Temperature profiles from MBT casts from the ROCKAWAY from Ocean Weather Station B (OWS-B), C (OWS-C), D (OWS-D), E (OWS-E), and H (OWS-H) in the North Atlantic Ocean from 16 May 1955 to 06 July 1964 (NODC Accession 7501338)

Bathythermograph data were collected from the ROCKAWAY within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station B (5630N 05100W), C (5245N 03530W), D (4400N 04100W), E (3500N 04800W), H (3800N 07100W), and in transit. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard from 16 May 1955 to 06 July 1964. 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.

本数据集的温深仪（Bathythermograph）数据由“ROCKAWAY”号采集，采集范围覆盖海洋气象站B（56°30′N，51°00′W）、C（52°45′N，35°30′W）、D（44°00′N，41°00′W）、E（35°00′N，48°00′W）、H（38°00′N，71°00′W）周边1英里海域，以及航行途中。美国海岸警卫队于1955年5月16日至1964年7月6日完成该批数据的采集工作。该观测平台配备专业观测设备并配有操作人员，用于开展气象与海洋状况监测。数据由美国国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center, NODC）统一整理为NODC标准通用温深仪输出格式（Universal Bathythermograph Output, UBT）。完整的格式说明可通过NODC官方网址www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html查询获取。

UBT文件格式用于存储通过机械式温深仪（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，因此该类数据仅适用于海洋上层热结构的研究。每份观测记录均包含航次信息、观测日期、观测位置与观测时间。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均匀的5米深度间隔进行存储记录。