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García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2010): Meteorological observations during BLANDFORD cruise from Senegal to Lisbon started at 1750-08-21 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.746522, In: Jones, Philip D; Wheeler, Dennis A; Können, Gunther P; Koek, Frits B; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; García-Herrera, Ricardo (2007): Climatological observations from ship logbooks between 1750 and 1854 (release 2.1) [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.611088

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Related to:
García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2005): CLIWOC: A Climatological Database for the World's Oceans 1750–1854 (and 10 more publications about CLIWOC results in the same volume). Climatic Change, 73(1-2), 1-12ff, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-005-6952-6
Funding:
Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090: Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 27.497826 * Median Longitude: -21.252826 * South-bound Latitude: 14.280000 * West-bound Longitude: -27.460000 * North-bound Latitude: 40.270000 * East-bound Longitude: -9.400000
Event(s):
Blandford_17500821_NMM_ADM/L/B103 * Latitude Start: 16.170000 * Longitude Start: -17.650000 * Latitude End: 38.530000 * Longitude End: -9.740000 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Blandford (Frigate), Start of voyage: 1750-09-01, End of voyage: 1750-10-16, Voyage: Senegal - Lisbon, 1st Observer: Edward Pratten (Author), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 20G, 442BM
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
Date/time startDate/time start
LATITUDELatitudeGeocode
LONGITUDELongitudeGeocode
Wind directiondddegWind direction (from which the wind is blowing) in whole degrees from: 1-360; 361 = calm, 362 = variable. It is not clear from many logbook entries whether the wind direction has been corrected for the magnetic variation (or declination). To avoid any misunderstanding, all winds from reports that included a valid position in the period 1750-1854 were corrected. All other wind directions are given without being corrected.
Wind speedffm/scalculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations
LandmarkLandmarkName of first landmark
BearingBearingBearing of the first landmark
Distance to landmarkDistancearbitrary unitsDistance to the first landmark
CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
10 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
11 DeclinationDecldegIt is generally accepted by the CLIWOC team that the wind directions, reported by the ships officers, were relative to the magnetic North direction. Navigators were well aware of the difference between the true and magnetic north direction, but the compasses (we assumed that the bearing-compasses were mostly used for determining the wind direction) were not always adjusted. Therefore the wind direction has to be corrected. The magnetic declination (or variation, as it is known on board ships) is given for the whole CLIWOC period (1750-1850) for every 5x5 degree square. The number was added to the wind direction to get the true wind direction.
12 Wind direction descriptionWind dir descrAll reported wind directions on this day. The wind direction is the direction that points to where the wind comes from.
13 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
14 Present weatherwwWeather description
15 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
16 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
17 ClearnessClearness
18 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
19 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
20 FogFog1 If fog was reported
21 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
22 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
23 HailHail1 If hail was reported
24 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
25 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
927 data points

Data

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Date/time start

Latitude

Longitude

dd [deg]
(Wind direction (from which th...)

ff [m/s]
(calculated from the descripti...)

Landmark
(Name of first landmark)

Bearing
(Bearing of the first landmark)

Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance to the first landmark)

Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
10 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
11 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
12 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
13 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
14 
ww
(Weather description)
15 
Precip descr
16 
State sea descr
17 
Clearness
18 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
19 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
20 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
21 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
22 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
23 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
24 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
25 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1750-09-01T13:0014.38-18.123727.4CAPE DE VERDENEBE14SWBW42.00-8WSW, NW, WBN-NEFIRST PART LITTLE WIND, MIDDLE MODERATE, LATTER VERY HARD GALES AND SQUALLYFIRST PART THUNDER, MIDDLE PART MUCH LIGHTNING FROM THE EASTFIRST PART CLOUDY,000010029991
1750-09-02T13:0014.32-18.563526.7CAPE DE VERDENEBE3/4E21WBS24.00-8NCALM UNTIL 2 PM, THEN MODERATE BREEZESHAZY000010029992
1750-09-03T13:0014.28-18.933622.6CAPE DE VERDEN69E26W1/2S17.00-8VARIABLELITTLE WIND WITH CALMS000010029993
1750-09-04T13:0014.47-19.263621.0CAPE DE VERDEENE31WNW20.00-8VARIABLELIGHT AIRS WITH CALMS000010029994
1750-09-05T13:0014.68-19.67376.7CAPE DE VERDEE36N54W22.00-8NECALM, LATTER MODERATE BREEZEHAZY000000029995
1750-09-06T13:0015.87-20.29150CAPE DE VERDESEBE1/2E51NNW1/4W72.00-8NEBN, E-SSEMODERATE GALES AT 11 SQUALLY000000029996
1750-09-07T13:0016.42-20.203622.6CAPE DE VERDES54E53NBE3/4E29.00-8VARIABLELIGHT BREEZES WITH CALMS000000029997
1750-09-08T13:0016.62-20.013416.7CAPE DE VERDESE54NEBN27.00-8NNW, N, WNW, NBWMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000029998
1750-09-09T13:0017.08-20.83376.7CAPE DE VERDESE1/4E70WNW46.00-8NEMODERATENE SWELLCLOUDY000000029999
1750-09-10T13:0017.53-21.22592.6CAPE DE VERDES46E79NW30.00-9NE, ENELITTLE WINDS AND CALMS000000030001
1750-09-11T13:0018.23-21.85816.7CAPE DE VERDESE98NWBN59.00-9EMODERATESOME RAINCLOUDY010010030002
1750-09-12T13:0019.27-22.12816.7CAPE DE VERDES40E118NBW63.00-9EMODERATE WITH SOME SQUALLS OF WINDSHOWERS OF RAINAT 7PM VERY DARK AND CLOUDY110000030003
1750-09-13T13:0020.33-22.12816.7CAPE DE VERDES32:30E134N1/4E71.00-9EMODERATECLOUDY000010030004
1750-09-14T14:0021.17-22.52832.6CAPE DE VERDES31E149NNW50.00-7ELITTLE WINDHAZY000000030005
1750-09-15T14:0021.95-23.10832.6CAPE DE VERDES30:40E167NNW1/2W58.00-7ELITTLE WINDHAZY000000030006
1750-09-16T14:0022.95-23.94826.7CAPE DE VERDES31:30E192N36W74.00-8EMODERATECLOUDY000000030007
1750-09-17T14:0023.92-24.72826.7CAPE DE VERDES32E215NWBN74.00-8EFIRST AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST AND LATTER FAIR, MIDDLE CLOUDY000000030008
1750-09-18T14:0024.47-25.49372.6CAPE DE VERDES33E231N52W49.00-8NEFIRST AND LATTER LITTLE WINDFIRST AND LATTER FAIR, MIDDLE CLOUDY000000030009
1750-09-19T14:0024.58-26.07372.6CAPE DE VERDES34:40E236WNW1/4W30.00-8NEFIRST AND LATTER LITTLE WINDFIRST AND LATTER FAIR, MIDDLE CLOUDY000000030010
1750-09-20T14:0024.50-25.983621.0CAPE DE VERDES34:15E235E9.00-8VARIABLECALM, LIGHT AIRSFAIR000000030011
1750-09-21T14:0024.62-26.123621.0CAPE DE VERDES34:20E237NNW1/2W10.00-8VARIABLECALM, LIGHT AIRSFAIR000000030012
1750-09-22T14:0025.55-26.19822.6CAPE DE VERDES32E253N54.00-8ELITTLE WINDFAIR000000030013
1750-09-23T14:0026.58-26.32822.6CAPE DE VERDES29:40E272N1/4W62.00-8ELITTLE WINDFAIR000000030014
1750-09-24T14:0027.52-26.58816.7CAPE DE VERDES28E290NBW58.00-9EMODERATE, SOMETIMES SQUALLYCLOUDY000000030015
1750-09-25T14:0028.55-27.15816.7CAPE DE VERDES28:20E313NNW1/2W73.00-9EMODERATECLOUDY000000030016
1750-09-26T14:0029.92-27.36816.7CAPE DE VERDES26E336N82.00-9EFIRST AND LATTER MODERATE, MIDDLE SQUALLYSOME RAIN010000030017
1750-09-27T14:0030.50-27.38812.6CAPE DE VERDES25E351N1/2E45.00-9ELITTLE WINDCLOUDY000000030018
1750-09-28T14:0031.37-27.463622.6CAPE DE VERDES24E365N42.00-9VARIABLELITTLE WINDSOME RAINCLOUDY010000030019
1750-09-29T14:0031.63-27.253622.6CAPE DE VERDESSE369NE1/4N21.00-9VARIABLELIGHT BREEZES WITH CALMSAT 6 DARK AND CLOUDY000000030020
1750-09-30T14:0032.07-26.693292.6CAPE DE VERDES21E370NE1/2E10.00-9NWBW, NNWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS LIGHT BREEZES, LATTER LITTLE WINDGREAT RIPPLINGSDARK AND CLOUDY000000030021
1750-10-01T14:0032.45-25.9922.6CAPE DE VERDES18:30E373NEBE1/4E45.00-9W ROUND-NBELIGHT BREEZESSOME RAINCLOUDY010000030022
1750-10-02T14:0032.65-25.513622.6CAPE DE VERDES17E376N62E20.00-11VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESSOME RAINCLOUDY010000030023
1750-10-03T14:0033.52-24.122822.6CAPE DE VERDESBE385N58E99.00-11NW, WNWLITTLE WINDSMALL RAINCLOUDY010000030024
1750-10-04T14:0034.83-22.8122526.8CAPE DE VERDES8E409N41E116.00-11WSW-SWBWFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER HARD GALES AND SQUALLYMIDDLE AND LATTER RAINFIRST PART FAIR010010030025
1750-10-05T13:0036.07-20.692366.7CAPE DE VERDES1/4E430N58E120.00-12WSW, WNW, WSWSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY TILL THE MORNING, LATTER PART MODERATEW SWELLLATTER PART FAIR000000030026
1750-10-06T13:0037.43-18.5819119.0CAPE DE VERDES1/4W450NEBE129.00-12SSE-SSWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYSHOWERS OF RAIN110000030027
1750-10-07T13:0038.38-16.5223319.0CAPE DE VERDES7W481NEBE1/4E119.00-15SSW, S-WSWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY010010030028
1750-10-08T13:0038.50-16.082552.6CAPE DE VERDES7:30W482EBN28.00-15SSW, S-WLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000030029
1750-10-09T13:0038.55-16.12750.0CAPE DE VERDES7:34W483NE4.00-15ECALM000000030030
1750-10-10T13:0038.65-15.441202.6CAPE DE VERDES9W491EBN37.00-15S-W, SELIGHT BREEZECLOUDY000000030031
1750-10-11T13:0039.18-13.891206.7CAPE DE VERDESBW505N69E85.00-15SEMODERATEFIRST PART RAINCLOUDY010000030032
1750-10-12T13:0039.82-13.01109CAPE DE VERDES12W520N49E58.00-15SE-SEBEFIRST AND MIDDLE MODERATEFIRST AND MIDDLE HAZY, LATTER FAIR000000030033
1750-10-13T13:0039.52-13.171206.7CAPE DE VERDES13W515SW39.00-15SELATTER MODERATESOME RAINCLOUDY010000030034
1750-10-14T13:0039.93-11.8112015.4CAPE DE VERDES12W529ENE68.00-15SEMODERATE GALESCLOUDY000000030035
1750-10-15T13:0040.27-10.997515.4CAPE DE VERDESBW544ENE1/4E49.00-15EMODERATE GALESCLOUDY000000030036
1750-10-16T13:0039.82-9.402106.7CAPE DE VERDES10W547ESE86.00-15SWMODERATESOME RAINCLOUDY010000030037