Education

• PhD, 1998, Atmospheric Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
• MS, 1995, Atmospheric Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
• MS, 1979, Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
• MA, 1983, Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, England
• BA, 1978, Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, England

Courses Taught

• Geography 101: Intro to Physical Geography
  Geography 103: Weather
  Geography 311: The Atmosphere
  Geography 407: Remote Sensing
  Geography 300: Earth Science
  Geography 360: Intro to Spatial Statistics
  Geography 416: Earth's changing Climate
  Geography 630D: Graduate Seminar in Remote Sensing
  Geography 630E: Human Impact on the Environment

Selected Publications and Presentations

Steele, H. M., A. Eldering, B. Sen, G. C. Toon, F. P. Mills and B. H. Kahn,
"The retrieval of stratospheric aerosol size and composition information from solar infrared transmission spectra" (Applied Optics, 42, 12, 2140-2154, 2003)

Steele, H. M., J. D. Lumpe, R. M. Bevilacqua, K. W. Hoppel and R. P.
Turco, "The role of temperature history in PSC sightings." (J. Geophys. Res.,
107, AAC2- 1 - AAC2-15, 2002)

Eldering, A., F. W. Irion, A. Y. Chang, M. R. Gunson, F. P. Mills and H. M.
Steele, "Vertical profiles of aerosol volume from high-spectral- resolution infrared transmission measurements. I. Methodology", Applied Optics, 40, 18, 3082-3091, 2001.

Steele, H. M., J. Lumpe, R. P. Turco, R. Bevilacqua, and S. T. Massie,
"Retrieval of aerosol surface area and volume densities from extinction measurements: Application to POAM II and SAGE II", J. Geophys. Res., 9325-9336, 1999.

Steele, H. M., K. Drdla, R. P. Turco, J. D. Lumpe, R. M. Bevilacqua, "Tracking polar stratospheric cloud development with POAM II and a microphysical model", Geophys. Res. Lett., 26,287-290, 1999

Research and Interests

• Atmospheric Research
• Remote Sensing
• Retrieval of atmospheric constituents from satellite data
• Research projects at: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, UCLA University of Alabama, Huntsville Naval Research Laboratory