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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Bingchen Liu has published his work, “Scaling Breaking-Wave Vorticity Generation in the Surfzone” in JPO. This paper brings me BACK. In 2014, we ran hundreds of these funwaveC wave-resolving surfzone simulations. I used the results to see how wave directional spread controlled bulk estimates of offshore transport due to rip currents. The model outputs also … Continue reading New paper on surf-zone vorticity generation!
Arfin Sudirman and I were classmates in both middle- and high-school. He is now a Professor of International Relations, studying Maritime Law at Padjadjaran University (UNPAD) in my hometown of Bandung, Indonesia. I was beyond thrilled to see Prof. Arfin again and honored to be invited to discuss our work at UNCW with the UNPAD … Continue reading Visit to UNPAD, Indonesia
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!
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