Implementing the iCORAL (version 1.0) coral reef CaCO3 production module in the iLOVECLIM climate model - model outputs

This dataset contains the model outputs used in the figures in the paper entitled "Implementing the iCORAL (version 1.0) coral reef CaCO3 production module in the iLOVECLIM climate model" submitted to GMD. For the description of the model and simulations we refer to this article.

Provided files:

Surface values of temperature (temp), salinity (salt), phosphate (opo4) and aragonite saturation state (omega) for:

The modern period (mean of 2000-2010): temp_modern.nc, salt_modern.nc, opo4_modern.nc, omega_modern.nc

The pre-industrial (PI, mean of last 100 years of the simulation): temp_PI.nc, salt_PI.nc, opo4_PI.nc, omega_PI.nc

Coral location for:

Imin=50 μE/m2/s: coral_location_Imin50.nc

Imin=300 μE/m2/s: coral_location_Imin300.nc

The values indicate:

4 = presence of corals in the model simulation (coral area less or equal to 5% of the grid cell area) but not in observations

3 = presence of corals in both model and observational data

2 = presence of corals in observational data but not in the model simulation

1 = presence of corals in the model simulation (coral area more than 5% of the grid cell area)  but not in observations

Global coral reef area (103 km2) and Imin (the minimum light intensity necessary for reef growth, µE m-2 s-1): Total_area_vs_Imin.txt

Global coral reef carbonate production (Pg CaCO3 yr-1) and Imin (the minimum light intensity necessary for reef growth, µE m-2 s-1): Total_prod_vs_Imin.txt

Global coral reef carbonate production (Pg CaCO3 yr-1) and Ik (the saturating light intensity, µE m-2 s-1): Total_prod_vs_Ik.txt

Global coral reef carbonate production (Pg CaCO3 yr-1) and gmax (the maximum production growth): Total_prod_vs_gmax.txt

Global carbonate production (Pg CaCO3 yr-1) and global coral reef area (103 km2): Total_prod_vs_total_area.txt

Root mean square error (RMSE, kg CaCO3 m-2 yr-1) between the simulations and the observational data of regional production (Perry et al., 2018) and global production (Pg CaCO3 yr-1): Total_production_vs_rmse_Perry.txt

Root mean square error (RMSE, kg CaCO3 m-2 yr-1) between the simulations and the observational data of regional production (Perry et al., 2018) and coral reef area (103 km2): Total_area_vs_rmse_Perry.txt