QUAAC: UKCA Model Chemistry and Aerosol Outputs

QUAAC project outputs contain results from developing and testing chemistry and aerosol schemes for the UKCA community climate model. The collection includes schemes for surface emissions of reactive trace gases and new surface deposition processes. These data were produced to study the role of land surface processes on atmospheric oxidizing capacity and aerosol loading.

Use Cases

• Validating new atmospheric chemistry schemes against model outputs.
• Studying the impact of interactive surface emissions on atmospheric composition.
• Analyzing the role of deposition processes on aerosol loading.
• Benchmarking the performance of the UKCA model's chemistry-climate coupling.

Strengths

• Project was led by a principal investigator from the University of Cambridge with 11 co-investigators from five other UK universities and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.
• Outputs are part of a major NERC/Met Office initiative to develop the UKCA community model for studying climate-atmosphere interactions.

Limitations

• Specific column names, row counts, and file sizes are not provided in the available metadata.
• License and author information are not specified.
• The dataset's temporal and spatial coverage are not described.

Provenance

Source

Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA), hosting outputs from the QUAAC project.

Collection Method

Results from the development and testing of chemistry and aerosol schemes within the UKCA climate model.

Freshness

Last updated metadata indicates 2026-07-08.