Temperature profiles from MBT casts from the ESCANABA from Ocean Weather Station E (OWS-E) in the North Atlantic Ocean from 02 August 1967 to 01 September 1967 (NODC Accession 6700542)

Bathythermograph data were collected from the ESCANABA within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station E (3500N 04800W) and in transit. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard from 02 August 1967 to 01 September 1967. The platform was equipped and staffed to observe weather and sea conditions. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) format. Full format description is available from NODC at www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html.

The UBT file format is used for temperature-depth profile data obtained using the mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) instrument. The maximum depth of MBT observations is approximately 285 m. Therefore, MBT data are useful only in studying the thermal structure of the upper layers of the ocean. Cruise information, date, position, and time are reported for each observation. The data record comprises pairs of temperature-depth values. Temperature data in this file are recorded at uniform 5 m depth intervals.

温深仪（Bathythermograph）数据采集自“ESCANABA”号舰艇，采集范围覆盖E号海洋气象站（35°00'N 048°00'W）周边1英里海域及航行途中。数据由美国海岸警卫队于1967年8月2日至1967年9月1日期间采集。该作业平台配备专业设备并配备人员，用于观测气象与海洋状况。数据已由国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center, NODC）处理为NODC标准通用温深仪输出（Universal Bathythermograph Output, UBT）格式。完整的格式说明可通过NODC官网www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html获取。

UBT文件格式用于存储通过机械温深仪（mechanical bathythermograph, MBT）获取的温度-深度剖面数据。MBT观测的最大探测深度约为285米，因此其数据仅适用于研究海洋上层的热结构。每份观测记录均包含航次信息、日期、位置与时间。数据记录由若干温度-深度值对组成，本文件中的温度数据以均匀5米的深度间隔进行记录。