Temperature profiles from mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) casts from the USS WARBLER in the North Pacific Ocean in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project from 05 June 1963 to 29 June 1963 (NODC Accession 6300713)

MBT data were collected from the USS WARBLER in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project. Data were collected by US Navy; Ships of Opportunity from 05 June 1963 to 29 June 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.

本数据集的机械温深仪（Mechanical Bathythermograph, MBT）数据采集自美国海军“莺”号（USS WARBLER）舰，用于支撑海洋数据舰队观测（Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data, FLOOD）项目。数据采集工作由美国海军及随航作业商船（Ships of Opportunity）于1963年6月5日至1963年6月29日期间完成。该观测平台配备专业观测设备并配备操作人员，用于开展气象与海洋状况观测。数据由国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center, NODC）处理为通用温深仪输出（Universal Bathythermograph Output, UBT）标准格式。完整的格式说明可从国家海洋数据中心官网的以下链接获取：www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html。

UBT文件格式适用于通过机械温深仪（MBT）获取的温度-深度剖面数据。机械温深仪观测的最大深度约为285米，因此该类数据仅可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、观测位置及观测时间。数据记录由多组温度-深度数值对组成。本文件内的温度数据以5米为等间隔深度进行记录。