1. Science2. Structure3. National Developments4. Network Activities5. Major SOLAS Endeavors6. Data and Project Management
SOLAS has 3 Foci:
Focus 1: Biogeochemical Interactions and Feedbacks Between Ocean and Atmosphere
Chairs: Bill Miller (USA) & Mitsuo Uematsu (Japan)
Focus 2: Exchange Processes at the Air-Sea Interface and the Role of Transport and Transformation in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Boundary Layers
Chair: Wade McGillis (USA)
Focus 3: Air-Sea Flux of CO2 and Other Long-Lived Radiatively-Active Gases
Chairs: Truls Johannessen (Norway) & Arne Koertzinger (Germany)
Activity is joint w/ IMBER and has 3 sub-groups:WG1-Surface Ocean SystemsWG2-Interior OceanWG3-Sensitivity: (future oceans)
• Joint Implementation Plan complete (see web sites)
• To be printed early 2007• Meet in Paris in April; IOCCP
Surface pCO2 and Ocean Vulnerability Workshop
WGNEWGCM WGSF
SOLAS 2001 ->
WCRPObservationAssmilation
Panel
WCRPModelling
Panel
CliC 2000
GEWEX 1988
CLIVAR 1995
SPARC 1992
Coordinated Observation and Prediction of the Earth System
SOLAS is developing an African Network
Cape VerdeEgyptGhanaKenyaMoroccoNigeriaSouth AfricaZimbabwe
Future plans include an African-SOLAS Workshop
Coordinator: Douglas Wallace, IFM-GEOMARSubmitted: Jan 2006Proposed start: Jan 2007
Requested: EU 6.5 m over 3 years
(12 Institutions, 43 Investigators, 23 sub-projects)
Major NEW SOLAS Funded Program in Germany
SOLAS-JapanSOLAS-Japan“Linkages in Biogeochemical Cycles Between the
Surface Ocean and Lower Atmosphere”
July 2006 award; $9.2 million; 5 Year duration
• Source the supply of land-based substances controlling primary production in the Pacific
• Determine how the marine ecological system will response to changing atmospheric composition
• Determine how the production and emission of biogenic gases affect atmospheric composition
• Evaluate the contribution of marine biogenic gases to global warming• Provide basic knowledge of the issues of global warming to policy makers
OUTLINE of Implementation Projects for each Focus
1:1 Global Ocean Trace Gas Surveys
1:2 The North-Atlantic African Dust-Aerosol Experiment (NAFDAE)
1:3 Ocean-Atmosphere Ice-Snowpack (OASIS)
1:4 Climate Modeling in SOLAS (CLIMAS)
2:1 World Ocean Gas Exchange Process Studies
2:2 Surface Spray in situ and modelling studies
2:3 HiT-US
2:4 Cape Verde Air-Sea Interaction Time Series Station
3:1 Air-Water Carbon and Methane Fluxes in Coastal Oceans
3:2 Southern Ocean Carbon Dioxide Studies
3:3 Global Surface Carbon Concentration Surveys
3:4 Perturbation Experiments
4:1 Autonomous and Langrangian platforms (ALPS) for SOLAS
4:2 Satellites and Model Assimilations
4:3 Summer School
4:4 Data Management
US-SOLASScience Plan
Joint SOLAS/International Nitrogen Initiative (INI) Review of Anthropogenic Nitrogen Impacts on the Open Ocean
University of East Anglia on 17-20 November 2006.
The products will be 2-3 papers for submission to journals such as Deep-Sea Research or Global Biogeochemical Cycles, and a review paper submitted to Science or Nature.
SOLAS/INI Review of Anthropogenic Nitrogen Impacts on the Open Ocean
SOLAS, NOAA, INI and SCOR sponsored
DMS model inter-comparison workshop
Brussels, 4-8 December 2006
• Origin: Discussion forum at SOLAS Open Science meeting, Halifax Oct 2004
Ad-hoc committee: C. Lancelot, M. Levasseur and A. VezinaY. Le Clainche drafted as scientific coordinator, V. Schoemann as local organizer
• With support from SOLAS International Project Office and BELSPO
Conduct a systematic comparison of DMS ecosystem models against common data sets to spur improvements and indicate needed observations to better constrain DMS dynamics.
Ocean Surface pCO2 and Vulnerabilities Workshop
Paris, 11-14 April 2007
• Review current knowledge and enhance international cooperation to resolve the magnitude, variability and processes governing ocean sources and sinks of carbon: from observations, process-based models and atmospheric and oceanic inversions
• Vulnerabilities in the Ocean Carbon-Climate System• Ocean Carbon Sources and Sinks• Estimation of Air-Sea CO2 Fluxes
Planning Committe: Bronte Tilbrook, Nicolas Metzl, Corrine LeQuere, Roger Dargaville,Dorothee Bakker, Kitack Lee, Scott Doney, Sylvie Roy, Dick Feely, Jeff Hare
• With support from IOCCP, SOLAS, IMBER and GCP
SOLAS links closely with other projects in attendance:GEOTRACESIMBERCLIVARGEOHABSCARVarious SCOR WG’s
SOLAS Summer School 2007SOLAS Summer School 2007
•22nd October- 3rd November
•Scientific committee:
Institut Scientifique de Cargèse, Corsica, France
Phil Boyd NZMinhan Dai ChinaMitsuo Uematsu JapanMaurice Levasseur CanadaVéronique Garçon FranceCorinne Le Quéré UKPeter Liss UK Uli Platt GermanyNatalie Mahowald USEric Saltzman US
European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST Action 735)Technical Research (COST Action 735)
– Supports the creation of air-sea flux data products for three research areas (parallel to SOLAS Foci)
– Network of researchers / Workshops / Coordinating Meetings– € 50k - 70k per year for 5 years (begins October 2006)
1. Consolidate current knowledge of air-sea interactions.2. Identify gaps and stimulate new research.3. Provide a framework into which new data and process-understanding
can be assimilated.4. Develop tools for production of global air-sea fluxes of climate-relevant
compounds.
Major developments for coordinating SOLAS data and activities
UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)UK SOLAS Knowledge Transfer (KT)– Data Integrator position filled in November 2006 (Tom Bell)– Coordinates with BODC, Met Office Hadley Centre, and CASIX – Parallels and works closely with COST Action 735
1. Compile air-sea flux datasets into a common framework.2. Intercalibrate and compare data sets and methods, assessing errors.3. Compare data products with research users’ model outputs.4. Facilitate inclusion of chemical and biological knowledge of air-sea gas
fluxes into coupled models.5. Assess the role of the oceans in regulating air quality and the
atmosphere’s oxidation capacity.6. Synthesise knowledge of likely changes in air-sea exchange under
various global change scenarios.
Major developments for coordinating SOLAS data and activities
SOLAS Activity Activity TitleContacts
Timetable
Study Location
Collaborations
Climate, Weather, and HazardRelevant Compounds
Processes
Infrastructure, Resources, andInstruments
Logistics and Study Description
Program Linkages
Synthesis and Modeling
Reporting and Publications
Funding and Support
Comments and Notes:
Weblinks
Future Activities
IMP2 Template
Tracking SOLAS Projects and Products
Endorsement
SOLAS Data Management TeamDoug Wallace (Outgoing Chair); Juan Brown (Incoming Chair)
Rik Wanninkhof, Claire Reeves, Alex Kosyr, Tom Bell, Phil Williamson, Jeff Hare, Gwen Moncoiffe, Lu Wang
• Evaluate and document data products and data handling requirements
Develop practical policy for the documentation of models and model products
Recommend a common data reporting and sharing policy suitable for adoption by projects seeking International SOLAS endorsement
Ensure that procedures are established to allow quantification of data uncertainties and quality (metadata requirements)
Make recommendations concerning data centres that are particularly suitable for SOLAS needs
Work with national SOLAS PIs, data centres, the SOLAS IPO and national funding agencies to coordinate an international network of data managers that are hands-on with SOLAS data.
SOLAS Data Management Principles:
1. Use existing knowledge and infrastructure.
2. Use internationally agreed standards and protocols.. 3. Work with other projects towards establishing an
integrated data management system and policy.
4. Plan ahead for rapid data assembly. 5. Data managers will support data gatherers.
6. Data should be made available rapidly. Data users will consult and
collaborate with data providers.
7. Data will be reported with metadata and quality flags.
8. Model documentation, model output and models will be made available to the community.
9. Participation in SOLAS research requires submission of data to a SOLAS- approved database or centre.
The Data Management Team • Document likely data products and requirements
• Establish data reporting policy (time limits, incentives and enforcements, access rights, meta-data requirements, etc).
• Implement a practical policy for documentation of models and model-derived products.
• Design a data reporting and retrieval structure that is efficient and compatible with the observational issues.
• Negotiate with nations & funding agencies to organize, fund and implement the data management structure.
• Develop a data management manual (guides to reporting, quality assessment, data and model access procedures).
Class 1: Geographically/temporally resolved data.
• Hydrographic data collection from ships, time-series and autonomous platforms.
• Remote sensing data from a wide range of sensors and satellites.
• Time-series of meteorological and atmospheric
chemistry data.
• Data collected from aircraft and balloons. • Data collected from volunteer observing ships.
• Data products from operational ocean and atmosphere models.
Class 2: Data from Experiments and Mechanistic Studies.
• Mesocosm and mesoscale patch experiments.
• Studies of gas exchange.
Class 3: Models, Model Documentation and Model Output.
Data Management Discussion 1. Present the status of your project in terms of management of data and/or metadata.
2. Has your project done anything to encourage visualization of project data?
3. Is your project keeping track of cruises and collecting information about the cruises?
4. Has your project discussed data archiving with a World Data Center yet and/orinvolved in WDC staff in your data management discussions?
GOOS Discussion1. Does your project have ongoing interactions with GOOS?
2. Have you had any GOOS scientists or staff attend a project SSC meeting, or have anyproject SSC members or IPO staff participated in a GOOS meeting?
3. Do you have a link to any element of GOOS on your project Web site?
4. Has your SSC discussed what is, or will be, available from GOOS and other systems?
5. Has SSC identified specific GOOS obs to which your scientists would like access?
6. What research observation systems would your project like to see become operational?
Time-Series Stations1. Will implementation of your project require observations from time-series stations? Ifso, in what locations?
2. How will such stations be supported?
3. Has your project identified time-series sites that are a priority for achieving goals?
Southern Ocean Research and Observations1. What activities has your project undertaken or planned for the Southern Ocean? Haveyou coordinated your Southern Ocean research with other projects?
Do you have any special plans for the 3rd International Polar Year in 2007-2009 or later?
2. What is the status of planning and funding for your project's Southern Ocean cruises,observations, and experiments?
Education and Capacity Building1. What activities, plans, and ideas does your project have in relation to education andcapacity building?
2. How are you funding your education and capacity-building activities?
Satellite Availability and Needs1. Is your project using satellite data or does it plan to do so?
2. Which satellite observations are most crucial for your project to meet its goals?