overview Andre Amador is an applied scientist, with extensive experience in ocean technology design, research and development. His work lies at the intersection of engineering and oceanography.
selected publications abstract Assessment of atmospheric and oceanographic measurements from an autonomous surface vehicle. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 40(3), 305-326. 2023 The wavedrifter: a low-cost IMU-based Lagrangian drifter to observe steepening and overturning of surface gravity waves and the transition to turbulence. Coastal Engineering Journal, 1-14. 2023 ADCP‐based estimates of lateral turbulent Reynolds stresses in wavy coastal environments. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 20(5), 260-280. 2022 Wave Glider Speed Model for Real-time Motion Planning. In OCEANS 2021: San Diego–Porto (pp. 1-9). IEEE. 2021 Cross‐shore structure of tidally driven alongshore flow over rough bathymetry. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125(8), e2020JC016264. 2020 ADCP bias and Stokes drift in AUV-based velocity measurements. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 34(9), 2029-2042. 2017 Design and development of an instrumented drifter for Lagrangian measurements of inertial particle dynamics in breaking waves. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 41(1), 82-93. 2016 academic article Wind velocity estimates from wave observing platforms. Coastal Engineering Journal. 66:479-491. 2024 Optimizing and Validating High-Frequency Radar Surface Current Measurements in the Mona Passage. Marine Technology Society Journal. 45:49-58. 2011 conference paper ADCP bias and stokes drift in AUV-based measurements. 1-5. 2015 Development of novel instrumented Lagrangian drifters to probe the internal structure of breaking surface waves. 1-6. 2012
research overview Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Ocean Engineering, Marine Renewable Energy, Nearshore Processes, Air-sea Interactions