SCIENTIFIC SCOPE

The scope of the Coastal Dynamics series of conferences is the dynamics of the coastal system. This scope covers coastal waves and currents, interactions between wind, water and sediments, and morphology changes in different morphological environments (with and without structures) such as sandy, rocky, and muddy coasts, inlets, and estuaries. The conference documents research and applications treating these coastal dynamics at the short, medium, and large/long spatial and temporal scales of the climatic drivers and coastal responses. Approaches include theoretical formulations, field and laboratory observations, and numerical simulations.

The main theme of the 2005 Coastal Dynamics conference will be the multi-scale dynamics of the coastal system, including the interaction between different scales. Emphasis will be paid to the coastal dynamics under "extreme" events (drivers and responses) and how available and new theories, models and other tools perform under such conditions.

Example topics, which are not exhaustive, within this theme are:

1. Coastal hydrodynamics
2. Coastal sediment transport
3. Coastal morphodynamics
4. Coastal hydro-meteorology
5. Observational techniques and results (field and lab)
6. Numerical simulation (models and results)