Temperature profiles from mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) casts from the USS DETECTOR in the North Atlantic Ocean and other locations in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project from 06 November 1966 to 21 December 1966 (NODC Accession 6600679)

MBT data were collected from the USS DETECTOR in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project. Data were collected by US Navy; Ships of Opportunity from 06 November 1966 to 21 December 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.本数据集的MBT（Mechanical Bathythermograph，机械深水温度计）数据采集自美国海军“探测器”号（USS DETECTOR），服务于海洋数据舰队观测（Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data, FLOOD）项目。数据由美国海军及偶遇舰船于1966年11月6日至1966年12月21日采集完成。该观测平台配备专业设备并配有操作人员，用于开展天气与海洋状况观测。所有数据已由美国国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center, NODC）处理为符合NODC标准的通用深水温度计输出（Universal Bathythermograph Output, UBT）格式。完整格式说明可通过NODC官网的以下链接获取：www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html。 UBT文件格式用于存储通过机械深水温度计（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，因此该数据集仅适用于研究海洋上层的热结构特征。每份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-深度值对组成。本文件中的温度数据以每5米为均匀深度间隔进行记录。