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 Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. This is my research website. Please contact me if you find something interesting.
Ata Suanda (suandas@uncw.edu)
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Great experiment measuring surfzone waves and currents with students in our independent study on Frying Pan Shoals. The only way to get to the Shoals from land is from Bald Head Island. Graciously hosted by BHI Conservancy, we staged, deployed, and recovered all of our instruments this weekend. The students will have a blast with … Continue reading Bald Head Island surfzone measurements
Check out our new publication releasing the Moana Ocean Hindcast model. This work is published in Geoscientific Model Development and compares a long-running free ROMS hindcast to a suite of offshore and nearshore coastal observations (spoiler alert, it does pretty well!). The model is now used for a variety of physical/biological oceanographic and coastal management … Continue reading Moana Ocean Hindcast evaluation paper published
Check out the new publication from University of Otago PhD candidate, Mireya Montaño in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science! This work describes the development of a coastal-resolving ROMS model from the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Circulation patterns, island effects, and particle dispersal characteristics are all contrasted with a low-resolution model and our common expectations … Continue reading New Paper greets the New Year
What a first day on the water in North Carolina! Red carpet treatment from RV Seahawk and CMS dive team. This scoping adventure was the official start of our collaboration with BOEM to study Frying Pan Shoals. We have deployed a MOSTLY empty test lander and sand-screwed a few driveway posts. What? Yup, you have … Continue reading A day on RV Seahawk
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