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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 Le Bizarre cruise from Brest to Louisbourg started at 1753-05-04 [dataset]. Centre d'Accueil et de Recherche des Archives Nationales, Paris, France, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.746599, 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: 45.618333 * Median Longitude: -38.829583 * South-bound Latitude: 44.400000 * West-bound Longitude: -59.290000 * North-bound Latitude: 48.200000 * East-bound Longitude: -5.480000
Event(s):
Le_Bizarre_17530504_COTE_4/JJ/9 * Latitude Start: 48.220000 * Longitude Start: -4.760000 * Latitude End: 43.400000 * Longitude End: -63.030000 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Le Bizarre, Start of voyage: 1753-05-04, End of voyage: 1753-06-15, Voyage: Brest - Louisbourg, 1st Observer: M. Hocquart (Capitan)
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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
CommentCommentOther remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields
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.
10 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.
11 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
12 Present weatherwwWeather description
13 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
14 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
15 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
16 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
17 FogFog1 If fog was reported
18 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
19 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
20 HailHail1 If hail was reported
21 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
22 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
1283 data points

Data

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ID
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1753-05-27T15:0046.33-48.042529.3-15DU O AU O 1/4 SO ET SO ET SSOBON FRAISBEAUCOUP DE BRUMEHOULEUSE0000000145707
1753-05-28T15:0047.03-47.73255-15AU OA LA CAPETRÉS GROSSE0000000145638
1753-05-28T15:0047.03-47.4025515.4-15DU OGRAND FRAISTRÉS EMBRUMEPLUIE0100000145708
1753-05-29T15:0045.77-48.752524.6-15AU O 1/4 SO ET ONOPETITE FRAISASSEZ BELLE0000000145639
1753-05-29T15:0045.73-48.592789.3-15DU O 1/4 SO AU ONO ET NOBON FRAISASSEZ BEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000145709
1753-05-30T15:0046.18-49.522524.6-15AU O 1/4 SO ET O 1/4 NOPETITE VENTUNIC0000000145640
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1753-06-03T15:00-43.151130.012.00AU ESE ET SCALMEUNIC0000000145714
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