Temperature profiles from MBT casts from the MENDOTA from Ocean Weather Station D (OWS-D), E (OWS-E), and H (OWS-H) in the North Atlantic Ocean from 07 July 1971 to 11 August 1971 (NODC Accession 7101027)

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2015
• Subjects: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; 7101027; water depth; WATER TEMPERATURE; bathythermograph - MBT; physical; profile; USCGC MENDOTA; United States Coast Guard; OCEAN WEATHER STATION; North Atlantic Ocean; oceanography; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/{1C08619B-FABB-4A49-A292-25340100DB38}

Bathythermograph data were collected from the MENDOTA within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station D (4400N 04100W), E (3500N 04800W), H (3800N 07100W), and in transit. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard from 07 July 1971 to 11 August 1971. 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.