23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment

Abstract Information

Abstracts are closed! The deadline was 29 August 2024 at 11:59 PM ET

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

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The 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment is sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and organized by the AMS Committee on Coastal Environment. 

Call for Papers

The organizers of the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment invite submissions of papers on the following topics

  • Connecting How Weather and Climate Influence Hydrodynamic Processes Within the Coastal Marine System
  • Coastal Modeling and Evaluation for the Unified Forecast System (UFS) and Other Applications
  • Applications of Artificial Intelligence to the Coastal Environment
  • Coastal Meteorological Processes
  • Coastal coupled modeling for compound flooding
  • Coastal urban environment analysis and modeling
  • Impacts of climate change on the coastal environment
  • Predictions in the coastal environment: From weather to seasonal timescales and beyond
  • The Ocean Enterprise and Aspects of Weather, Water, and Climate in Coastal Zones
  • Other Topics in Coastal Environment

Joint Sessions

  • Forecast-Based Action: Ecological and Coastal Forecasting to Sustain Ecosystems and Coastal Communities (Joint with the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise)
  • Applications of Artificial Intelligence to the Coastal Environment (Joint with 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science)
  • The Ocean Enterprise and Aspects of Weather, Water, and Climate in Coastal Zones (Joint with the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise)

Student Award Opportunities

Student Presentation Awards

The 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment is proud to provide outstanding student presentation awards at the AMS 105th Annual Meeting. Monetary awards of up to $200 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 mid February 2025.

Student Presenter Travel Allowance

The 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment is awarding one (1) travel grant of $500 to allow student presenters to attend the AMS 105th Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA 12-16 January 2025. 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 105th Annual Meeting - Student Presenter Travel Allowance Application'': Yun Qian ([email protected]) and Gregory Dusek ([email protected]). 

Deadline for applications: 1 November 2024

Recipients will be notified on or before: 15 November 2024

Conference Contacts

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