Temperature profiles from MBT casts from the BERING STRAIT from Ocean Weather Station V (OWS-V) in the North Pacific Ocean from 12 June 1966 to 14 July 1966 (NODC Accession 6600117)

Bathythermograph data were collected from the BERING STRAIT within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station V (3400N 16400W) and in transit. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard from 12 June 1966 to 14 July 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.

本数据集为温深仪（Bathythermograph）观测数据，采集自白令海峡（BERING STRAIT）内海洋气象站V（Ocean Weather Station V，坐标34°00′N，164°00′W）周边1英里范围及航行途中。数据采集时段为1966年6月12日至1966年7月14日，由美国海岸警卫队执行。观测搭载平台已完成设备部署并配备专职人员，用于气象与海洋环境观测。数据已由美国国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center, NODC）处理为NODC标准通用温深仪输出（Universal Bathythermograph Output, UBT）格式。完整格式说明可通过NODC官网获取，访问地址为www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html。

UBT文件格式用于存储通过机械温深仪（mechanical bathythermograph, 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海洋上层热结构的研究。每条观测记录均包含航次信息、观测日期、位置与观测时间。数据记录由温度-深度值对构成，本文件中的温度数据以5米为固定深度间隔进行存储。