
Welcome to the Environmental Fluids Laboratory (EFL) at Coastal Carolina University. We study environmental fluid flows with research encompassing diverse topics in fluid dynamics. Ongoing research includes topics such as biologically inspired flows, coastal physical oceanography, and radar remote sensing.
EFL Research

On the Variability of In-situ Surface Layer Refractivity Measurements
Pastore, D.M. and Hackett, E.E. (2023). On the Variability of In-situ Surface Layer Refractivity Measurements, Atmosphere, under review.
Fusing Numerical Weather Prediction Ensembles with Refractivity Inversions During Surface Ducting Conditions
Greenway, D.P., Haack, T., Hackett, E.E. (2023). Fusing Numerical Weather Prediction Ensembles with Refractivity Inversions During Surface Ducting Conditions. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, under review.
A Novel Near-Surface Wave-Coherent Instantaneous Profiling System for Atmospheric Measurements
Stanek, M.J.; Pastore, D.M.; Hackett, E.E. (2023). A Novel Near-Surface Wave-Coherent Instantaneous Profiling System for Atmospheric Measurements. Sensors, 23, 4099. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23084099
Refractivity inversions from point-to-point X-band radar propagation measurements
Pastore, D.M., Wessinger, S. E., Greenway, D. P., Stanek, M. J., Burkholder, R. J., Haack, T., et al. (2022). Refractivity inversions from point-to-point X-band radar propagation measurements. Radio Science, 57, e2021RS007345. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021RS007345
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We are currently looking for motivated students to join our Environmental Fluids Laboratory who are interested in any of the following areas:
Bio-Inspired Flows Coastal Physical Oceanography Radar Remote Sensing
- Avian aerodynamics - Air-sea interactions - Inversion modeling of atmospheric refractivity
- Fish hydrodynamics - Water-sediment exchange - Ocean surface wave reconstructions from radar
- Ocean surface waves - Environmental effects on EM wave propagation
- Hydrodynamic effects on water quality - Remote sensing of temperature and humidity
For more information please contact:
Erin Hackett: ehackett@coastal.edu
Roi Gurka: rgurka@coastal.edu