Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Committee

OAIC - Ocean-Atmosphere OCB SubCommittee

The scientific focus of this subcommittee is on ocean-atmosphere interactions and their role in marine biogeochemical cycles. There is a substantial overlap between the scientific goals of the OCB and SOLAS (Surface Ocean and Lower Atmosphere) communities, and this subcommittee seeks to strengthen communication and collaboration between ocean and atmospheric scientists to create a thriving, collaborative air-sea interaction research community in the US. View the charge and terms of reference for this subcommittee.

Call for Papers: SOLAS–OLAR Special Section on Greenhouse Gas Budgets Across the Land–Ocean Continuum

SOLAS and Ocean–Land–Atmosphere Research (OLAR) are pleased to invite submissions to a special section entitled “Greenhouse Gas Budgets Across the Land–Ocean Continuum” throughout 2026. Greenhouse gas (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide) uptake, production and emission rates in near-coastal systems remain highly uncertain, yet their quantification is crucial to both adequately assess domestic and global inventories […]

New Air-Sea book chapter

Stanley, R. H. R. and Bell, T. G.: “Air-sea gas exchange and marine gases”, in: Treatise in Geochemistry, 3rd Edition ed., edited by: Andbar, A., and Weis, D., Elsevier, 2024. Read it here

Mentee + Mentor opp at OSM26 with OAIC – sign up now

Dear members of the air-sea interaction community, We invite you to participate in a low time-commitment, flexible and hopefully helpful mentoring event at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in Glasgow. We are setting up a near-peer mentoring program. We expect it to be about a 2 hour commitment for mentors or mentees – spending a bit of time […]

SOLAS, OASIS, and CLIVAR Workshop FAIRSEAS: The Future of Internationally Coordinated Air-Sea Interactions Research

SAVE THE DATE! Feb. 21, 2026 (Edinburgh, Scotland – hybrid format) The workshop will feature presentations and discussions spanning observational, modeling, and remote-sensing approaches to better understand the physical, chemical, and biological processes at the air-sea interface. We look forward to connecting the SOLAS, OASIS, and CLIVAR communities to advance this vital global science effort. […]

OSM SOLAS session

SOLAS session: AI005 – SOLAS and SOCOM: Understanding Interactions and Feedbacks between the Ocean and Atmosphere (Chairs: Rachel Stanley, William L Miller, Christa A Marandino, Amanda R Fay, and Thea Hatlen Heimdal) SOLAS town hall Find many more SOLAS-relevant sessions below and on our our sessions list: AI001 – Advances in Air-Sea Interaction Observations […]

RESOURCES

International SOLAS

OAIC-hosted Air-Sea Workshop (2018)

more resources coming soon! Suggestions welcome.

US SOLAS SCIENCE PLAN

Stanley, R, T Bell, Y Gao, C Gaston, D Ho, D Kieber, K Mackey, N Meskhidze, B Miller, H Potter, P Vlahos, P Yager, B Alexander, S Beaupre, S Craig, G Cutter, S Emerson, A Frossard, S Gasso, B Haus, W Keene, W Landing, R Moore, D Ortiz-Suslow, J Palter, F Paulot, E Saltzman, D Thornton, A Wozniak, L Zamora, H Benway. 2021. US SOLAS Science Report. 62pp. DOI 10.1575/1912/27821 Download the PDF

Rachel Stanley

Yassir Eddebbar

Amanda Frossard

Yuan Gao

Cassandra Gaston

David Ho

Dave Kieber

Kate Mackey

Nicholas Meskhidze

Bill Miller

Una Miller

Henry Potter

Penny Vlahos

Contact the committee via OAIC@whoi.edu

Rachel Stanley (Chair) - Wellesley College

Yassir Eddebbar - USCB

Amanda Frossard - UGA

Yuan Gao - Rutgers

Cassandra Gaston - Univ. Miami, RSMAS

David Ho - Univ. Hawaii

David Kieber - SUNY Syracuse

Kate Mackey - UC Irvine

Nicholas Meskhidze - NC State Univ.

Bill Miller - Univ. Georgia

Una Miller (Cornell Univ.)

Henry Potter (Early Career) - Texas A&M Univ.

Penny Vlahos - Univ. Connecticut

Funding for the Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry Project Office is provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The OCB Project Office is housed at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.