Temperature profiles from mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) casts from the USS CONQUEST in the North Pacific Ocean and South China Sea in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project from 28 August 1961 to 19 April 1962 (NODC Accession 6100422)

MBT data were collected from the USS CONQUEST in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project. Data were collected by US Navy; Ships of Opportunity from 28 August 1961 to 19 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.

本机械测温仪（Mechanical Bathythermograph, MBT）数据采集自“康科德号”（USS CONQUEST）军舰，用于支撑海洋学数据舰队观测（Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data, FLOOD）项目。数据由美国海军及特邀作业船只于1961年8月28日至1962年4月19日期间采集。该作业平台配备了专业观测设备与操作人员，用于开展气象与海洋状况监测工作。数据由国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center, NODC）按照NODC标准通用测温仪输出（Universal Bathythermograph Output, UBT）格式完成处理。完整的格式说明可通过NODC获取，访问网址为www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html。

UBT文件格式用于存储通过机械测温仪（MBT）获取的温度-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、观测位置与观测时间。数据记录由多组温度-深度数值对组成。本文件中的温度数据以均匀的5米深度间隔进行记录。