Temperature profiles from MBT casts from the OWASCO from Ocean Weather Station E (OWS-E) in the North Atlantic Ocean from 28 January 1968 to 03 March 1968 (NODC Accession 6800630)

Bathythermograph data were collected from the OWASCO 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 28 January 1968 to 03 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.海水温度深度记录仪（Bathythermograph）数据采集自OWASCO，覆盖范围包括海洋气象站E（35°00′N，48°00′W）周边1英里海域及航行途中。该数据由美国海岸警卫队于1968年1月28日至1968年3月3日期间采集。搭载相关设备的观测平台配备专业人员，用于开展气象与海洋状况观测。所有数据已由国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center, NODC）处理为NODC标准通用海水温度深度记录仪输出（Universal Bathythermograph Output, UBT）格式。完整格式说明可通过NODC官网https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html获取。 UBT文件格式用于存储机械式海水温度深度记录仪（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，因此该类数据仅适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。数据记录由多组温度-深度数值对构成，文件内的温度数据以5米为固定深度间隔进行记录。