Overview

URL	https://nalu.playground.akn.org.uk
Description	Predicts the spread of coral disease at a reef from environmental and biological inputs
Access	Public. No sign-in required. An experimental tool in active development, maintained on a best-effort basis
Pricing	Free

Overview

Nalu allows marine scientists, reef conservation professionals, and researchers to model the spread of coral disease. A reef location, a reference date, and a set of environmental and biological variables are supplied, and the tool runs a predictive analysis over them.

Variables are entered on a form or uploaded as a dataset. Each variable can be included in or excluded from a run, and more than one modelling method is available.

Capabilities

Capability	Availability
Set the reef location being modelled	Any visitor
Set the reference date for the model	Any visitor
Enter environmental and biological variables	Any visitor
Upload an existing dataset	Any visitor
Select which variables the run includes	Any visitor
Switch between modelling methods	Any visitor
Run a prediction	Any visitor
Sign-in or per-user saved work	Not available. The tool requires no account
Automatic retrieval of environmental readings	Not available. Values are entered or uploaded

Intended use

Use	Detail
Marine biology research	Model disease spread under different environmental conditions
Reef conservation planning	Identify areas at risk before disease proliferates
Climate impact studies	Simulate the effect of rising sea temperature or changing salinity on disease risk
Academic analysis	Compare outputs produced by different modelling methods

Nalu is intended for scientific and educational use. Output quality depends on the quality and completeness of the input data.

Support status

Nalu is a playground project in active development. Functionality may change.

Next steps

• Using Nalu covers the inputs, the controls, and the output.