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69
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Michael Steele 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 Michael Steele sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 189 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Steele 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 Michael Steele sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael Steele is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in various subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, Ocean Engineering, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work focuses extensively on topics related to Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, climate change and permafrost, methane hydrates and related phenomena, cryospheric studies and observations, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, climate variability and models, and offshore engineering and technologies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael Steele include Chelle Gentemann, Edward D. Cokelet, Jinlun Zhang, Axel Schweiger, and Sandra L. Castro.

Common venues for Steele's publications include:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Remote Sensing
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael Steele are:

  • Improved Estimation of Proxy Sea Surface Temperature in the Arctic, 2020, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
  • Labrador Sea freshening linked to Beaufort Gyre freshwater release, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Springtime Export of Arctic Sea Ice Influences Phytoplankton Production in the Greenland Sea, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Changes in the Arctic Ocean Carbon Cycle With Diminishing Ice Cover, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Accelerated sea ice loss in the Wandel Sea points to a change in the Arctic's Last Ice Area, 2021, Communications Earth & Environment

Best Publications

  • PHC: A Global Ocean Hydrography with a High-Quality Arctic Ocean

    Michael Steele;Rebecca Morley;Wendy Ermold

  • The large-scale freshwater cycle of the Arctic

    Mark C. Serreze;Andrew P. Barrett;Andrew G. Slater;Rebecca A. Woodgate

  • Uncertainty in modeled Arctic sea ice volume

    Axel Schweiger;Ron Lindsay;Jinlun Zhang;Mike Steele

  • Retreat of the cold halocline layer in the Arctic Ocean

    Michael Steele;Timothy Boyd

  • Arctic Ocean surface warming trends over the past 100 years

    Michael Steele;Wendy Ermold;Jinlun Zhang

  • Changing Arctic Ocean freshwater pathways

    James Morison;Ron Kwok;Cecilia Peralta-Ferriz;Matt Alkire

  • Circulation of summer Pacific halocline water in the Arctic Ocean

    Michael Steele;James Morison;Wendy Ermold;Ignatius Rigor

  • One More Step Toward a Warmer Arctic

    Igor V. Polyakov;Agnieszka Beszczynska;Eddy C. Carmack;Igor A. Dmitrenko

  • Arctic Ocean warming contributes to reduced polar ice cap

    Igor V. Polyakov;Leonid A. Timokhov;Vladimir A. Alexeev;Sheldon Bacon

  • Analysis of the Arctic System for Freshwater Cycle Intensification: Observations and Expectations

    Michael A. Rawlins;Michael Steele;Marika M. Holland;Jennifer C. Adam

  • The impact of an intense summer cyclone on 2012 Arctic sea ice retreat

    Jinlun Zhang;Ron Lindsay;Axel Schweiger;Michael Steele

  • The Arctic freshwater system: Changes and impacts

    Daniel White;Larry Hinzman;Lilian Alessa;John Cassano

  • Half a century of satellite remote sensing of sea-surface temperature

    P.J. Minnett;A. Alvera-Azcárate;T.M. Chin;G.K. Corlett

  • The large‐scale energy budget of the Arctic

    Mark C. Serreze;Andrew P. Barrett;Andrew G. Slater;Michael Steele

  • Rapid change in freshwater content of the Arctic Ocean

    M. G. McPhee;Andrey Proshutinsky;James H. Morison;Michael Steele

  • Hydrography of the upper Arctic Ocean measured from the nuclear submarine U.S.S. Pargo

    James Morison;Michael Steele;Roger Andersen

  • Arctic Sea Ice Retreat in 2007 Follows Thinning Trend

    R. W. Lindsay;J. Zhang;A. Schweiger;M. Steele

  • What drove the dramatic retreat of arctic sea ice during summer 2007

    Jinlun Zhang;Ron Lindsay;Mike Steele;Axel Schweiger

  • Recent Changes in Arctic Sea Ice: The Interplay between Ice Dynamics and Thermodynamics

    Jinlun Zhang;Drew Rothrock;Michael Steele

  • Synthesis of primary production in the Arctic Ocean: III. Nitrate and phosphate based estimates of net community production

    L.A. Codispoti;V. Kelly;A. Thessen;P. Matrai

  • Recent Environmental Changes in the Arctic: A Review

    James Morison;Knut Aagaard;Mike Steele

Frequent Co-Authors

Jinlun Zhang
Jinlun Zhang University of Washington
James H. Morison
James H. Morison University of Washington
Axel Schweiger
Axel Schweiger University of Washington
Ron Lindsay
Ron Lindsay University of Washington
Rebecca A. Woodgate
Rebecca A. Woodgate University of Washington
David M. Holland
David M. Holland New York University
Andrey Proshutinsky
Andrey Proshutinsky Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Sirpa Häkkinen
Sirpa Häkkinen Goddard Space Flight Center
Wieslaw Maslowski
Wieslaw Maslowski Naval Postgraduate School
Michael Karcher
Michael Karcher Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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