Posts Tagged «Mike Steele»

Lique, C., and M. Steele, Seasonal to decadal variability of Arctic Ocean heat content: A model-based analysis and implications for autonomous observing systems, J. Geophys. Res., 118, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20127, 2013.

Lique, C., J. Guthrie, M. Steele, A. Proshutinsky, J. H. Morison, and R. Krishfield, Diffusive vertical heat flux in the Canada Basin of the Arctic Ocean inferred from moored instruments, J. Geophys. Res., 119, doi:10.1002/2013JC009346, 2014.

Ma, B., M. Steele, and C. M. Lee, Ekman circulation in the Arctic Ocean: Beyond the Beaufort Gyre, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 122, 3358–3374, doi:10.1002/2016JC012624, 2017.

Martin, T., M. Steele, and J. Zhang, Seasonality and long-term trend of Arctic Ocean surface stress in a model, J. Geophy. Res., 119, 1723-1738, doi:10.1002/2013JC009425, 2014.

Martinson, D. G., and M. Steele, Future of the Arctic sea ice cover: Implications of an Antarctic analog, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 307-310, doi:10.1029/2000GL011549, 2001.

Matrai, P.A., E. Olson, S. Suttles, V.J. Hill, L.A. Codispoti, B. Light, and M. Steele, Synthesis of primary production in the Arctic Ocean: I. Surface waters, 1954-2007, Prog. in Oceanogr., 110, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2012.11.004, 2013.

Mayot, N., P. Matrai, I.H. Ellingsen, M. Steele, K. Johnson, S.C. Riser, & D. Swift, Assessing phytoplankton activities in the seasonal ice zone of the Greenland Sea over an annual cycle, J. Geophys. Res., 123, doi:10.1029/2018JC014271, 2018.

Mayot, N., P. A. Matrai, A. Arjona, S. Bélanger, C. Marchese, T. Jaegler, M. Ardyna, and M. Steele, Springtime export of Arctic sea ice influences phytoplankton production in the Greenland Sea, J. Geophys. Res., 125, doi:10.1029/2019JC015799, 2020.

McPhee, M. G., A. Proshutinsky, J. H. Morison, M. Steele, and M. B. Alkire, Rapid change in freshwater content of the Arctic Ocean, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L10602, doi:10.1029/2009GL037525, 2009.

McPhee, M.G., and M. Steele, Comparison of SACM and turbulence cluster measurements, Proc. IEEE 4th Working Conf. on Current Measurement, Clinton, MD, doi:10.1109/CURM.1990.110896, non-reviewed, 1990. 

Meinig, C., M. Steele, and K. Wood, Taking the Temperature Of the Arctic With UMVs, Sea Technol., 53, 23-33, non-reviewed, 2012.

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, doi:10.1175/1520-0485(1986)016<1829:ISTBLI>2.0.CO;2., 1986.   

Minnett, P. J., A. Alvera-Azcárate, T. M. Chin, G. K. Corlett, C. L. Gentemann, I. Karagali, X. Li, A. Marsouin, S. Marullo, E. Maturi, R. Santoleri, S. Saux Picart, M. Steele, and J. Vazquez-Cuervo, Half a century of satellite remote sensing of sea-surface temperature, Rem. Sens. Environ., 233, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2019.111366, 2019.

Moore, G., Steele, M., Schweiger, A.J., Zhang, J., and Laidre, K.L., Thick and old sea ice in the Beaufort Sea during summer 2020/21 was associated with enhanced transport. Commun Earth Environ 3, 198, doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00530-6, 2022.

Moore, G.W.K., Schweiger, A., Zhang, J., & Steele, M.; Collapse of the 2017 winter Beaufort High: A response to thinning sea ice? Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 2860–2869, doi:10.1002/2017GL076446, 2018.

Moore, G.W.K., A. Schweiger, J. Zhang, and M. Steele, What caused the remarkable February 2018 North Greenland Polynya? Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, doi:10.1029/2018GL080902, 2018.

Morison, J. H., K. Aagaard, and M. Steele, Recent environmental changes in the Arctic: A review, Arctic, 53(4), 359-371, 2000.

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, North Pole Environmental Observatory delivers early results, Eos Trans. AGU, 83(33), 357–361, doi:10.1029/2002EO000259, 2002. 

Morison, J., K. Aagaard, and M. Steele, Report on: The study of the Arctic Change workshop, Report #8, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1998.

Morison, J., M. Steele, T. Kikuchi, K. Falkner, and W. Smethie, Relaxation of central Arctic Ocean hydrography to pre-1990s climatology, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L17604, doi:10.1029/2006GL026826, 2006.

Morison, J., R. Kwok, C. Peralta-Ferriz, M. Alkire, I. Rigor, R. Andersen, and M. Steele, Changing Arctic Ocean Freshwater Pathways Measured With ICESat and GRACE, Nature, 481, 66-70, doi:10.1038/nature10705, 2012.

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, doi:10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00025-3, 1998.

Nawaz, A., J. Chung, S. Soelberg, D. Burnett, J. Kucewicz, and M. Steele, Small, Low Power Salinity Sensors Based on Solid State Potentiometry for Ocean Applications. OCEANS 2023 – MTS/IEEE U.S. Gulf Coast, doi:10.23919/oceans52994.2023.10336959, non-reviewed, 2023.

The observatory is staffed by an international research team that establishes a camp at the North Pole each spring to take the pulse of the Arctic Ocean and learn how the world’s northernmost sea helps regulate global climate.

Peng, G., M. Steele, A.C. Bliss, W.N. Meier, & S. Dickinson, Temporal Means and Variability of Arctic Sea Ice Melt and Freeze Season Climate Indicators Using a Satellite Climate Data Record, Remote Sens., 10(9):1328, doi:10.3390/rs10091328, 2018. 

Peterson, P.K., Hartwig, M., May, N.W., Schwartz, E., Rigor, I., Ermold, W., Steele, M., Morison, J.H., Nghiem, S.V. and Pratt, K.A., Snowpack measurements suggest role for multi-year sea ice regions in Arctic atmospheric bromine and chlorine chemistry. Elem. Sci. Anth., 7(1), 14, doi:10.1525/elementa.352, 2019.

The Polar Science Center Hydrographic Climatology (PHC) merges the 1998 version of the World Ocean Atlas (Antonov et al., 1998; Boyer et al., 1998) with the regional Arctic Ocean Atlas (EWG, 1997; 1998) creating a global climatology for temperature and salinity that contains a good description of the Arctic Ocean and its environs.

Polar Science Weekend is four days of hands-on activities, live demonstrations and exhibits presented by scientists who work in some of the most remote and challenging places on earth.  Polar Science Weekend is supported by a generous grant from NASA.

Polyakov, I.V., Beszczynska, A., Carmack, E.C., Dmitrenko, I.A., Fahrbach, E., Frolov, I.E., Gerdes, R., Hansen, E., Holfort, J., Ivanov, V.V., Johnson, M.A., Karcher, M., Kauker, F., Morison, J., Orvik, K.A., Schauer, U., Simmons, H.L., Skagseth, Ø., Sokolov, V.T., Steele, M., Timokhov, L.A., Walsh, D., Walsh, J.E., One more step toward a warmer Arctic, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L17605, doi:10.1029/2005GL023740, 2005.

Polyakov, I.V., et al., including M. Steele, Observational program tracks Arctic Ocean transition to a warmer state, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(40), 398–399, doi:10.1029/2007EO400002, 2007.

Polyakov, I. V., V. Alexeev, G. I. Belchansky, I. A. Dmitrenko, V. Ivanov, S. Kirillov, A. Korablev, M. Steele, L. A. Timokhov, and I. Yashayaev, Arctic Ocean freshwater changes over the past 100 years and their causes, J. Climate, 21, 364-384, doi:10.1175/2007JCLI1748.1, 2008.

Polyakov, I.V., et al., incl. M. Steele, Arctic Ocean warming contributes to reduced polar ice cap, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 40, 2743-2756, doi:10.1175/2010JPO4339.1, 2010.

Popova, E. E., A. Yool, A. C. Coward, F. Dupont, C. Deal, S. Elliott, E. Hunke, M. Jin, M. Steele, J. Zhang, What controls primary production in the Arctic Ocean? Results from an ecosystem model intercomparison, J. Geophys. Res., 117, doi:10.1029/2011JC007112, 2012.

The focus of this project is to synthesize existing studies and data relating to Arctic Ocean primary production and its changing physical controls such as light, nutrients, and stratification, and to use this synthesis to better understand how primary production varies in time and space and as a function of climate change.

Significant changes in arctic climate have been detected in recent years. One of the most striking changes is the decline of sea ice concurrent with changes in atmospheric circulation and increased surface air temperature.

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. AGU, 82(51), 637–644, doi:10.1029/01EO00365, 2001.

Proshutinsky, A., J. Yang, R. Krishfield, R. Gerdes, M. Karcher, F. Kauker, C. Koeberle, S. Hakkinen, W. Hibler, D. Holland, M. Maqueda, G. Holloway, E. Hunke, W. Maslowski, M. Steele, and J. Zhang, Arctic ocean study: Synthesis of model results and observations, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(40), 368–371, doi:10.1029/2005EO400003, 2005. 

Proshutinsky, A., R. Gerdes, D. Holland, G. Holloway and M. Steele, AOMIP: Coordinated activities to improve models and model predictions, CLIVAR Exchanges, 13(1), (Exchanges; 44), 17, upublished manuscript, 2008. 

Proshutinsky, A., R. Krishfield, M. Steele, and others,’ The Arctic: Oceans [in “State of the Climate in 2008”]’, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 90(8), S99-S102, 2009.

Proshutinsky, A., M.-L. Timmermans, I. Ashik, A. Beszczynska-Moeller, E. Carmack, I. Frolov, R. Krishfield, F. McLaughlin, J. Morison, I. Polyakov, K. Shimada, V. Sokolov, M. Steele, J. Toole, and R. Woodgate, The Arctic, c. Ocean [in “State of the Climate in 2009”], Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 91 (6), S85-87, 2010.

Proshutinsky, A., Y. Aksenov, J. Clement-Kinney, R. Gerdes, E. Golubeva, D. Holland, G. Holloway, A. John, M. Johnson, E. Popova, M. Steele, and E. Watanabe, Recent advances in Arctic Ocean studies employing models from the Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project, Oceanography, 24(3), 102-113, doi:10.5670/oceanog.2011.61, 2011.

Proshutinsky, A., M.-L. Timmermans, I. Ashik, A. Beszczynska-Moeller, E. Carmack, I. Frolov, M. Itoh, T. Kikuchi, R. Krishfield, F. McLaughlin, S. Nishino, B. Rabe, U. Schauer, K. Shimada, V. Sokolov, M. Steele, J. Toole, and W. Williams, R. Woodgate, M. Yamamoto-Kawai, Z. Zimmermann, The Arctic, c. Ocean [in “State of the Climate in 2010”], Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 92 (6), S145-148, 2011.

Proshutinsky, A., M.-L. Timmermans, I. Ashik, A. Beszczynska-Moeller, E. Carmack, I. Frolov, R. Ingvaldsen, M. Itoh, T. Kikuchi, R. Krishfield, H. Loeng, F. McLaughlin, S. Nishino, R. Pickart, B. Rabe, B. Rudels, I. Semiletov, U. Schauer, N. Shakhova, K. Shimada, V. Sokolov, M. Steele, J. Toole, T. Weingartner, W. Williams, R. Woodgate, M. Yamamoto-Kawai, and S. Zimmermann, The Arctic, c. Ocean [in “State of the Climate in 2011”], Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2012.

Proshutinsky, A., M. Steele, and M.-L. Timmermans, Forum for Arctic Modeling and Observational Synthesis (FAMOS): Past, current, and future activities, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121, doi:10.1002/2016JC011898, 2016.

Rawlins, M.A., M. Steele, M.C. Serreze, C.J. Vörösmarty, W. Ermold, R.B. Lammers, K.C. McDonald, T.M. Pavelsky, A. Shiklomanov, and J. Zhang, Tracing freshwater anomalies through the air‐land‐ocean system: A case study from the Mackenzie river basin and the Beaufort Gyre, Atmos. Ocean, 47(1), 79–97, doi:10.3137/OC301.2009, 2009.

Rawlins, M.A., M. Steele, M.M. Holland, J.C. Adam., J.E. Cherry, J.A. Francis, P.Y. Groisman, L.D. Hinzman, T.G. Huntington, D.L. Kane, J.S. Kimball, R. Kwok, R.B. Lammers, C.M. Lee, D.P. Lettenmaier, K.C. McDonald, E. Podest, J.W. Pundsack, B. Rudels, M.C. Serreze, A. Shiklomanov, O. Skagseth, T.J. Troy, C.J. Vorosmarty, M. Wensnahan, E.F. Wood, R. Woodgate, D.Yang, K. Zhang, T. Zhang, Analysis of the Arctic System for Freshwater Cycle Intensification: Observations and Expectations, J. Climate, 23, 5715-5737, doi:10.1175/2010JCLI3421.1, 2010. 

Schweiger, A., R. Lindsay, J. Zhang, M. Steele, H. Stern, R. Kwok, Uncertainty in modeled arctic sea ice volume, J. Geophys. Res., 116, C00D06, doi:10.1029/2011JC007084, 2011.

Schweiger, A., M. Steele, J. Zhang, G. W. K. Moore, and K. Laidre, Accelerated sea ice loss in the Wandel Sea points to a change in the Arctic’s Last Ice Area, Nature Commun. Earth Environ., 2, 122, doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00197-5, 2021.

Schweiger, A.J., J. Zhang, R.W. Lindsay, and M. Steele, Did unusually sunny skies help drive the record sea ice minimum of 2007?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L10503, doi:10.1029/2008gl033463, 2008.

Through this project, investigators will characterize the seasonal linkages between the land surface greenness and a suite of land, atmosphere, and ocean characteristics, focusing on the Beringia/ Beaufort Sea, where there have been strong positive increases in the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) over the past 25 years, and the west-central Arctic Eurasia region, where the NDVI trends have been slightly negative.

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