2004
2000-2004
1999-2000
2002
2002 |
Member, SEARCH Observing Change panel (NSF)
Member, ARCUS Advisory Board
Member, Polar Advisory Group, PoDAG (NASA)
Member, ARCSS Hydrology Science Steering Comm., CHAMP (NSF)
Developer of the ocean database PHC (last major update winter, 2005)
Reviewer for JGR, GRL, Polar Research, DSR, ARCUS student research award, NSF, NASA and other agencies.
Lectures and demonstrations in local K-12 & schools & colleges.
Co-chair, Freshwater in the Arctic session (AGU mtg., S.F., CA)
Member, ARCSS OAII Science Steering Committee (NSF)
Member, Committee on NASA’s Polar Geophysical Data Sets (NRC)
Co-chair, Arctic model-data comparison workshop (ACSYS/IARC)
Co-chair, High latitude ocean processes Chapman conference (AGU) |
| Observational Program Experience |
2003
2000
1995
1991
1988 |
ongoing: Freshwater Switchyard Project
ongoing: North Pole Environmental Observatory (NPEO)
Scientific Ice Expeditions (SCICEX’95)
Lead Experiment (LEADEX)
Pilot StudyCoordinated Eastern Arctic Experiment (CEAREX) |
| Students |
Undergraduate research assistantships:
2004: W. Williams, Physics/Astronomy
1998-99: R. Morley, Physics
1998: S. Norman, Chemistry
1997-98: T. Saunders, Physics
1996-97: J. Annis, Oceanography
1997: N. Huang, Computer Science |
Masters degree student:
2003-05: W. Ermold, Appl. Physics |
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Falkner, K., M. Steele, R. Woodgate, J. Swift, K. Aagaard, and J. Morison, Dissolved oxygen extrema in the Arctic Ocean halocline from the North Pole to the Lincoln Sea, Deep-Sea Res., Volume 52, Issue 7, Pages 1138-1154 , July 2005.
Steele, M. and W. Ermold, Salinity trends on the Siberian shelves, Geophys. Res. Lett.,31, L24308, 10.1029/2004GL021302, 2004.
Zhang, J., M. Steele, D. A. Rothrock, and R. Lindsay, Increasing exchanges at Greenland-Scotland ridge and their links with the North Atlantic Oscillation and arctic sea ice, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L09307, 10.1029/2003GL019304, 2004.
Steele, M., J. Morison, W. Ermold, I. Rigor, M. Ortmeyer, and K. Shimada, Circulation of summer Pacific halocline water in the Arctic Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 109(C2), C02027, 10.1029/2003JC002009, 2004.
Steiner, N., G. Holloway, R. Gerdes, S. Häkkinen, D. Holland, M. Karcher, F. Kauker, W. Maslowski, A. Proshutinsky, M. Steele, J. Zhang, Comparing modeled stream function, heat and freshwater content in the Arctic Ocean, Ocean Modelling, Volume 6, Issues 3-4, 265-284 2004.
Morison, J. H., K. Aagaard, K. K. Falkner, K, Hatakeyama, R. Moritz, J. E. Overland, D. Perovich, K. Shimada, M. Steele, T. Takizawa, R. Woodgate, Early results from the North Pole Environmental Observatory, EOS Trans., 83(33), pp. 357, 360-361, 2002.
Boyd, T. J., M. Steele, R. D. Muench, and J. T. Gunn, Partial recovery of the Arctic Ocean halocline, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 10.1029/2001GL014047, 2002.
Björk, G., S. Söderkvist, P. Winsor, A. Nikolopoulos, and M. Steele, Partial return of the cold halocline layer to the Amundsen Basin of the Arctic Ocean: Implications for the sea ice mass balance, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 10.1029/2001GL014157, 2002.
Proshutinsky, A., M. Steele., J. Zhang, G. Holloway, N. Steiner, S. Häkkinen, D. Holland, R. Gerdes, C. Koeberle, M. Karcher, M. Johnson, W. Maslowski, Y. Zhang, W. Hibler, and J. Wang, Multinational effort studies differences among Arctic Ocean models, EOS Trans., 82 (51), 637, 643-644, 2001.
Walsh, J. E., J. Curry, M. Fahnestock, M. C. Kennicutt II, A. D. Mcguire, W. B. Rossow, M. Steele, C. J. Vorosmarty, and R. Wharton, Enhancing NASA’s contributions to polar science: A review of polar geophysical data sets, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 124 pp., 2001. (Available through The National Academies Press)
Steele, M., W. Ermold, S. Häkkinen, D. Holland, G. Holloway, M. Karcher, F. Kauker, W. Maslowski, N. Steiner, and J. Zhang, Adrift in the Beaufort Gyre: A model intercomparison, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2935-2938, 2001.
Steele, M., R. Morley, and W. Ermold, PHC: A global ocean hydrography with a high quality Arctic Ocean, J. Climate, 14, 2079-2087, 2001.
Martinson, D. G., and M. Steele, Future of the arctic sea ice cover: Implications of an antarctic analog, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 307-310, 2001.
Forman, S. L., W. Maslowski, J. T. Andrews, D. Lubinski, M. Steele, J. Zhang, R. Lammers, and B. Peterson, Researchers explore arctic freshwater’s role in ocean circulation, EOS Trans., 81, 169, 2000.
Morison, J.H., K. Aagaard, and M. Steele, Recent environmental changes in the Arctic: A review, Arctic, 53, 359-371, 2000.
Steele, M. and G. Flato, Sea ice growth, melt, and modeling: A survey, in: The Freshwater Budget of the Arctic Ocean, pp 549-587, Kluwer, The Netherlands, 2000.
Zhang, J., D. Rothrock, and M. Steele, Recent changes in Arctic sea ice: The interplay between ice dynamics and thermodynamics, J. Climate, 13, 3099-3114, 2000.
Steele, M. and T. Boyd, Retreat of the cold halocline layer in the Arctic Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 10,419-10,435, 1998.
Zhang, J., D. Rothrock, and M. Steele, Warming of the Arctic Ocean by a strengthened Atlantic inflow: Model results, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 1745-1748, 1998.
Morison, J.H., M. Steele, and R. Andersen, Hydrography of the upper Arctic Ocean measured from the nuclear submarine USS Pargo, Deep Sea Res. I, 45, 15-38, 1998.
Zhang, J., W. Hibler, M. Steele, and D. Rothrock, Arctic ice-ocean modeling with and without climate restoring, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 28, 191-217, 1998.
Steele, M., J. Zhang, D. Rothrock and H. Stern, The force balance of sea ice in a numerical model of the Arctic Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 21,061-21,079, 1997.
Steele, M., D. Thomas, D. Rothrock, and S. Martin, A simple model study of the Arctic Ocean freshwater balance, 1979-1985, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 20,833-20,848, 1996.
Thomas, D., D. Rothrock, S. Martin, and M. Steele, Assimilating satellite concentration data into an Arctic sea ice mass balance model, 1979-1985, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 20,849-20,868, 1996.
Steele, M., J. H. Morison, and T. Curtin, Halocline water formation in the Barents Sea, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 881-894, 1995.
Steele, M. and J. Morison, Hydrography and vertical fluxes of heat and salt northeast of Svalbard in autumn, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 10,013-10,024, 1993.
Steele, M., Sea ice melting and floe geometry in a simple ice-ocean model, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 17729-17738, 1992.
Steele, M. and J. H. Morison, Obtaining smooth hydrographic profiles from a buoy deployed in sea ice, J. Atmos. and Ocean. Technol., 9, 812-826, 1992.
Steele, M., G. L. Mellor, and M. G. McPhee, Role of the molecular sublayer in the melting or freezing of sea ice, J. Phys. Oceangr., 19, 139-147, 1989.
Steele, M., J. H. Morison, and N. Untersteiner, The partition of air-ice-ocean momentum exchange as a function of ice concentration, floe size, and draft, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 12,739-12,750, 1989.
Steele, M., Numerical models of sea ice - ocean interaction in the Marginal Ice Zone, Ph.D. thesis, Princeton University, 203 pp., 1987.
Mellor, G. L., M. G. McPhee, and M. Steele, Ice-seawater turbulent boundary layer interaction with melting or freezing, J. Phys. Oceangr., 16, 1829-1846, 1986.
Non-Reviewed Publications
Steele, M., The cold halocline, in: The Encyclopedia of the Arctic, 1st edition, Routledge, 2304 pp., M. Nutall editor, Independence, KY, 2004.
Morison, J., K. Aagaard, and M. Steele, Report on: The study of the Arctic Change workshop, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, Report #8, 1998.
McPhee, M.G., and M. Steele, Comparison of SACM and turbulence cluster measurements, Proc. IEEE 4th Working Conf. on Current Measurement, Clinton, MD, 1990.
Advisors
BA (physics) senior project: Dr. D. Griffiths, Reed College
PhD advisor: Dr. G. Mellor, Princeton University
Postdoctoral advisor: Dr. J. Morison, Polar Science Center
