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Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS)

Chair: Peter Liss (UK)
Vice-chair: Patricia Matrai (USA)

Other Scientific Steering Committee Members
Isabel Cacho Lascorz (Spain)Wade McGillis (USA)
Gerrit de Leeuw (The Netherlands)William Miller (USA)
Ken Denman (Canada)Ulrich Platt (Germany)
Sergey Gulev (Russsia)Guang-Yu Shi (China-Beijing)
Barry Huebert (USA)Shigenobu Takeda (Japan)
Tim Jickells (UK)Mitsuo Uematsu (Japan)
Truls Johannessen (Norway)Osvaldo Ulloa (Chile)
Christiane Lancelot (Belgium)Doug Wallace (Germany)

Sponsors: SCOR, IGBP, World Climate Research Programme, Committee on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (of the International Association for Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences), National Environmental Research Council (UK), National Science Foundation (USA), International Council for Science, Research Council of Norway, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

Science Plan and Implementation Strategy

Terms of Reference

  • To develop the Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) Science Plan and an Implementation Strategy, in accordance with guidance of the sponsoring organisations.
  • To oversee the development of SOLAS in accordance with its Science Plan/Implementation Strategy.
  • To collaborate, as appropriate, with other related projects and global change programmes, such as JGOFS, LOICZ, GLOBEC and the new Ocean and Atmosphere Planning efforts within IGBP, WCRP, IHDP, DIVERSITAS, IOC and the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS).
  • To establish appropriate data management policies to ensure sharing and preservation of SOLAS data, taking into account policies of the sponsors.
  • To report regularly to SCOR, IGBP CACGP, and WCRP, on the state of planning and accomplishments of SOLAS.

    The SOLAS SSC, its Officers, subsidiary groups and International Project Office shall operate in accordance with the operating procedures for IGBP Projects.

Upcoming Meetings:
SOLAS Scientific Steering Committee Meeting
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
8-10 May 2006

SOLAS Science 2007
Xiamen, China
6-9 March 2007

Website for Activity: http://www.solas-int.org

Questions or Comments?
Please contact SCOR.