Temperature profiles from MBT casts from the CASCO from Ocean Weather Station D (OWS-D) in the North Atlantic Ocean from 12 February 1962 to 15 March 1962 (NODC Accession 6200360)

Bathythermograph data were collected from the CASCO within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station D (4400N 04100W) and in transit. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard from 12 February 1962 to 15 March 1962. 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.海水温度深度记录仪（Bathythermograph）数据采集自卡斯科号（CASCO），采集范围覆盖海洋气象站D（44°00′N，041°00′W）周边1英里海域及航行途中。本次数据由美国海岸警卫队于1962年2月12日至1962年3月15日完成采集。该观测平台配备专业人员与观测设备，用于开展气象及海洋环境监测。数据由美国国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center，NODC）处理为NODC标准通用海水温度深度记录仪输出（Universal Bathythermograph Output，UBT）格式。完整格式说明可通过NODC官方渠道获取，网址为https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html。 UBT文件格式适用于机械海水温度深度记录仪（Mechanical Bathythermograph，MBT）采集的温度-深度剖面数据。机械海水温度深度记录仪的最大观测深度约为285米，因此MBT数据仅可用于研究海洋上层的热结构特征。每份观测记录均包含航次信息、观测日期、位置及时间。数据记录由多组温度-深度值对构成。该文件中的温度数据以5米为固定深度间隔进行存储记录。