Temperature profiles from mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) casts from the USS PINNACLE in the North Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project from 04 October 1966 to 11 October 1966 (NODC Accession 6600262)

MBT data were collected from the USS PINNACLE in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project. Data were collected by US Navy; Ships of Opportunity from 04 October 1966 to 11 October 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.机械温深计（MBT, Mechanical Bathythermograph）数据采集自美国海军“品纳克莱”号（USS PINNACLE），用于支持海洋学数据舰队观测（Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data, FLOOD）项目。该数据由美国海军及机会观测船舶于1966年10月4日至10月11日期间采集。该观测平台配备专业设备并配有操作人员，用于开展气象与海洋状况观测。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标准的通用温深计输出（Universal Bathythermograph Output, UBT）格式。完整的格式说明可通过NODC官网链接获取：www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html。 UBT文件格式用于存储通过机械温深计（MBT）获取的温度-深度剖面数据。机械温深计观测的最大深度约为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。数据记录由温度-深度值对组成，该文件中的温度数据以固定5米的深度间隔进行记录。