Dear JGOFS colleagues,

Attached is an announcement for a planning workshop of the US Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study (US SOLAS) which will be held from May 16-18, 2001 at the Bolger Center in Potomac MD. We hope to formulate a US science plan and discuss the natural synergies between the US SOLAS effort and other planning endeavors. We hope that many of you will be able to participate in the workshop and share your expertise in upper ocean biogeochemical cycling and fluxes . Don't hesitate to contact me at ussolas@aoml.noaa.gov and/or peruse the USSOLA web page for more information (www.aoml.noaa.gov/ocd/solas).

Take care, Rik Wanninkhof

March 12, 2001

Dear Colleague,

We are pleased to announce a planning workshop for a new research initiative, the US component of the Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study (US SOLAS). The meeting will be held at the Bolger Center in Potomac, MD (http://www.bolgercenter.com/) from May 16 through 18, 2001. Most out of town participants will arrive on the evening of May 15 for an early start on the 16th. The meeting will run through Friday mid-afternoon (3 PM). The conference center is within 45 minutes of the DC area airports. Meeting coordination will take place through UCAR and meeting logistics is appended. All prospective participants should make arrangements through UCAR. There is limited space in conference hall and breakout rooms such that there will be "first come, first serve" capacity control. The workshop will be structured around several interrelated fundamental science issues in ocean/atmosphere biogeochemical coupling:

* The Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Sulfur Cycle
* Radiation and Photochemistry in the Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere
* Boundary Layer Dynamics of CO2 and other climate relevant gases
* Atmospheric Connections with the Marine Nitrogen Cycle
* Boundary Layer Physics

Through discussions in the five science issue areas above, the overall objectives of the workshop will be to:
* Summarize recent advances in quantifying fluxes of climate relevant compounds (CRCs) in the Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere region.
* Identify critical and addressable knowledge gaps to predict future concentrations of CRCs in the lower marine atmosphere.
* Prioritize which inter- and multi-disciplinary studies will further our understanding of controls on the concentrations and fluxes of CRCs in this boundary region.
* Further the development of a US science plan for study of the SOLA region and evaluate how such an effort would interface with other national and international science initiatives such as the U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Plan (CCSP), the IGBP International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) project and the international SOLAS. Community input and support is critical for this program.

For those who can and cannot attend, we will also actively solicit written input on US SOLAS prior to the meeting via E-mail and www. This mechanism was very well received in the OCTET planning effort and brought forth many good ideas. To become more familiar with the overall science objectives we encourage you to peruse the SOLAS web page and the US SOLAS web site, see http://www.ifm.uni-kiel.de/ch/solas/main.html and http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/ocd/solas/, respectively. The former includes the SOLAS science plan and latter contains the planning meeting proposal. We are looking forward to hearing from you and seeing you at the Bolger Center in May. Please don't hesitate to contact any of us in the planning committee if you have questions or require further information.

Take care, Rik Wanninkhof Chair, US SOLAS planning group

For phone numbers and E-mail addresses of current US SOLAS planning team members please see: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/ocd/solas/

This travel information is provided by Jill Reisdorf .

Ms. Jill Reisdorf, Meeting Planner
UCAR-Joint Office for Science Support
3300 Mitchell Ln. FL4-Ste 1102
Boulder, CO 80301
Ph: 303-497-8636
Fx: 303-497-8633
reisdorf@ucar.edu

Hotel
The Bolger Center
9600 Newbridge Drive
Potomac, MD 20854-4436
Ph: 301-983-7000
Fx: 301-983-7728
http://www.bolgercenter.com
The Bolger Center is an all inclusive hotel/conference center. In addition to coffee breaks and lunch, full buffet breakfast and dinner are included . All attendees must reserve rooms through Jill Reisdorf at UCAR. Room & tax charges for UCAR supported attendees will be billed directly to UCAR. All rooms will be single, non-smoking unless otherwise requested. The deadline to make hotel reservations is Friday, April 20. Day guests If you are not planning to stay overnight at the Bolger Center, please let us know which days you will attend so that meals can be arranged. We are required to give a day guest count 5 days prior to the meeting (May 11). Unsupported day guests. There is a $24 charge for dinner vouchers and an $11 charge for lunch vouchers for unsupported day guests, payable to UCAR. Unsupported Attendees For those not receiving formal travel support, a room rate of $105+tax has been arranged. In addition, there will be a $35 per night charge for meals, payable to UCAR. Please contact Jill Reisdorf at UCAR to make hotel reservations and arrange for this special rate.

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