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Summary of Project
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The Surface-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) Science 2004 is the first international
conference to present the initial results of the program. It will be held in
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada from the 13 to 16 October 2004. As a core IGBP
project addressing the interface between two components of the Earth system,
SOLAS depends on research that is not only interdisciplinary, but also involves
closely coordinated field studies in which the different research components
are combined so as to produce comprehensive data sets. Achieving an understanding
of processes that occur at the ocean-atmosphere interface requires an enhanced
level of cooperation in planning and execution of research among many different
disciplines in the environmental sciences. These challenges require educational
and capacity building efforts to bring together young and established researchers
for the mutual exchange of ideas and experience, from countries with developed
and developing science bases. SOLAS Science 2004 will provide an important opportunity
for building these multi/inter disciplinary linkages and broadening participation
in SOLAS.
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