Temperature profiles from MBT casts from the MENDOTA from Ocean Weather Station B (OWS-B) in the North Atlantic Ocean from 03 January 1966 to 05 February 1966 (NODC Accession 6600815)

Bathythermograph data were collected from the MENDOTA within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station B (56305N 05100W) and in transit. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard from 03 January 1966 to 05 February 1966. 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）数据由MENDOTA号在海洋气象站B（56°30′5″N，51°00′0″W）周边1英里范围内及航行途中采集。美国海岸警卫队于1966年1月3日至1966年2月5日期间完成了该数据集的采集工作。该观测平台配备专业观测设备并配有操作人员，用于开展气象与海洋环境状况观测。数据经美国国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center, NODC）处理为符合NODC标准的通用温深仪输出（Universal Bathythermograph Output, UBT）格式。完整的格式说明可通过NODC官网的https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html获取。

UBT文件格式用于存储由机械温深仪（Mechanical Bathythermograph, MBT）采集的温度-深度剖面数据。MBT观测的最大探测深度约为285米，因此该类数据仅适用于研究海洋上层的热结构特征。每条观测记录均包含航次信息、观测日期、位置与时间。数据记录由多组温度-深度值对构成，且文件内的温度数据以5米为等深度间隔进行存储。