My name is Ata Suanda. I am a Coastal Physical Oceanographer and I study the ocean processes that deliver or alter water properties next to the world’s coastlines. I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. This is my research blog and website. Please contact me if you find something interesting.
Ata Suanda (suandas@uncw.edu)
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A HUGE thanks to all our new and returning sailors for TEAL-SHIPS4! We made it out and back, and sampled all of our stations nestled between two storms. among other things, we went fishing for PAR! Also, a fascinating surface picture from our 3 days at sea, as near-winter time cold coastal conditions sat next … Continue reading TEAL-SHIPS4: A bullet cruise
What fun this week to see a rocky shores experiment in the UNCW wave flume. With help from our students and volunteers, we have tried to recreate a scaled version of a rocky shoreline in the wave flume. Preserving a/h and kh is not easy, so we will see what we can reproduce in wave … Continue reading The UNCW wave flume ROCKS!
What an eventful surfzone experiment out on Bald Head Island! As part of the Frying Pan Shoals study, we sample the nearfield with an array of pressure sensors and ADCPs. For this round, our beach RTK work was also done in conjunction with the jet ski survey group of Katherine Anarde at NCSU. As always, … Continue reading BHIX2025
This was the final recovery of our lander + Spotter wave array deployed around Frying Pan Shoals. We got a great day from the weather gods and terrific assistance as always from our CMS operations staff and student volunteers. Some excellent stories to come based on these last two years of our sampling periods around … Continue reading BOEM 8 complete!
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