Temperature profiles from MBT casts from the EXCANABA from Ocean Weather Station E (OWS-E) in the North Atlantic Ocean from 25 February 1968 to 26 March 1968 (NODC Accession 6800667)

Bathythermograph data were collected from the ESCANABA within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station E (3500N 04800W) and in transit. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard from 25 February 1968 to 26 March 1968. 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.本数据集的海水温度深度剖面（Bathythermograph）数据采集自“ESCANABA”号作业船只，采集范围覆盖E海洋气象站（35°00′N，48°00′W）周边1英里海域及航行途中。数据由美国海岸警卫队于1968年2月25日至1968年3月26日期间采集。该作业平台配备专业观测设备并配有操作人员，可开展气象与海况观测。数据已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剖面输出（Universal Bathythermograph Output, UBT）格式。完整格式说明可通过NODC官方网站www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html查阅。 UBT文件格式专用于机械式海水温度深度剖面仪（Mechanical Bathythermograph, MBT）所获取的温度-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海洋上层水体热结构的相关研究。每条观测记录均包含航次信息、观测日期、地理位置与观测时间。数据记录由温度-深度值对构成，本文件中的温度数据以每5米为固定间隔进行采集记录。