Temperature profiles from MBT casts from the BARATARIA from Ocean Weather Station E (OWS-E) in the North Atlantic Ocean from 25 October 1963 to 20 November 1963 (NODC Accession 6300084)

Bathythermograph data were collected from the BARATARIA within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station E (3500N 04800W) and in transit. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard from 25 October 1963 to 20 November 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.

本数据集的温深仪（Bathythermograph）数据采集自航行于E号海洋气象站（北纬35°00′，西经48°00′）周边1英里范围内及航渡途中的“巴拉塔里亚号（BARATARIA）”。数据由美国海岸警卫队于1963年10月25日至1963年11月20日期间采集，该平台配备了气象与海洋状况观测设备并配有操作人员。数据已由美国国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center, NODC）处理为通用温深仪输出（Universal Bathythermograph Output, UBT）标准格式。完整格式说明可通过NODC官网www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html获取。
UBT文件格式用于机械温深仪（Mechanical Bathythermograph, MBT）获取的温度-深度剖面数据。机械温深仪的最大观测深度约为285米，因此其数据仅适用于海洋上层热结构研究。每份观测记录均包含航次信息、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按5米等间隔深度记录。