Temperature profiles from MBT casts from the BERING STRAIT from Ocean Weather Station V (OWS-V) in the North Pacific Ocean 14 January 1959 to 12 February 1959 (NODC Accession 5900003)

Bathythermograph data were collected from the BERING STRAIT within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station V (3400N 16400W) and in transit. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard from 14 January 1959 to 12 February 1959. 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.本数据集的海水温深仪（Bathythermograph）观测数据采集自白令海峡海域，覆盖海洋气象站V号（34°00′N，164°00′W）周边1英里范围及航行途经区域。数据由美国海岸警卫队于1959年1月14日至1959年2月12日期间采集。该观测平台配备专业设备与人员，可开展气象与海洋环境状况观测。数据已由国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center，NODC）处理为NODC标准通用温深仪输出（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获取。 UBT文件格式用于存储机械式温深仪（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，因此其数据仅适用于海洋上层热结构研究。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-深度数值对组成，文件内的温度数据以5米为等间隔深度进行记录。