97th AMS Annual Meeting | 22–26 January 2017 | Seattle, WA

15th Symposium on the Coastal Environment

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Presentation Topics

Papers for this conference are solicited on:

  • Coastal Climate: Sea level rise, coastal flooding and impacts of melting sea-ice
  • Big Data in the Coastal Environment
  • Novel Observational Techniques: Data assimilation, Unmanned observations, regional networks, coastal data needs
  • Social Science: Tools, Methods and Applications
  • Ecological and Biological coupled forecasting
  • Case studies
  • Joint Session (with STAC Committee on Hydrology): Regional and coastal hydrodynamic model coupling, including hydrological impacts

Important Dates

Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 August 2016
Acceptance Emails Sent: late-September 2016

Abstract Fee

The $95 abstract fee  (payable by credit card or purchase order) is refundable only if your abstract is not accepted.

What's Included

Your fee includes your abstract, extended abstract (optional), and your recorded oral presentation posted to the online program which is available to all visitors for free. 

Student Award Opportunities

We are pleased to offer travel assistance of $400 to each of two students. To apply, applicants should prepare a short written statement (no more than one page) declaring their financial need and circumstance, relevance of their research to the Symposium, how they will benefit from attending the Symposium, and a copy of their abstract.

In addition, a Best Student Paper Award of $200 and a Second Place Student Paper Award of $100 will be selected at the Symposium, based on the quality of the research and the presentation."

Program Chair(s)

For additional information please contact the program chairperson(s), Dr. Andre van der Westhuysen, Frank Aikmann, or Teddy Holt.