Temperature profiles from MBT casts from the COOS BAY from Ocean Weather Station C (OWS-C) in the North Atlantic Ocean from 17 December 1965 to 28 December 1965 (NODC Accession 6500769)

Bathythermograph data were collected from the COOS BAY within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station C (5245N 0350W) and in transit. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard from 17 December 1965 to 28 December 1965. 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.

本数据集采集自海洋气象站C（52°45′N，035°00′W）周边1英里半径范围内的库斯湾及航行途中的温深仪（Bathythermograph）数据，采集时间为1965年12月17日至12月28日，由美国海岸警卫队完成。观测平台配备专业设备与操作人员，用于开展气象与海洋环境状况监测。数据已由国家海洋数据中心（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https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html 获取。
UBT文件格式用于记录机械式温深仪（Mechanical Bathythermograph, MBT）采集的温度-深度剖面数据。MBT观测的最大水深约为285米，因此其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行信息、观测日期、位置与时间，数据记录由温度-深度值对组成，本文件中的温度数据以5米为等间隔深度进行记录。