Temperature profiles from mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) casts from the USS EXCEL in the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project from 12 April 1967 to 18 April 1967 (NODC Accession 6700153)

MBT data were collected from the USS EXCEL in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project. Data were collected by US Navy; Ships of Opportunity from 12 April 1967 to 18 April 1967. 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.机械温深仪（Mechanical Bathythermograph, MBT）数据采集自“卓越号”（USS EXCEL）军舰，用于支持海洋数据舰队观测（Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data, FLOOD）项目。本次数据由美国海军及机会观测船于1967年4月12日至1967年4月18日期间采集。该观测平台配备专用观测设备并配有专业操作人员，用于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）处理为符合其标准的通用温深仪输出（Universal Bathythermograph Output, UBT）格式。完整的格式说明可从国家海洋数据中心获取，访问网址为www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html。 通用温深仪输出（UBT）文件格式用于存储通过机械温深仪（MBT）获取的温度-深度剖面数据。机械温深仪观测的最大探测深度约为285米，因此该类数据仅可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、观测位置与时间。数据记录由多组温度-深度值对构成。本文件中的温度数据以每5米的均匀深度间隔进行记录。