The 10th International Biennial Conference on Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas will be held in Norfolk, Virginia, USA, on October 7-11, 2000. The symposia serve to promote the exchange of information on recent developments in physics of estuaries and coastal seas between physical oceanographers and coastal engineers. Emphasis is on the results of field and laboratory measurements and diagnostic theoretical analysis as opposed to applied numerical techniques. The conference will be hosted jointly by the Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography , Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University, and the School of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science , College of William and Mary. The theme of PECS 2000 will be estuarine temporal variability, with applications to a wide variety of topics, including mixing, frontogenisis, salt exchange, and sediment transport.
Papers addressing other topics relevant to estuaries and coastal seas are also welcome.
This conference series emphasizes informal exchanges in a collegial environment. All sessions are plenary and attendance is limited to about 100. Meeting space and hotel rooms have been reserved at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel for the above dates. Credit cards are the preferred form of payment. The deadline for extended abstracts was July 15, 2000.