Temperature profiles from MBT casts from the CHINCOTEAGUE from Ocean Weather Station C (OWS-C) and D (OWS-D) in the North Atlantic Ocean from 13 September 1970 to 12 October 1970 (NODC Accession 7001062)

Bathythermograph data were collected from the CHINCOTEAGUE within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station C(5245N 03530W), D (4400N 04100W), and in transit. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard from 13 September 1970 to 12 October 1970. 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.本次数据集采集自钦科蒂格号（CHINCOTEAGUE）的观测数据，覆盖海洋气象站C（52°45′N，035°30′W）、D（44°00′N，041°00′W）周边1英里范围及航行途中的温深仪（Bathythermograph）数据。数据由美国海岸警卫队于1970年9月13日至1970年10月12日期间采集，观测平台配备专业人员以开展气象与海洋环境观测。所有数据均由美国国家海洋数据中心（NODC）处理为NODC标准通用温深仪输出（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文件格式用于存储通过机械温深仪（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，因此该类数据仅适用于研究海洋上层的热结构特征。每条观测记录均包含航次信息、日期、位置与时间，数据记录由多组温度-深度值对构成，文件内的温度数据以均匀5米的深度间隔进行记录。