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Data description article
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19 May 2026
Data description article |
| 19 May 2026
| 19 May 2026
CoralCache: a virtual coral core repository for transparent and reproducible annual growth rate analyses
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
Oliwia Jasnos
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
Avi Strange
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
Andreas Andersson
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Angel T. Bautista VII
Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI), Quezon City, NCR 1101, Philippines
Sierra Bloomer
U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Isaiah W. Bolden
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Maartje Bosman
School of Environment, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Thomas C. Brachert
Institute for Earth System Science and Remote Sensing, Leipzig University, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Giulia B. Braz
Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191 – 05508-120 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Gabriel O. Cardoso
Institute of Geological Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Juan P. Carricart-Ganivet
Laboratorio de Esclerocronología de Corales Arrecifales, Unidad Académica de Sistemas Arrecifales, ICML, UNAM, Puerto Morelos, México
Jessica E. Carilli
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Sydney, Australia
now at: Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, San Diego, CA, USA
Karl D. Castillo
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Leticia Cavole
School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Sylvia Chan
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Xuefei Chen
State Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Processes and Resources, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
Ben Chomitz
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Miami, FL, USA
Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
Thierry Correge
Université de Bordeaux (UMR EPOC – OASU CNRS 5805) Allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, CS 50023 33615 Pessac, France
Travis A. Courtney
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Mikayla Deigan
Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Juan Pablo D'Olivo
Unidad Académica de Sistemas Arrecifales, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Puerto Morelos, Mexico
Robert Dunbar
Oceans Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Ian C. Enochs
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Miami, FL, USA
Ludmilla Falsarella
Centro de Biologia Marinha, Universidade de São Paulo, São Sebastião, Brazil
Thomas Felis
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Gabriela Gutierrez-Estrada
Laboratorio de Esclerocronología de Corales Arrecifales, Unidad Académica de Sistemas Arrecifales, ICML, UNAM, Puerto Morelos, México
Brighton Hedger
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, HI, USA
Shijian Hu
College of Oceanography, Hohai University, Nanjing, JS, China
Seamus Jameson
U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Stacy Jupiter
Global Marine Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY, 10460, USA
Paul Kench
University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
Diego K. Kersting
Instituto de Acuicultura Torre de la Sal (IATS, CSIC), 12595 Ribera de Cabanes, Spain
Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, 639798 Singapore
Yi-Wei Liu
Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Carla A. B. Lorigados
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87 – 05508-270 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Derek P. Manzello
Coral Reef Watch, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), College Park, MD, USA
Malcolm T. McCulloch
The University of Western Australia, Oceans Institute, Western Australia 6009, Australia
Miguel Mies
Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191 – 05508-120 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Rodrigo L. Moura
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ferdinand Oberle
U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Natan Pereira
PGQA, Department of Exact and Earth Science, State University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
Nancy Prouty
U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Riovie D. Ramos
Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, 639798 Singapore
Haojia Ren
Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Emma Ryan
School of Environment, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Diane M. Thompson
Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Lauren T. Toth
U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Marina J. Vergotti
Institute of Geological Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Jody M. Webster
Geocoastal Research Group, School of Geosciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Jens Zinke
School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
Data sets
CoralCache coral core image dataset (1.0) Thomas M. DeCarlo et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17208911
Server connection and monitoring files for CoralCache virtual coral core repository Thomas M. DeCarlo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19410281
Model code and software
Server connection and monitoring files for CoralCache virtual coral core repository Thomas M. DeCarlo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19410281
tdecarlo19/CoralCT: Public release (v2.6.4) tdecarlo19 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20159538
Short summary
We present CoralCache, a virtual coral core repository with global coverage. This repository fills a key gap by enabling researchers to transparently archive and share the raw core image datasets and the visual interpretations of those images, rather than simply the summarized growth rate data, which on their own cannot be traced or precisely reproduced. CoralCache is designed to meet the data-sharing principles of findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability (FAIR).
We present CoralCache, a virtual coral core repository with global coverage. This repository...
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