Temperature profiles from mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) casts from the USS ENDURANCE in the South China Sea in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project from 16 April 1962 to 27 April 1962 (NODC Accession 6200946)

MBT data were collected from the USS ENDURANCE in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project. Data were collected by US Navy; Ships of Opportunity from 16 April 1962 to 27 April 1962. 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数据采集自美国海军“持久号”（USS ENDURANCE）舰艇，用于支撑海洋学数据舰队观测项目（Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data，简称FLOOD）。数据采集工作由美国海军及志愿观测船（Ships of Opportunity）于1962年4月16日至4月27日完成。该观测平台配备专业观测设备并配备操作人员，可开展气象与海洋环境状况监测。美国国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center，简称NODC）已按照NODC标准通用深海温度计输出格式（Universal Bathythermograph Output，简称UBT）完成数据标准化处理。完整的格式说明文档可从美国国家海洋数据中心官网获取：www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html。 通用深海温度计输出格式（Universal Bathythermograph Output，简称UBT）用于存储由机械式深海温度计（Mechanical Bathythermograph，简称MBT）仪器采集得到的温度-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水体的热结构特征。每条观测记录均包含航次信息、观测日期、地理位置与观测时间。数据记录由多组温度-深度数值对构成，本文件中的温度数据以5米为均匀深度间隔进行记录。