Temperature profiles from MBT casts from the CUMULUS from Ocean Weather Station A (OWS-A), J (OWS-J), K (OWS-K), and M (OWS-M) in the North Atlantic Ocean from 20 August 1971 to 11 December 1972 (NODC Accession 7300137)

Bathythermograph data were collected from the CUMULUS within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station A (6200N 03300W), J (5230N 02000W), K (4500N 01600W), M (6600N 00200E), and in transit. Data were collected by the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute from 20 August 1971 to 11 December 1972. 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.本数据集包含海水温度深度记录仪(Bathythermograph)观测数据，采集自"CUMULUS"号科考船，覆盖海洋气象站A（62°00′N 033°00′W）、J（52°30′N 020°00′W）、K（45°00′N 016°00′W）、M（66°00′N 002°00′E）周边1英里范围内海域及航行途中海域。数据由荷兰皇家气象研究所于1971年8月20日至1972年12月11日期间采集。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状况监测。数据已由国家海洋数据中心(National Oceanographic Data Center, NODC)处理为符合其标准的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官网www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html获取。 UBT文件格式用于记录通过机械式海水温度深度记录仪(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，因此其数据仅适用于研究海洋上层的热结构。每份观测记录均包含航次信息、观测日期、位置及时间。数据记录由温度-深度数值对组成，该文件中的温度数据以5米为等间隔深度进行记录。