QUACC: UK Chemistry and Aerosols (UKCA) Model Outputs

QUAAC was led by Prof John Pyle (University of Cambridge), with 11 co-investigators at the Universities of Sheffield, Leeds, York, Lancaster and Manchester, and from CEH.

The dataset collection includes results of the development and testing of chemistry and aerosol schemes to include in a climate model, a range of schemes to describe (interactively wherever possible) surface emissions of reactive trace gases, and new surface deposition schemes.

Coupling between the chemistry/climate system and land surface processes are important controls on the atmosphere, but chemical schemes have only recently and simplistically been introduced into numerical models. QUAAC studied the role of surface processes on atmospheric oxidizing capacity and aerosol loading, building on an existing Met Office/NERC initiative to develop a new community model, UKCA, to study the interaction between climate and atmospheric composition.

New chemistry and aerosol schemes were developed for inclusion in the model. Schemes were also developed to describe (interactively wherever possible) surface emissions of reactive trace gases and deposition processes.

Date (Publication): 2008-12-10T03:15:44

Date (Creation): 2008-12-10T03:15:44

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/e3fe07572c3535d23b1506c43ab62347

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / e3fe07572c3535d23b1506c43ab62347

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)		unknown	Author
Unavailable	Pyle, John A.	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

Maintenance and update frequency: Unknown

Update scope: Series

Keywords

QUEST
QUACC
chemistry
climate
model

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

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Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 2011-02-13T00:00:00

End date: 2031-01-13T00:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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Distributor contact

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

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/e3fe07572c3535d23b1506c43ab62347	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.pa.op.dlr.de/CCMVal/	Chemistry-Climate Model Validation Activity for SPARC website

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://quest.bris.ac.uk/research/themes/QUAAC.html	QUAAC (QUEST Atmospheric Aerosols and Chemistry)

OnLine resource

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

Statement: Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.

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File identifier: e3fe07572c3535d23b1506c43ab62347 XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Hierarchy level: Series

Hierarchy level name: series

Date stamp: 2026-03-15T03:27:32

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

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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