diff --git a/.github/workflows/intel_coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/intel_coverage.yml
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+# Ryan Mulhall 7/22
+# Uses an intel image to compile,test and generate a code coverage report.
+# If triggered by PR, it will compare coverage with the last main archived result
+# and output a warning for decreases in function coverage.
+#on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+jobs:
+  generate-coverage-report:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: intel/oneapi-hpckit:2022.2-devel-ubuntu20.04
+      env:
+        CC: mpiicc
+        FC: mpiifort
+        CFLAGS:  "-I/libs/include"
+        FCFLAGS: "-I/libs/include -g -traceback"
+        LDFLAGS: "-L/libs/lib"
+        TEST_VERBOSE: 1
+        I_MPI_FABRICS: "shm" # needed for mpi in image
+        # intel bug causes some failures with shm option(required in container)
+        SKIP_TESTS: "test_mpp_update_domains.1 test_update_domains_performance.1 test_diag_manager2.23 test_field_manager2.1"
+    steps:
+    - name: Cache dependencies
+      id: cache
+      uses: actions/cache@v3
+      with:
+        path: /libs
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-intel-libs
+    - name: Install packages for building
+      run: apt update && apt install -y autoconf libtool automake zlibc zlib1g-dev bc
+    - if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+      name: Build dependencies
+      run: |
+        mkdir /libs
+        wget https://hdf-wordpress-1.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/manual/HDF5/HDF5_1_12_2/source/hdf5-1.12.2.tar.gz
+        tar xf hdf5-1.12.2.tar.gz && cd hdf5-1.12.2
+        ./configure --prefix=/libs
+        make -j install && cd ..
+        wget https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/archive/refs/tags/v4.8.1.tar.gz
+        tar xf v4.8.1.tar.gz && cd netcdf-c-4.8.1
+        ./configure --prefix=/libs --enable-remote-fortran-bootstrap
+        make -j install
+        # sets this here to pass embeded configure checks
+        export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/libs/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+        make -j -k build-netcdf-fortran
+        make -j install-netcdf-fortran
+        wget https://github.com/yaml/libyaml/releases/download/0.2.5/yaml-0.2.5.tar.gz
+        tar xf yaml-0.2.5.tar.gz && cd yaml-0.2.5
+        ./configure --prefix=/libs
+        make -j install && cd
+    - name: checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Configure
+      run: autoreconf -if ./configure.ac && ./configure --enable-code-coverage --with-yaml
+    - name: Compile
+      run: make -j || make
+    - name: Run test suite
+      id: report
+      run: make check-code-coverage LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/libs/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+    # get coverage results from last successful main run for comparison
+    # the steps below only run on pull requests
+    - if: ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' }}
+      name: Download last results
+      uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v2
+      continue-on-error: true
+      with:
+        workflow: intel_coverage.yml
+        branch: main
+        workflow_conclusion: success
+    - if: ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' }}
+      name: Compare coverage
+      run: |
+        if [ -f code-coverage-report/coverage-percent.txt ]; then
+          archive_val="`cat code-coverage-report/coverage-percent.txt`"
+          if [ 1 -eq "$(echo "${archive_val} > ${RESULT}" | bc)" ]; the
+            echo "::error title=Coverage Dropped:: This pull request will decrease coverage from $archive_val to $RESULT"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+        else
+          echo "::warning title=Coverage Not Checked:: Archived results could not be downloaded"
+        fi
+      env:
+        RESULT: ${{ steps.report.outputs.percentage }}
+    - if: ${{ github.ref == 'ref/heads/main' }}
+      name: Archive code coverage results
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: code-coverage-report
+        path: /coverage-percent.txt
diff --git a/test_fms/intel_coverage.sh.in b/test_fms/intel_coverage.sh.in
index bc452277be..87383089fb 100755
--- a/test_fms/intel_coverage.sh.in
+++ b/test_fms/intel_coverage.sh.in
@@ -71,19 +71,42 @@ cat <<_EOF > coverage-report/fms-coverage.html
 </head>
 <body>
 _EOF
-
+# comment that seems to prevent the _EOF from inexplicably being included in the output file
+total=0
+covered=0
 # generate code coverage report and links for each (src) subdirectory
-for dir in `find . -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d -printf '%f\n' | grep -v test_fms | sort`
+# also sums the covered and total block counts
+for dir in `find . -not -path '*/.*' -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d -printf '%f\n' | grep -v test_fms | grep -v 'coverage-*'`
 do
   cd $dir
+  echo $dir
   if [ ! -z "`find . -type f -name "*.spi"`" ] ; then
     mkdir ../coverage-report/$dir
     codecov -prj $dir -spi pgopti.spi -dpi ../fms-global-coverage.dpi
+
+    tmp="`sed -n 54p CodeCoverage/__CODE_COVERAGE.HTML | sed 's/.*>\(.*\)<.*/\1/' | sed 's/,//' `"
+    total="`expr $tmp + $total`"
+    tmp="`sed -n 55p CodeCoverage/__CODE_COVERAGE.HTML | sed 's/.*>\(.*\)<.*/\1/' | sed 's/,//' `"
+    covered="`expr $tmp + $covered`"
+
     mv CODE_COVERAGE.HTML ../coverage-report/$dir
     mv CodeCoverage ../coverage-report/$dir
     echo "<p><a href=\"${dir}/CODE_COVERAGE.HTML\">${dir}</a></p>" >> ../coverage-report/fms-coverage.html
   fi
   cd ..
 done
+percentage="$(echo "scale=2; ${covered}*100/${total}" | bc)"
+
 echo "</body>" >> coverage-report/fms-coverage.html
 echo "</html>" >> coverage-report/fms-coverage.html
+# print results for total coverage since each report is per directory
+# extra output if in CI
+echo "$covered covered functions out of $total total (${percentage}%)"
+if [ "$CI" ]; then
+  echo "::set-output name=total::${total}"
+  echo "::set-output name=covered::${covered}"
+  echo "::set-output name=percentage::${percentage}"
+  test -z "${percentage}" && echo "::error title=Percentage calculation failed::" && exit 1
+  echo "::notice title=Coverage Info::${percentage}% of routine/function coverage. ${covered} covered functions out of ${total} total"
+  echo "${percentage}" > /coverage-percent.txt
+fi