Temperature profiles from expendable bathythermograph (XBT) casts from the USCGC RUSH in the Coastal Waters of California in support of the Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS) project from 21 July 1973 to 29 July 1973 (NODC Accession 7300957)

XBT data were collected from the USCGC RUSH in support of the Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS) project. Data were collected by the US Coast Guard (USCG) from 21 July 1973 to 29 July 1973. 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 expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles at depths of about 450 or 760 m. With special instruments, measurements can be obtained to 1830 m. Cruise information, position, date, and time are reported for each observation. The data record comprises pairs of temperature-depth values. Unlike the MBT data file, in which temperature values are recorded at uniform 5m intervals, the XBT Data File contains temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths are at a minimum number of points ("inflection points") required to record the temperature curve to an acceptable degree of accuracy. On output, however, the user may request temperature values either at inflection points or interpolated to uniform depth increments.

投弃式海温剖面仪（expendable bathythermograph, XBT）数据采集自美国海岸警卫队“拉什”号巡逻舰（USCGC RUSH），用于支撑综合全球海洋服务系统（Integrated Global Ocean Services System, IGOSS）项目。该数据由美国海岸警卫队（US Coast Guard, USCG）于1973年7月21日至1973年7月29日期间采集，后由国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center, NODC）按照NODC标准通用海温仪输出（Universal Bathythermograph Output, UBT）格式完成处理。完整格式说明可通过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XBT仪器获取的温度-深度剖面数据。标准型XBT可获取约450米或760米深度的剖面数据，若配备专用仪器，测量深度可达1830米。每份观测记录均包含航次信息、地理位置、观测日期及时间。数据记录由温度-深度值对构成。与以均匀5米间隔记录温度值的MBT数据文件不同，XBT数据文件中的温度值对应非均匀深度，这些深度点为以可接受精度记录温度曲线所需的最少拐点数量。不过在输出环节，用户可选择获取拐点处的温度值，或通过插值得到均匀深度间隔下的温度数值。