SOLAS
Science Meeting 2006
A successful first UK SOLAS Science Meeting was held at Manchester Conference Centre on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 July 2006. The Programme welcomed approx 70 delegates over the two days of the meeting.
Meeting Objectives
The first annual science meeting was an opportunity for UK SOLAS researchers to meet each other and the UK SOLAS Steering Committee, and to exchange ideas and information on UK SOLAS. All NERC UK SOLAS projects presented their research plans and progress. There were also presentations from users and other initiatives with close links to UK SOLAS such as CASIX and QUEST.
The objectives of the first science conference were to:
- Allow researchers to meet, exchange information on their projects and develop integrated research programmes
- Examine Knowledge Transfer opportunities for UK SOLAS science
- Encourage the development of a unified UK SOLAS community
- Assist in identifying opportunities for the future direction of the research programme
Meeting Programme & Presentations
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Monday 17 July
Presentations Session 1, 13.00-14.30
Welcome and Introduction [Howard Cattle]
Chasing Saharan dust storms in the (sub)tropical North Atlantic Ocean [Eric Achterberg]
Preliminary results from DODO 1 (Dust Outflow and Deposition to the Ocean) [Ellie Highwood]
The impact of coastal upwellings on air-sea exchange of climatically important gases [Phil Nightingale]
The Cape Verde Observatory [Katie Read]
Presentations Session 2, 15.00-16.10
Field observations of sea spray, gas fluxes and whitecaps (SEASAW) [Ian Brooks]
The UK SOLAS deep ocean gas exchange experiment (DOGEE) [Rob Upstill-Goddard]
High wind air-sea exchanges (HiWASE) [Margaret Yelland & David Woolf]
Presentations Session 3, 16.20-17.10
International SOLAS [Jeff Hare]
DSTL/QinetiQ interest in environmental impact on maritime sensor performance [Geoff Garnett, John Clegg & Giles Harrison]
Tuesday 18 July
Presentations Session 4, 09.00-10.30
Algae, bacteria, organics, symbiosis and DMS [David Green]
Roles of DMSP and GBT in protection from photo-inhibition/photo-oxidative stress and consequences for DMS and NH3 production [Mariella Ragni & Ruth Airs]
The role of the bacterioneuston in air-sea gas exchange [Michael Cunliffe]
Denitrification in the bacterioneuston: The role of algal C in driving N2O reduction [Liz Baggs]
Oceanic DMS emissions and dust deposition feedbacks in the Earth's climate system [Graham Mann]
Presentations Session 5, 10.50-12.30
Guest lecture: Halogens in the Troposphere [Roland von Glasow, Heidelberg]
Reactive halogens in the marine boundary layer (RHaMBLe) [Gordon McFiggans]
Investigation of near-surface production of iodocarbons - rates and exchange (INSPIRE) [Claire Hughes]
Transformations, volatilisation and speciation of organic and inorganic iodine in the marine environment [Frithjof Kuepper]
Methanol in seawater [Joanna Dixon]
Presentations Session 6, 13.15-15.00
Global modelling of aerosols and chemistry [Hannele Korhonen]
Data management for the UK SOLAS programme [Gwen Moncoiffé]
QUEST (Quantifying the Earth System): Overview and opportunities for interactions [Oliver Wild & Nicola Warwick]
CASIX (Centre of Observation of Air-Sea Interactions and Fluxes): Overview and opportunities for interactions [David Woolf]
Role of RSDAS (Remote Sensing & Data Analysis Service) in UK SOLAS
[Jamie Shutler]
Poster Presentations
- Molecular microbial ecology of an estuarine surface microlayer: a focus on bacterial functional gene diversity involved in air-sea gas exchange [Michael Cunliffe]
- Wave Breaking, Whitecapping and Air-Sea Exchange; The Dependence on Sea State [David Woolf]
- Dimethylsulfide degradation by marine bacteria [Hendrik Schaefer]
- Dissolved iron concentrations after a dust event [Micha Rijkenberg]
- DOGEE SOLAS The role of surfactants [Matt Salter]
- Atmospheric dust impacts on near surface microbial community composition and growth in the eastern subtropical North Atlantic [Polly Hill]
- Micro and nanomolar nutrient measurements in a dust affected region of the North Atlantic [Matt Patey]
- Atmospheric Deposition in the Tropical North Atlantic [Claire Powell]
- Remote Sensing & Data Analysis Service (RSDAS) [Jamie Shutler]
- The impact of coastal upwellings on air-sea exchange of climatically important gases [Phil Nightingale]