Temperature profiles from MBT casts from the CHINCOTEAGUE from Ocean Weather Station B (OWS-B) in the North Atlantic Ocean from 30 July 1963 to 26 August 1963 (NODC Accession 6300087)

Bathythermograph data were collected from the CHINCOTEAGUE within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station B (56305N 05100W) and in transit. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard from 30 July 1963 to 26 August 1963. 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.

海水温度深度记录仪（Bathythermograph）数据采集自奇科蒂格号（CHINCOTEAGUE），采集范围覆盖海洋气象站B（56°30′5″N，051°00′0″W）周边1英里海域及航行途中。该数据集由美国海岸警卫队于1963年7月30日至1963年8月26日期间采集。该观测平台配备专业人员，用于开展气象与海洋状况观测。数据已由国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center，NODC）按照其标准通用海水温度深度记录仪输出（Universal Bathythermograph Output，UBT）格式进行处理。完整格式说明可通过NODC官网的https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html获取。
UBT文件格式用于存储通过机械式海水温度深度记录仪（Mechanical Bathythermograph，MBT）获取的温度-深度剖面数据。MBT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特征。每条观测记录均包含航行信息、观测日期、位置与时间。数据记录由多组温度-深度数值对组成，文件内的温度数据按均匀的5米深度间隔进行记录。