CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Vienna | Austria & Online | 14–19 April 2024
EGU General Assembly 2023 (EGU24) will be a
conference with a virtual component where everybody is
welcome, in person or online!
"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. We offer the
possibility, for interested authors, to submit evolved
versions of their presentations to the currently open
special issue in Ocean Sciences (see
https://www.ocean-science.net/articles_and_preprints/scheduled_sis.html)."
MORE INFO ABOUT EGU-2024:
- General Information (https://www.egu24.eu/about/general_information.html)
- How to submit an abstract (https://www.egu24.eu/programme/how_to_submit.html)
- Deadlines and milestones (https://www.egu24.eu/about/deadlines_and_milestones.html)
