Global data synthesis of air-sea fluxes of gases and aerosols for policy-directed modelling and assessment of climate change and pollution
Lead Research Organisation:
University of East Anglia
Department Name: Environmental Sciences
Abstract
SOLAS (Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study) is a large international research programme whose aim is to the quantify the exchange of gases and particles between the ocean and the atmosphere and to understand the role that these exchanges play in ocean biogeochemistry, atmospheric chemistry and climate. More than 20 nations, including the U.K., are involved in this effort. At the present, results collected in the project are archived in national data centres. The purpose of the current proposal is to bring together these results in order to produce data products, largely in terms of quantitative estimates of air-sea fluxes of the gases and particles measured, so that they can be used by policy makers and the scientific community in assessing the role of ocean-atmosphere interaction in climate, air quality and ocean biogeochemistry. In order to make such flux calculations it is necessary to know both the concentration fields driving them and the speed of exchange between atmosphere and ocean. Both these components of the flux calculation are being intensively studied in the SOLAS programme. By bringing this work together at the international level the value of the work of individual nations will be greatly enhanced to the benefit of both the scientific research and policy formulation.
People |
ORCID iD |
Peter Liss (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Bange H
(2009)
MEMENTO: a proposal to develop a database of marine nitrous oxide and methane measurements
in Environmental Chemistry
Bell T
(2010)
Strong linkages between dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP) and phytoplankton community physiology in a large subtropical and tropical Atlantic Ocean data set
in Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Bell T
(2007)
Ammonia/ammonium dissociation coefficient in seawater: A significant numerical correction
in Environmental Chemistry
Butler J
(2010)
Technical Note: Ensuring consistent, global measurements of very short-lived halocarbon gases in the ocean and atmosphere
in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Halloran P
(2010)
Can we trust empirical marine DMS parameterisations within projections of future climate?
in Biogeosciences
Johnson M
(2008)
Coupling between dimethylsulfide emissions and the ocean - atmosphere exchange of ammonia
in Environmental Chemistry
Johnson M
(2008)
Field observations of the ocean-atmosphere exchange of ammonia: Fundamental importance of temperature as revealed by a comparison of high and low latitudes
in Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Johnson, M.T., Hughes, C., Bell, T.G. And Liss, P.S.
(2011)
Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces 2010
Lana A
(2011)
An updated climatology of surface dimethlysulfide concentrations and emission fluxes in the global ocean UPDATED DMS CLIMATOLOGY
in Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Miles C
(2012)
Investigating the inter-relationships between water attenuated irradiance, primary production and DMS(P)
in Biogeochemistry
Description | SOLAS (Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study) is a large international research programme whose aim is to the quantify the exchange of gases and particles between the ocean and the atmosphere and to understand the role that these exchanges play in ocean biogeochemistry, atmospheric chemistry and climate. More than 20 nations, including the U.K., are involved in this effort. At the present, results collected in the project are archived in national data centres. The purpose of the current proposal is to bring together these results in order to produce data products, largely in terms of quantitative estimates of air-sea fluxes of the gases and particles measured, so that they can be used by policy makers and the scientific community in assessing the role of ocean-atmosphere interaction in climate, air quality and ocean biogeochemistry. In order to make such flux calculations it is necessary to know both the concentration fields driving them and the speed of exchange between atmosphere and ocean. Both these components of the flux calculation are being intensively studied in the SOLAS programme. By bringing this work together at the international level the value of the work of individual nations will be greatly enhanced to the benefit of both the scientific research and policy formulation. |
Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment |
URL | http://www.bodc.ac.uk/solas_integration/ |