Articles | Volume 14, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-4535-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-4535-2021
Development and technical paper
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23 Jul 2021
Development and technical paper |  | 23 Jul 2021

A discrete interaction numerical model for coagulation and fragmentation of marine detritic particulate matter (Coagfrag v.1)

Gwenaëlle Gremion, Louis-Philippe Nadeau, Christiane Dufresne, Irene R. Schloss, Philippe Archambault, and Dany Dumont

Model code and software

Source code and user manual of the Coagfrag Model (Version 1) Gwenaëlle Gremion and Louis-Philippe Nadeau https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4432896

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Short summary
An accurate description of detritic organic particles is key to improving estimations of carbon export into the ocean abyss in ocean general circulation models. Yet, most parametrization are numerically impractical due to the required number of tracers needed to resolve the particle size spectrum. Here, a new parametrization that aims to minimize the tracers number while accurately describing the particles dynamics is developed and tested in a series of idealized numerical experiments.