Temperature profiles from MBT casts from the ABSECON from Ocean Weather Station E (OWS-E) in the North Atlantic Ocean from 12 July 1967 to 11 August 1967 (NODC Accession 6700383)

Bathythermograph data were collected from the ABSECON 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 12 July 1967 to 11 August 1967. 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.本数据集包含由ABSECON平台采集的温深仪（Bathythermograph）数据，采集范围覆盖E号海洋气象站（35°00′N，048°00′W）周边1英里半径区域及航行途中。数据采集工作由美国海岸警卫队于1967年7月12日至1967年8月11日期间完成，该观测平台已完成设备配置并配备专职人员，用于开展气象与海洋状况观测。所有采集数据均由NODC处理为符合其标准的通用温深仪输出（Universal Bathythermograph Output, UBT）格式。完整的格式说明文档可通过NODC官方网站www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html查询获取。 UBT文件格式适用于通过机械式温深仪（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，因此该类数据仅可用于研究海洋上层水体的热结构特征。每条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，本文件中的温度数据以5米为固定深度间隔进行存储。