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