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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 VREEDENBURG cruise from Texel to Batavia started at 1788-05-12, Version 1 [dataset]. Nationaal Archief of the Netherlands, Den Haag, Netherland, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.746854, 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: 5.419355 * Median Longitude: -16.615484 * South-bound Latitude: 4.170000 * West-bound Longitude: -18.920000 * North-bound Latitude: 7.170000 * East-bound Longitude: -15.320000
Date/Time Start: 1788-07-05T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1788-08-04T13:00:00
Event(s):
Vreedenburg_17880512_VOC_152_5141 * Latitude Start: 53.090000 * Longitude Start: 4.670000 * Latitude End: -6.100000 * Longitude End: 106.860000 * Date/Time Start: 1788-07-05T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1788-08-04T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Vreedenburg, Voyage: Texel - Batavia, 1st Observer: Jacob Zock (Schipper), Company: VOC, Dutch Asiatic Shipping Number: 4606.2, Other ship information: GEBOUWD 1784 IN AMSTERDAM. LENGTE 150 VOET, LAADVERMOGEN 1150 TON
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
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.
Image number/nameImage no/nameIdentification Number of the original image
LandmarkLandmarkName of first landmark
BearingBearingBearing of the first landmark
Distance to landmarkDistancearbitrary unitsDistance to the first landmark
WatchWatchName of the period of 4 hours which is known as a watch or duty on board ships
10 GlassesGlassesNumber of glasses within a watch; one watch equals 8 glasses
11 CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
12 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
13 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.
14 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.
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:
507 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

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

Image no/name
(Identification Number of the ...)

Landmark
(Name of first landmark)

Bearing
(Bearing of the first landmark)

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

Watch
(Name of the period of 4 hours...)
10 
Glasses
(Number of glasses within a wa...)
11 
Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
12 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
13 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
14 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
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 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1788-07-05T13:007.07-16.75190VOC_152_5141_0080VM8OZO W/Z O9.00-13ZZW0000000271202
1788-07-06T13:007.17-16.33280VOC_152_5141_0080BAYUS DE ST PIEDROS (GIS)NTO55VM8ZO9.00-13WNW0000000271203
1788-07-07T13:006.53-16.12212VOC_152_5141_0080BAYOS DE ST OTAIROOTN1/2O45VM8ZZO W/Z Z8.75-13ZW0000000271204
1788-07-08T13:006.35-15.85167VOC_152_5141_0080VM8ZOTZ7.25-13Z0000000271205
1788-07-09T13:006.05-15.90145VOC_152_5141_0080VM8Z1/2W4.50-13ZZO0000000271206
1788-07-10T13:006.50-15.75145VOC_152_5141_0080VM8ZO1/2Z3.75-13ZZO0000000271207
1788-07-11T13:006.05-16.22122VOC_152_5141_0080VM8ZW9.75-13ZO0000000271208
1788-07-12T13:005.80-16.15167VOC_152_5141_0080VM8ZTO1/2O4.75-13Z0000000271209
1788-07-13T13:005.93-15.78167VOC_152_5141_0080VM8OZO W/Z O6.00-13Z0000000271210
1788-07-14T13:005.93-15.62167VOC_152_5141_0080THURA DE ST ANNA (GIS)ONO55VM8ZO W/Z O3.75-13Z0000000271211
1788-07-15T13:005.95-15.42145VOC_152_5141_0080VM8ZTO1/2O1.75-13ZZO0000000271212
1788-07-16T13:005.45-16.37145VOC_152_5141_0080VM8ZWTW14.00-13ZZO0000000271213
1788-07-17T13:005.25-16.53145VOC_152_5141_0080VM8ZWTZ W/Z W4.50-13ZZO0000000271214
1788-07-18T13:004.80-15.98201VOC_152_5141_0080VM8ZO11.75-13ZWTZ0000000271215
1788-07-19T13:004.78-15.32156VOC_152_5141_0080VM8OTZ W/Z Z10.25-13ZTO0000000271216
1788-07-20T13:004.68-16.07145VOC_152_5141_0080THURA DE ST ANNA (GIS)73VM8WTZ11.50-13ZZO0000000271217
1788-07-21T13:004.48-16.63145VOC_152_5141_0080VM8ZWTW1/2W10.50-13ZZO0000000271218
1788-07-22T13:004.45-17.25156VOC_152_5141_0080VM8WTZ W/Z Z9.50-13ZTO0000000271219
1788-07-23T13:004.55-17.82147VOC_152_5141_0080VM8WZW1/4W9.00-11ZZO0000000271220
1788-07-24T13:004.47-17.32190VOC_152_5141_0080VM8OTZ W/Z Z7.75-13ZZW0000000271221
1788-07-25T13:005.03-17.77147VOC_152_5141_0080VM8WTZ W/Z Z7.00-11ZZO0000000271222
1788-07-26T13:005.27-18.42158VOC_152_5141_0080VM8WTZ W/Z W10.00-11ZTO0000000271223
1788-07-27T13:005.43-18.92192VOC_152_5141_0080VM8WTZ1/2Z8.00-11ZZW0000000271224
1788-07-28T13:005.77-16.60201VOC_152_5141_0080VM8ZOTO1.00-13ZWTZ0000000271225
1788-07-29T13:005.30-16.02223VOC_152_5141_0081VM8ZO1/2O11.50-13ZWTW0000000271226
1788-07-30T13:004.55-15.83156VOC_152_5141_0081VM8ZOTZ W/Z O5.00-13ZTO0000000271227
1788-07-31T13:004.25-16.52145VOC_152_5141_0081VM8WZW11.50-13ZZO0000000271228
1788-08-01T13:004.17-17.18145VOC_152_5141_0081VM8WZW11.00-13ZZO0000000271229
1788-08-02T13:004.85-17.58180VOC_152_5141_0081VM8WTZ W/Z Z6.00-11ZTW0000000271230
1788-08-03T13:005.47-17.78169VOC_152_5141_0081VM8WZW3.75-11Z0000000271231
1788-08-04T13:005.67-17.28257VOC_152_5141_0081VM8ZZO5.00-13W0000000271232