Simulations obtained at (annually repeating) cyclic equilibrium with the three phytoplankton model variants (IA, DA, FS) in an idealized water column, as presented by Kerimoglu et al. (2021). Please refer to the publication for the details. Kerimoglu, O., Anugerahanti, P., and Smith, S. L.: FABM-NflexPD 1.0: Assessing an Instantaneous Acclimation Approach for Modelling Phytoplankton Growth. Geosci. Model Dev. [preprint: https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2020-396], accepted for publication, 2021.