eReefs GBR4 biogeochemistry and sediments v3.1 reduced loads catchment scenario

Results from version 3.1 of the the 4km-resolution biogeochemistry and sediments model of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR4), forced by version2 of the Hydrodynamic model and by a reduced-loads catchment scenario which is derived from SOURCE Catchments with 2019 catchment condition (q3b) with anthropogenic loads (q3b – q3p) reduced according to the percentage reductions of DIN, PN, PP and TSS specified in the Reef 2050 Water Quality Improvement Plan (WQIP) 2017-2022 as calculated in Brodie et al., (2017). Further, the reductions are adjusted to account for the cumulative reductions already achieved between 2014 and 2019 that will be reflected in the 2019 catchment condition used in q3b.

This model configuration and associated results dataset may be referred to as "GBR4_H2p0_B3p1_Cq3R_Dhnd" according to the eReefs biogeochemical simulation naming protocol. The model ran in hindcast-mode as one of a suite of simulations which included baseline (GBR4_H2p0_B3p1_Cq3b_Dhnd) and pre-industrial (GBR4_H2p0_B3p1_Cq3p_Dhnd) catchment scenarios.