Implementing the iCORAL (version 1.0) coral reef CaCO<sub>3</sub> production module in the iLOVECLIM climate model

Bouttes, Nathaelle; Kwiatkowski, Lester; Berger, Manon; Brovkin, Victor; Munhoven, Guy

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-6513-2024

Articles | Volume 17, issue 17

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-6513-2024

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-6513-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 17

Model description paper

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02 Sep 2024

Model description paper |

| 02 Sep 2024

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

Nathaelle Bouttes, Lester Kwiatkowski, Manon Berger, Victor Brovkin, and Guy Munhoven

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-6513-2024-supplement

Data sets

input K490 file for iCORAL in iLOVECLIM N. Bouttes et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10776565

iCORAL offline 1d version (v1.0) N. Bouttes et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10932293

Model code and software

iCORAL code (1.0) N. Bouttes et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7985881

Implementing the iCORAL (version 1.0) coral reef CaCO3 production module in the iLOVECLIM climate model - model outputs (1.0) N. Bouttes et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8279283

Short summary

Coral reefs are crucial for biodiversity, but they also play a role in the carbon cycle on long time scales of a few thousand years. To better simulate the future and past evolution of coral reefs and their effect on the global carbon cycle, hence on atmospheric CO₂ concentration, it is necessary to include coral reefs within a climate model. Here we describe the inclusion of coral reef carbonate production in a carbon–climate model and its validation in comparison to existing modern data.