Michael Steele

15.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
148 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

Michael Steele is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Steele has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Atmospheric Science, 44 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 34 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Michael Steele's work include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (136 papers), Climate change and permafrost (84 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (47 papers). Michael Steele is often cited by papers focused on Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (136 papers), Climate change and permafrost (84 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (47 papers). Michael Steele collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Michael Steele's co-authors include Jinlun Zhang, Wendy Ermold, Axel Schweiger, J. Morison, Rebecca Morley, Timothy Boyd, Ron Lindsay, Harry L. Stern, R. Kwok and Ignatius Rigor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Michael Steele

143 papers receiving 9.5k citations

Hit Papers

PHC: A Global Ocean Hydrography with a High-Quality Arcti... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2011 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. PHC: A Global Ocean Hydrography with a High-Quality Arctic Ocean
    2001 819 citations Michael Steele, Wendy Ermold et al. Journal of Climate profile →
  2. Uncertainty in modeled Arctic sea ice volume
    2011 460 citations Axel Schweiger, Jinlun Zhang et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Steele United States 52 8.9k 3.6k 3.4k 2.6k 465 148 10.0k
Qiang Wang Germany 37 3.2k 0.4× 1.7k 0.5× 1.9k 0.6× 860 0.3× 227 0.5× 165 4.2k
Jennifer E. Kay United States 48 8.1k 0.9× 996 0.3× 6.6k 1.9× 508 0.2× 546 1.2× 117 9.4k
И. И. Мохов Russia 35 4.0k 0.5× 561 0.2× 4.0k 1.2× 465 0.2× 275 0.6× 330 5.3k
D. A. Rothrock United States 35 5.3k 0.6× 925 0.3× 1.5k 0.4× 562 0.2× 195 0.4× 67 5.7k
James A Maslanik United States 40 5.6k 0.6× 854 0.2× 1.9k 0.5× 553 0.2× 658 1.4× 121 6.4k
Dake Chen China 42 4.5k 0.5× 5.0k 1.4× 4.7k 1.4× 175 0.1× 221 0.5× 267 7.0k
Detlef Stammer Germany 49 4.4k 0.5× 7.5k 2.1× 6.0k 1.7× 330 0.1× 227 0.5× 212 9.4k
Keith Haines United Kingdom 36 2.2k 0.2× 2.5k 0.7× 2.4k 0.7× 170 0.1× 277 0.6× 141 4.0k
Ruoying He United States 41 2.0k 0.2× 3.8k 1.0× 1.8k 0.5× 566 0.2× 1.0k 2.2× 151 5.3k
Thomas W. N. Haine United States 31 2.5k 0.3× 2.4k 0.7× 1.9k 0.5× 574 0.2× 104 0.2× 109 3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Steele

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Steele

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Michael Steele. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Michael Steele. The network helps show where Michael Steele may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Steele

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Steele. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Steele based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Michael Steele. Michael Steele is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fenty, Ian, et al.. (2025). Thermohaline Preconditioning for Sea Ice Formation in the Beaufort Sea. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(19).
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Branch, Ruth, et al.. (2025). Wave energy converter buoy for Arctic observations. Renewable Energy. 256. 123497–123497.
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Fournier, Séverine, et al.. (2025). Comparison between SMOS and SMAP Sea Surface Salinity and SASSIE In Situ Measurements in the Arctic Ocean. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 42(8). 1009–1025. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Gaopeng, Ping Chang, Xiaoqing Liu, et al.. (2024). High-resolution modelling identifies the Bering Strait’s role in amplified Arctic warming. Nature Climate Change. 14(6). 615–622. 8 indexed citations
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L’Ecuyer, Tristan, et al.. (2023). Clouds Increasingly Influence Arctic Sea Surface Temperatures as CO2 Rises. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(8). 6 indexed citations
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Zhong, Wenli, Sylvia T. Cole, Jinlun Zhang, Ruibo Lei, & Michael Steele. (2022). Increasing Winter Ocean‐to‐Ice Heat Flux in the Beaufort Gyre Region, Arctic Ocean Over 2006–2018. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(2). 18 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jiaxu, Wei Cheng, Michael Steele, & Wilbert Weijer. (2022). Asymmetrically Stratified Beaufort Gyre: Mean State and Response to Decadal Forcing. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(1). 2 indexed citations
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DeGrandpre, Michael D., Wiley Evans, Mary‐Louise Timmermans, et al.. (2020). Changes in the Arctic Ocean Carbon Cycle With Diminishing Ice Cover. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(12). e2020GL088051–e2020GL088051. 30 indexed citations
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Zhong, Wenli, et al.. (2019). Episodic Extrema of Surface Stress Energy Input to the Western Arctic Ocean Contributed to Step Changes of Freshwater Content in the Beaufort Gyre. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(21). 12173–12182. 10 indexed citations
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Zhong, Wenli, Michael Steele, Jinlun Zhang, & Sylvia T. Cole. (2019). Circulation of Pacific Winter Water in the Western Arctic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 124(2). 863–881. 45 indexed citations
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Mayot, Nicolas, Patricia A. Matrai, Ingrid Ellingsen, et al.. (2018). Assessing Phytoplankton Activities in the Seasonal Ice Zone of the Greenland Sea Over an Annual Cycle. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 123(11). 8004–8025. 28 indexed citations
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Gentemann, Chelle, Peter J. Minnett, Michael Steele, et al.. (2018). Arctic MISST: Multi-sensor Improved Sea Surface Temperature: Continuing the GHRSST Partnership and Improving Arctic data. AGUFM. 2018. 1 indexed citations
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Zhong, Wenli, Michael Steele, Jinlun Zhang, & Jinping Zhao. (2017). Greater Role of Geostrophic Currents in Ekman Dynamics in the Western Arctic Ocean as a Mechanism for Beaufort Gyre Stabilization. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 123(1). 149–165. 37 indexed citations
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Steele, Michael & Wendy Ermold. (2015). Loitering of the Retreating Sea Ice Edge in the Arctic Seas. AGUFM. 2015.
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Zhang, Jinlun, Yvette H. Spitz, Michael Steele, et al.. (2010). Modeling the impact of declining sea ice on the Arctic marine planktonic ecosystem. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 115(C10). 117 indexed citations
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Steele, Michael, et al.. (2009). Night at the museum : battle of the Smithsonian. 1 indexed citations
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Lindsay, R. W., J. Zhang, Axel Schweiger, Michael Steele, & Harry L. Stern. (2008). Arctic sea ice retreat in 2007 follows thinning trend. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 3 indexed citations
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Lindsay, R. W., Jinlun Zhang, Axel Schweiger, Michael Steele, & Harry L. Stern. (2008). Arctic Sea Ice Retreat in 2007 Follows Thinning Trend. Journal of Climate. 22(1). 165–176. 158 indexed citations
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Steele, Michael, et al.. (2007). Arctic Ocean Surface Warming Trends Over the 20th Century. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 2 indexed citations
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Morison, J., Knut Aagaard, Kelly K. Falkner, et al.. (2001). The North Pole Environmental Observatory. AGUFM. 2001. 1 indexed citations

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