SOLAS–Ireland 4th National Workshop Moore Institute National University of Ireland, Galway Wednesday 17 December, 2008 11^@¯² 1J² 1^´ 1r¶ 1J· 11^r»¹ 11J^ 1r 1J 11^r 11J^ Morning Session Coffee Welcome and SOLAS Overview Brian Ward, NUIG Incoherent Brodband Cavity Enhanced Absorption Andy Ruth, UCC Spectroscopy: A New Approach to Trace Gas Detection Ireland’s Contribution to the IPCC 5th Assessment Re- Ray McGrath, Met Eireann port using the EC-EARTH Global Climate Model The influence of climate on the northeast Atlantic shelf sea ecosystems Ilaria Nardello, Marine Institute Interannual Variability of Net Community Production at Ocean Weather Station Mike during 51 years Caroline Kivimae, NUIG How to Improve Climate Monitoring in Ireland Ned Dwyer, UCC Advances in Understanding the Formation and Compo- Colin O’Dowd, NUIG sition of Marine Aerosol The Variation of Sea Surface Whitecap Coverage Adrian Callaghan, NUIG Eddy Covariance Air-Sea Fluxes: Why Bother? Brian Ward, NUIG Lunch Afternoon Session Long–Term Ocean–Ecosystem Modelling of the Northeast Atlantic: Effects of Surface Boundary Forcing Sinan Husrevoglu, Marine Institute Parameterisation of Ozone Deposition to the Ocean Liz Coleman, NUIG Algal Biomass and Metabolism: Preliminary Results Dagmar Stengel, NUIG from Marine Algal Experiments Coffee Discussion, and Future Plans