García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2010): Meteorological observations during CURACAO cruise from Curacao to Paramaribo started at 1840-08-13 [dataset]. Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut, De Bilt, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.746527, 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
Project(s):
Funding:
Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090: Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 9.784444 * Median Longitude: -62.294444 * South-bound Latitude: 5.930000 * West-bound Longitude: -69.050000 * North-bound Latitude: 12.100000 * East-bound Longitude: -55.220000
Date/Time Start: 1840-08-13T17:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1840-09-07T16:00:00
Event(s):
Curacao_18400813_1+_REIS_22 * Latitude Start: 12.370000 * Longitude Start: -68.570000 * Latitude End: 5.950000 * Longitude End: -55.190000 * Date/Time Start: 1840-08-13T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1840-09-05T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Curacao (Steampowered Wa), Voyage: Curacao - Paramaribo, Company: MAR, Other ship information: BUILt AS ''CALPE'' IN 1826 IN DOVER, UK. SCRAPPED IN 1850. LENGTH 130FT 6IN, BEAM 26FT 9IN, DEPTH 13FT 6IN, DISPLACEMENT 438T. THREE MASTS, BARQUE RIG. SIDE LEVER PROPULSION OF 100HP. 1 STUK VAN 48 POND, UITGEBOORD TOT 60 POND, 2 METALEN STUKKEN VAN 6 PON
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Geocode | |||
| 2 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Geocode | |||
| 3 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Geocode | |||
| 4 | Wind direction | dd | deg | Wind 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. | ||
| 5 | Wind speed | ff | m/s | calculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations | ||
| 6 | Pressure, atmospheric | PPPP | hPa | No temperature correction was applied. The following factors have been used for the conversion to hPa: 2.54 cm in an inch; 13.596 specific gravity of mercury; 980.65 cm/s gravity at 45° latitude | ||
| 7 | Temperature, air | TTT | °C | |||
| 8 | - | - | 1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances) | |||
| 9 | Comment | Comment | Other remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields | |||
| 10 | Declination | Decl | deg | It 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. | ||
| 11 | Sensor reading | Reading | arbitrary units | Reading of the (outside) air thermometer | ||
| 12 | Sensor reading | Reading | arbitrary units | Reading of the air pressure | ||
| 13 | Wind direction description | Wind dir descr | All reported wind directions on this day. The wind direction is the direction that points to where the wind comes from. | |||
| 14 | Wind force description | Wind force descr | All reported wind forces on this day | |||
| 15 | Gusts | Gusts | 1 If wind gusts are reported | |||
| 16 | Precipitation/Rain | Rain | 1 If rain was reported | |||
| 17 | Fog | Fog | 1 If fog was reported | |||
| 18 | Snow type | Snow | 1 If snow was reported | |||
| 19 | Thunder | Thunder | 1 If thunder and or lightning was reported | |||
| 20 | Hail | Hail | 1 If hail was reported | |||
| 21 | Sea ice | Sea ice | 1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported | |||
| 22 | Comment | Comment | ||||
| 23 | Identification | ID | CLIWOC 2.1 line number |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
156 data points
Data
| 1 Date/Time | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 dd [deg] (Wind direction (from which th...) | 5 ff [m/s] (calculated from the descripti...) | 6 PPPP [hPa] (No temperature correction was...) | 7 TTT [°C] | 8 - (1 If position is considered t...) | 9 Comment (Other remarks, that were not ...) | 10 Decl [deg] (It is generally accepted by t...) | 11 Reading [arbitrary units] (Reading of the (outside) air ...) | 12 Reading [arbitrary units] (Reading of the air pressure) | 13 Wind dir descr (All reported wind directions ...) | 14 Wind force descr (All reported wind forces on t...) | 15 Gusts (1 If wind gusts are reported) | 16 Rain (1 If rain was reported) | 17 Fog (1 If fog was reported) | 18 Snow (1 If snow was reported) | 19 Thunder (1 If thunder and or lightning...) | 20 Hail (1 If hail was reported) | 21 Sea ice (1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...) | 22 Comment | 23 ID (CLIWOC 2.1 line number) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840-08-13T17:00 | 12.10 | -69.05 | 50 | 4.6 | 987.8 | 28.3 | 13 TOT 29STE AUGUSTUS GEEN OBSERVATIE VERTOEVENDE TE CURACAO | 5 | 83.00 | 2902.00 | ZO, NO | BRAMZEILSKOELTE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47886 | ||
| 1840-08-29T17:00 | 11.83 | -68.83 | 50 | 4.6 | 987.8 | 27.8 | STOOMDE NAAR ZEE | 5 | 82.00 | 2902.00 | NO | BRAMZEILSKOELTE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47887 | ||
| 1840-08-30T16:00 | 10.80 | -67.13 | 162 | 1.0 | 987.8 | 27.8 | 4 | 82.00 | 2902.00 | OZO, ZZO | FLAUW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47888 | |||
| 1840-08-31T16:00 | 10.83 | -63.52 | 94 | 1.0 | 987.8 | 27.2 | 4 | 81.00 | 2902.00 | NO, O | FLAUWE KOELTE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47889 | |||
| 1840-09-01T16:00 | 10.83 | -61.92 | 93 | 1.0 | 987.8 | 27.8 | 3 | 82.00 | 2902.00 | O | FLAUWE KOELTE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | a trivial correction was made in this observation | 47890 | ||
| 1840-09-02T16:00 | 10.25 | -60.07 | 93 | 987.8 | 28.9 | 3 | 84.00 | 2902.00 | NO, O | GESTADIG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47891 | ||||
| 1840-09-03T16:00 | 9.22 | -58.83 | 93 | 1.0 | 987.8 | 27.8 | 3 | 82.00 | 2902.00 | O | FLAUWE KOELTE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47892 | |||
| 1840-09-05T16:00 | 6.27 | -56.08 | 137 | 0.0 | 987.8 | 27.8 | 2 | 82.00 | 2902.00 | OZO, ZO | STIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47893 | |||
| 1840-09-07T16:00 | 5.93 | -55.22 | 47 | 1.0 | 987.8 | 26.7 | 1 | 2 | 80.00 | 2902.00 | NO | FLAUWE KOELTE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47467 |