Temperature profiles from MBT casts from the CHINCOTEAGUE from Ocean Weather Station B (OWS-B) in the North Atlantic Ocean from 03 April 1962 to 04 May 1962 (NODC Accession 6200365)

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 03 April 1962 to 04 May 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.

本数据集的温深仪（Bathythermograph）数据采集自CHINCOTEAGUE号，采集范围涵盖海洋气象站B（Ocean Weather Station B，坐标56305N 05100W）周边1英里海域及航行途中。数据由美国海岸警卫队于1962年4月3日至1962年5月4日期间采集。该观测平台配备专业设备并配备操作人员，用于开展天气与海洋状况观测。数据由国家海洋数据中心（NODC）按照NODC标准通用温深仪输出（Universal Bathythermograph Output，UBT）格式完成标准化处理。完整格式说明可通过NODC官方网站www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html查阅。
UBT文件格式用于存储通过机械式温深仪（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，因此其数据仅适用于研究海洋上层水体的热结构特征。每条观测记录均包含航行信息、观测日期、站位坐标与观测时间。数据记录由多组温度-深度数值对构成，本文件中的温度数据以5米的均匀深度间隔进行记录。