Temperature profiles from MBT casts from the COOS BAY from Ocean Weather Station B (OWS-B) in the North Atlantic Ocean from 05 July 1966 to 30 July 1966 (NODC Accession 6600090)

Bathythermograph data were collected from the COOS BAY 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 05 July 1966 to 30 July 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.

本数据集的温深记录仪（Bathythermograph）数据采集自海洋气象站B（Ocean Weather Station B，坐标：北纬56°30′，西经51°00′）周边1英里半径范围内的库斯湾（COOS BAY）海域及航行途中。数据由美国海岸警卫队于1966年7月5日至1966年7月30日采集。该观测平台配备专业设备并配有值守人员，用于开展气象与海洋环境状况观测。数据已由美国国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center，NODC）按照其制定的通用温深记录仪输出（Universal Bathythermograph Output，UBT）标准格式进行处理。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文件格式用于存储通过机械温深仪（Mechanical Bathythermograph，MBT）获取的温度-深度剖面数据。机械温深仪的最大观测深度约为285米，因此该类数据仅适用于海洋上层热结构的研究。每份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-深度数值对构成，且文件内的温度数据以5米的等深度间隔进行记录。