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QUEST Quaternary: FAMOUS glacial cycle model data

Quaternary QUEST was led by Dr Tim Lenton at UEA, with a team of 10 co-investigators at the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Reading, Leeds, Bristol, Southampton and at UEA.

This dataset contains FAMOUS (FAst Met Office/UK Universities Simulator) glacial cycle model data from 150,000 years ago to present.

The project team aimed to compile a synthesis of palaeodata from sediments and ice cores, improve the synchronization of these records with each other, and use this greater understanding of the Earth’s ancient atmosphere to improve Earth system models simulating climate over very long timescales. A combined long-term data synthesis and modelling approach has helped to constrain some key mechanisms responsible for glacial-interglacial CO2 change, and Quaternary QUEST have narrowed the field of ocean processes that could have caused glacial CO2 drawdown.

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Date (Publication)
2008-12-10T11:27:00
Date (Creation)
2008-12-10T11:27:00
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/a43dcfaccfae4824ab9ab2b572703e72
Identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / a43dcfaccfae4824ab9ab2b572703e72
Author
  Unavailable - Lenton, Tim ( author )
Custodian
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - custodian
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Distributor
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - distributor
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Principal investigator
  Unavailable - Lenton, Tim ( principal_investigator )
pointofContact
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - point_of_contact
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Publisher
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - publisher
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned Not planned
Update scope
dataset Dataset
Keywords
  • QUEST
  • Quaternary
  • carbon dioxide
  • climate change
  • glaciation
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • atmospheric conditions
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Other constraints
Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/missing_licence.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under unstated use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
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Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
0001-01-01T00:01:15
End date
2008-11-30T23:59:59
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84
Distribution format
  • Data are netCDF formatted ()

Distributor
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - Data Center Contact
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
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QUEST Final Report

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Quaternary QUEST:Regulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide on glacial-interglacial timescales and its coupling to climate change

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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
Data provided by Prof Tim Lenton at the University of East Anglia for archiving at the BADC.
File identifier
a43dcfaccfae4824ab9ab2b572703e72 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 UTF8
Parent identifier
QUEST Quaternary: Marine isotope and glacial cycle model data (150,000 years ago to present) 33a39f647824bbd542c4ce9b88c9e9fd
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2025-11-15T03:10:05
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
 
 

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