Temperature profiles from mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) casts from the USS CONFLICT in the North Pacific Ocean in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project from 02 January 1962 to 09 February 1962 (NODC Accession 6200043)

MBT data were collected from the USS CONFLICT in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project. Data were collected by US Navy; Ships of Opportunity from 02 January 1962 to 09 February 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.

本数据集的机械测温仪（Mechanical Bathythermograph, MBT）数据采集自美国海军"冲突号"（USS CONFLICT）舰艇，服务于舰队海洋学数据观测（Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data, FLOOD）项目。数据采集时段为1962年1月2日至1962年2月9日，由美国海军及机会观测船完成采集。该观测平台配备专业设备与操作人员，用于开展海洋气象与海况观测。美国国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center, NODC）已将所有数据处理为符合NODC标准的通用测温仪输出（Universal Bathythermograph Output, UBT）格式。完整格式说明可通过NODC官方网站www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html获取。

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、位置与时间，数据记录由多组温度-深度值对组成，本文件中的温度数据以5米为均匀深度间隔进行记录。