Dear
Colleagues,
We
would like to invite you to submit an abstract to our EGU 2026
session “OS2.2: Oceanography at coastal scales. Modelling,
coupling, observations and applications" at the EGU General
Assembly 2026 from 3 May - 8 May in Vienna. We welcome
contributions employing any methods for monitoring and modelling
oceanographic processes at coastal scales. More details on the
session can be found here or at the bottom of the email: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/session/56245
The
deadline for abstract submissions is 15 January 2026, 13:00 CET.
Please
contact us if you need any more information. We look forward to
receiving your contributions and seeing you at EGU2026!
Best
regards,
Manel Grifoll, Sandro Carniel, Luciana Villa Castrillon,
Davide Bonaldo, Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla
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OS2.2: Oceanography at coastal scales. Modelling, coupling,
observations and applications
Convener: Manel Grifoll | Co-conveners: Sandro Carniel, Luciana
Villa Castrillon ECS, Davide Bonaldo, Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla
Coastal oceanographic processes present important differences
with deep water oceanography, resulting in higher prediction
errors, where topo-bathymetry in shallow areas exerts a strong
control on hydrodynamic fields, further modified by
stratification, land boundaries and coastal infrastructure.
Predictability is limited by strong non-linear interactions (e.g.
breaking waves, nearshore circulation and sediment fluxes), choice
of numerical strategies (e.g. nested meshes, finite-elements or
smooth-particle simulations) or modulations typical of restricted
domains (e.g. seiching or vegetation filtering). Coastal
observations (in-situ and remote) are therefore necessary to
enhance numerical models, where the advent of new satellite
capabilities (e.g. Sentinel resolution and sensors) and modelling
advances (e.g. coupling or unstructured grids), together with
enhanced coastal observatories, are leading to qualitative
advances for coastal oceanography applications. Coastal analyses
under future scenarios become even more challenging, since
transitional areas are more strongly impacted by changing climates
(e.g. changing domains due to sea-level rise). For these reasons,
it is timely to discuss recent advances in: a) coastal coupled
hydro-morpho-ecological modelling at different scales; b) coastal
aggregation of in-situ/satellite/numerical data from different
sources; c) knowledge-based coastal applications, including the
assessment of nature-based interventions; d) use of novel
approaches, such as data assimilation or machine learning; and e)
uncertainties in coastal decision-making. Building on these
challenges, we invite presentations on coastal modelling, data
assimilation, boundary effects or operational coastal predictions
with/without interactions with Nature-based or traditional
interventions. Contributions tackling open questions on non-linear
response functions, artificial intelligence or big data for
coastal applications are welcome. These coastal topics should
conform a fruitful session for discussing coastal oceanography
applications, including conventional and nature-based
interventions under climate change.
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