Temperature profiles from MBT casts from the COOK INLET from Ocean Weather Station B (OWS-B) in the North Atlantic Ocean from 21 May 1966 to 14 June 1966 (NODC Accession 6600367)

Bathythermograph data were collected from the COOK INLET within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station B (56305N 05100W) and in transit. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard from 21 May 1966 to 14 June 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.本数据集为海水温深仪（Bathythermograph）观测数据，采集自库克湾（COOK INLET）内海洋气象站B（坐标56°30′5″N，51°00′0″W）周边1英里范围及航行途中。数据由美国海岸警卫队于1966年5月21日至1966年6月14日采集。观测平台配备了专用设备与观测人员，用于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标准通用海水温深仪输出（Universal Bathythermograph Output, UBT）格式。完整格式说明可从NODC官网www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html获取。 UBT文件格式适用于机械式海水温深仪（Mechanical Bathythermograph, MBT）采集的温度-深度剖面数据。MBT观测的最大探测深度约为285米，因此其数据仅可用于研究海洋上层的热结构。每条观测记录均包含航次信息、观测日期、位置与时间。数据记录由温度-深度值对构成，本文件中的温度数据以5米为均匀深度间隔进行记录。