Temperature profiles from MBT casts from the BIBB from Ocean Weather Station B (OWS-B), C (OWS-C), D (OWS-D), E (OWS-E), H (OWS-H), and J (OWS-J) in the North Atlantic Ocean from 26 March 1955 to 13 October 1966 (NODC Accession 7600309)

Bathythermograph data were collected from the YAKUTAT within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station B (5630N 05100W), C (5245N 03530W), D (4400N 04100W), E (3500N 04800W), H (3800N 07100W), J (5230N 02000W), and in transit. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard from 26 March 1955 to 13 October 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.

温深计（Bathythermograph）观测数据采集自“雅库塔特”号（YAKUTAT），采集范围覆盖海洋气象站B（56°30′N 051°00′W）、C（52°45′N 035°30′W）、D（44°00′N 041°00′W）、E（35°00′N 048°00′W）、H（38°00′N 071°00′W）、J（52°30′N 020°00′W）周边1英里海域，以及航行途中。本次数据采集工作由美国海岸警卫队于1955年3月26日至1966年10月13日期间完成。该观测平台配备专业观测设备与人员，可开展气象与海洋环境观测。所有数据均由美国国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center, NODC）统一处理为NODC标准通用温深计输出（Universal Bathythermograph Output, UBT）格式。完整的格式说明可通过NODC官网https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html查阅。

UBT文件格式用于存储机械式温深计（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，因此该数据集仅适用于海洋上层热结构的相关研究。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-深度数值对构成。该文件中的温度数据以5米为固定深度间隔进行记录。