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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.
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- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2008-12-10T03:15:42
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2008-12-10T03:15:42
- Identifier
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 2406ec006d9a38b9da6d381fd7c41a15
- Maintenance and update frequency
- unknown
- Update scope
- series
- Keywords
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- QUEST
- MarQUEST
- CASIX
- Marine
- ocean
- biogeochemistry
- model
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- atmospheric conditions
- Limitations on Public Access
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- All data within this dataset collection are available to any registered CEDA user.
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- Usage limitations for the data within this collection is set at the individual dataset level. Please refer to the licence details of each underlying dataset.
- Spatial representation type
- grid
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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- Begin date
- 1998-01-01T00:00:00
- End date
- 2007-12-31T23:59:59
- Code
- WGS 84
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
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MarQUEST (Marine Biogeochemistry and Initiative in QUEST)
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QUEST report
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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MarQUEST (Marine Biogeochemistry and Initiative in QUEST)
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QUEST report
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- Quality Scope
- series
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 2406ec006d9a38b9da6d381fd7c41a15 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Resource type
- series
- Hierarchy level name
- series
- Metadata Date
- 2022-12-06T02:50:28
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
