Thermal buffering by tidally generated internal bores on the shallows of a remote coral atoll

Thermal buffering by tidally generated internal bores on the shallows of a remote coral atoll C. M. Grimaldi1,2, M. V. W. Cuttler2, R. J. Lowe2, E.A. Treml1 and J. P. Gilmour1 1 Australian Institute of Marine Science, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, Crawley, WA 6009 2 University of Western Australia, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, Fairway, Crawley, WA 6009 General information Title of dataset Thermal buffering by tidally generated internal bores on the shallows of a remote coral atoll URL of dataset 10.5281/zenodo.17293189 Abstract This study investigates the effect of internal bores at Mermaid Reef, a coral reef atoll off the North West Shelf of Australia. Keywords Coral reef atoll , temperature , internal bores , Northwestern Australia Lead author for the dataset Camille Grimaldi Title and position of lead author Dr., Research Scientist Organization and address of lead author Australian Institute of Marine Science 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009 Email address of lead author c .grima [email protected] Additional authors or contributors to the dataset C. M. Grimaldi, M. V. W. Cuttle, R. J. Lowe, E.A. Treml and J. P. Gilmour Organization associated with the data Australian Institute of Marine Science And University of Western Australia License This data is publicly available and free to use. Geographic location – verbal description Mermaid Reef in North West Shelf of Australia. Temporal coverage October 2023 and April 2024 Methods description Please refer to the methods description in the manuscript. Description of files included in the dataset: Dataset filename Dataset description RawTempRecords Raw Temperature re cords at S1, S 2, S4 an d S6 RawADCP RDI ADCP at S2 ColdPulseDetection Cold pulse detection at S1, S3 and S4 using (Guillaume - Castel et al. 2021)