Helen Cox
e-mail: helen.m.cox@csun.edu

Office: Sierra Hall, Room 130-K
Office phone number: (818) 677-3512

Office Hours	Crs	Class	Course Name	Rm	Day	Time
Mon & Wed	103	17694	Weather	SH160	TR	1100-1215
11:00am-12:00pm	311	14343	The Atmosphere	SH108	MWF	0900-0950
T 10:00-11:00am	311	17722	The Atmosphere	SH108	MWF	1000-1050

Courses Taught

• Geography 103: Weather
• Geography 311: The Atmosphere
• Geography 407: Remote Sensing
• Geography 300: Earth Science
• Geography 416: Earth's Changing Climate
• Geography 490: Senior Thesis
• Geography 630E: Human Impact On The Environment
• Geography 690D: Remote Sensing Seminarography 690D: Remote Sensing

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

Professional Activities

• 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

Recent Publications (under maiden name Steele)

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.

Full List of Publications