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.

SOLAS Mentorship Programme 2026–2027 – Call for Mentors

The SOLAS Early Career Scientist Committee (ECSC) is pleased to announce the call for mentors for the first edition of the SOLAS Mentorship Programme, running from May 2026 to April 2027. This 12‑month pilot, aligned with the SOLAS 3.0 Science Plan, aims to foster real exchange across career stages and to support the professional growth […]

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 – apps closed

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. […]

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

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