Mission: to understand and represent key biogeochemical-physical interactions and feedbacks between the oceans and atmosphere in Earth’s climate system

The goal of the Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) is to achieve, in the context of climate and environmental change, quantitative understanding of the key biogeochemical-physical interactions and feedbacks between the ocean and the atmosphere. WCRP co-sponsors the project jointly with the Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (CACGP), the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR). The project foci are: biogeochemical interactions and feedbacks between ocean and atmosphere; exchange processes at the air-sea interface and the role of transport and transformation in the atmospheric and oceanic boundary layers; air-sea fluxes of carbon dioxide and other long-lived radiatively active gases.