24th Symposium on the Coastal Environment

Abstract Information

Abstracts are due by 14 August 2025 at 5:00 PM ET

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Abstract Fee and Author Instructions
All presenters must also register for the meeting.

The 24th Symposium on the Coastal Environment is sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and organized by the AMS Committee on Coastal Environment. 

Conference Contacts

For additional information, please contact the program chairs: Gregory Dusek ([email protected]) and Kendra Dresback ([email protected]).

Call for Papers

Papers for the 24th Symposium on the Coastal Environment are solicited on the following:

  • Advances in Coastal Hazard Modeling for Natural and Urban Environments
  • Coastal Meteorological Processes
  • Coastal Modeling and Evaluation for the Unified Forecast System (UFS) and Other Applications
  • Other Topics in Coastal Environment
  • Predictions in the coastal environment: From subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) timescales and beyond

Joint Sessions

  • Applications of Artificial Intelligence to the Coastal Environment (Joint with 25th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science)
  • Forecast-Based Action: Ecological and Coastal Forecasting to Sustain Ecosystems and Coastal Communities (Joint with 14th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise)
  • Integrating Multisector Data Sources to Support Economic Growth and Enhance Federal Ocean Science and Services (Joint with 14th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise)

Student Award Opportunities

Student Presentation Awards

The 24th Symposium on the Coastal Environment is proud to provide outstanding student presentation awards at the AMS 106th Annual Meeting. Monetary awards of up to $50 will be distributed for oral presentations and poster presentations in addition to a PDF certificate from AMS. Students must be enrolled at a college or university at the time of submission and must be the lead author or presenter of the work. Submitters should indicate their eligibility for student awards when submitting their abstracts. Award recipients will be informed of the committee's decision by late February 2026.

Student Presenter Travel Allowances

The 24th Symposium on the Coastal Environment is awarding four (4) travel grants of up to $360 each to allow student presenters to attend the AMS 106th Annual Meeting in Houston, TX 25 - 29 January 2026. The award should be used to offset travel related expenses only (registration fees, transportation, lodging and food). To apply, students (Undergraduate and Post-Graduate) should prepare a short written statement (no more than one page) declaring their financial need and circumstance, relevance of their research to the conference, how they will benefit from attending the conference and a copy of their abstract for the meeting. Students who wish to apply must submit their application to the program chairs via email with the subject line “AMS 106th Annual Meeting - Student Presenter Travel Allowance Application”: Gregory Dusek ([email protected]) and Kendra Dresback ([email protected]).

Deadline for applications: 31 October 2025

Recipients will be notified on or before: 7 November 2025