Sam Coakley
Program Specialist at UCAR - The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Belmar, New Jersey, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Coakley is a program specialist with a decade of experience coordinating ocean-climate research and enabling interdisciplinary science across academic, federal, and community stakeholders. At UCAR supporting US CLIVAR, he plans and implements research activities that advance understanding of air-sea interactions across the full ocean-atmosphere boundary layer, drawing on hands-on observational and modeling expertise from his graduate work on tropical cyclone–ocean coupling. He previously supported NOAA’s Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing efforts to improve tropical cyclone intensity forecasting, bridging operational needs and academic research. Based in Belmar, NJ, Sam combines technical fluency in ocean observing systems and numerical models with programmatic skills in stakeholder coordination and science planning. An often-overlooked strength is his ability to translate detailed observational findings into actionable priorities for multi-agency initiatives, accelerating progress on climate-relevant ocean science.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Physical Oceanography, Master of Science - MS, Physical Oceanography at Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Github Skills (8)
ocean9
climate-change9
dynamics8
julia8
fluid7
fluid-dynamics7
machine-learning6
gpu6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
sam12396/AD2CP_processing
Feb 2019 - Jun 2019
Contributions:28 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
sam12396/NMFS_MOCHA
Mar 2016 - Mar 2016
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 5 days
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