Rotation fundamentally shapes the dynamics of geophysical and astrophysical flows across a large range of scales and systems, from planetary and stellar interiors to oceans and atmospheres. Rotation gives rise to waves, coherent vortices, turbulent cascades, and large-scale mean flows. The interactions between these processes play an important role in the transport and mixing properties of the flow, and therefore the long-term evolution of planets, moons and stars.

This session welcomes theoretical, numerical, experimental, and observational studies addressing the dynamics of rotating or rotating-stratified flows. Topics include, but are not limited to, inertial, gravity, Rossby, and magnetohydrodynamic waves; wave turbulence; wave-mean flow interactions; coherent vortices and zonal flows; rotating convection; topographic effects; transport and mixing; transition to turbulence; and deep interior dynamics relevant to planetary cores, icy moons, gas giants, and stellar interiors.

This session focuses on the fundamental mechanisms governing rotating and rotating-stratified flows in natural systems, and welcomes studies that provide physical insight into these processes across geophysical and astrophysical contexts.

This session is complementary to the EGU session on 'Stratified Turbulence in Geophysical and Astrophysical Flows', with an emphasis on rotational effects and on the coupled dynamics of waves, vortices, turbulence, and mean flows.