MarQUEST (Marine Biogeochemistry and Initiative in QUEST): Ocean optical and plankton model measurements

MarQUEST was led by Prof Andrew Watson (UEA), with 15 co-investigators at UEA/BAS, the Universities of Southampton, Essex, and Reading, and from the Plymouth Marine Laboratory and Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory.

This dataset collection contains ocean optical, chemical and plankton model measurements from SeaWiFS/SeaStar Level 3 products.

MarQUEST developed new methods of validating ocean biogeochemistry models, making use of remote sensing ocean colour data, in situ data sets and ongoing observations from the major European programmes CarboOcean and EUR-OCEANS. In the past, ocean biogeochemical models represented biological processes in very simple or rigid ways (e.g., single nutrient limitation, a single generic primary producer), limiting understanding of the role of ecosystems in the climate system. Increasing the complexity of models has presented new challenges for their validation; it is also not clear what the ‘optimal’ complexity of a model should be for any given real-world problem.

QUEST scientists cooperated in comparing various models, and examining more fundamental (physiological) approaches to understanding the planktonic ecoystem. MarQUEST also developed a module to simulate coastal ecosystems usable in global ocean biogeochemical simulations. Finally, the project team generated an accurate physical simulation of the North Atlantic guided by data assimilation, into which ecosystem simulations can be embedded. This allows the variation in air-sea fluxes of gases (CO2, oxygen and dimethyl sulphide) from ocean to atmosphere to be quantified for the contemporary period.

Date (Publication): 2008-12-10T03:15:42

Date (Creation): 2008-12-10T03:15:42

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/2406ec006d9a38b9da6d381fd7c41a15

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 2406ec006d9a38b9da6d381fd7c41a15

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)		unknown	Author
Unavailable	Watson, Andrew	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Sinha, Bablu	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Hirata, Takafumi	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Smyth, Timothy	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	et. al,	Unavailable	Author
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Custodian
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	pointofContact
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Publisher
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)		neodc@rl.ac.uk	Publisher

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Keywords

QUEST
MarQUEST
CASIX
Marine
ocean
biogeochemistry
model

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

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Language: English

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Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 1998-01-01T00:00:00

End date: 2007-12-31T23:59:59

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor

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	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/2406ec006d9a38b9da6d381fd7c41a15	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://quest.bris.ac.uk/research/themes/MarQUEST.html	MarQUEST (Marine Biogeochemistry and Initiative in QUEST)

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://quest.bris.ac.uk/publications/Quest%20Final%20Report/QUEST_FinalReport_Final_July2011.pdf	QUEST report

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Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

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Date stamp: 2025-06-09T02:27:02

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Point of contact

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