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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 ARUNDEL cruise from Charles Town to Lisbon started at 1751-06-10 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.746874, 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: 37.928095 * Median Longitude: -58.632381 * South-bound Latitude: 32.250000 * West-bound Longitude: -79.050000 * North-bound Latitude: 42.130000 * East-bound Longitude: -37.150000
Event(s):
Arundel_17510610_NMM_ADM/L/A193 * Latitude Start: 31.830000 * Longitude Start: -77.920000 * Latitude End: 38.530000 * Longitude End: -9.740000 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Arundel (6th Rate Frigate), Start of voyage: 1751-06-21, End of voyage: 1751-07-11, Voyage: Charles Town - Lisbon, 1st Observer: J. Reynolds (Captain), 2nd Observer: James Read (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 24G. 508BM
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 Current direction descriptionCur dir descrDirection of the current. This direction points to where the current is flowing towards to.
14 Current speed descriptionV descr
15 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
16 Precipitation descriptionPrecip 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:
422 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 
Cur dir descr
(Direction of the current. Thi...)
14 
V descr
15 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
16 
Precip 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)
1751-06-21T17:0032.25-79.052519.0CHARLES TOWNN40W19S52E56.002NNE, VARIABLE, NNEFRESH GALESFAIR000000017928
1751-06-22T17:0032.82-78.251242.6CHARLES TOWNN82:43W27N41E53.000ENE, SEBENESTRONGLIGHT BREEZESFAIR000000017929
1751-06-23T17:0032.95-76.64432.6CHARLES TOWNS82:43W27N84E83.00-2NNE, VARIABLE, NELIGHT BREEZESFAIR000000017930
1751-06-24T17:0032.40-74.2522619.0CHARLES TOWNS86:48W96N75E124.001SBW, S, SWFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000017931
1751-06-25T17:0034.12-72.153359.3CHARLES TOWNS77:25W137NE148.00-3SW, WSW, NW, NNWFRESH BREEZESHAZY000000017932
1751-06-26T17:0034.60-70.753359.3CHARLES TOWNS75:43W157ENE76.00-3SW, WSW, NW, NNWFRESH BREEZESFAIR000000017933
1751-06-27T17:0034.85-68.64245CHARLES TOWNS77W193N82 (!)106.00-3WSW, N, WSWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH BREEZESFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS RAINLATTER FAIR010000017934
1751-06-28T16:0035.83-66.802329.3CHARLES TOWNS73:43W226NEBE106.00-4SW, SWBWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000017935
1751-06-29T16:0036.22-65.6914219.0CHARLES TOWNS73:08W245ENE60.00-4WNW, SW, SEBSFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN010000017936
1751-06-30T16:0037.48-62.3519819.0CHARLES TOWNS71:25W302N54E177.00-5SW, SSWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN010000017937
1751-07-01T16:0038.58-58.9930519.0CHARLES TOWNS70:04W360ENE173.00-10WSW, NWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN010000017938
1751-07-02T16:0040.00-55.902386.7CHARLES TOWNS69:13W413NEBE1/4E166.00-10WSWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS RAIN010000017939
1751-07-03T16:0040.43-54.292159.3CHARLES TOWNS68:26W440NEBE1/4E89.00-10WNW, NNW, SWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000017940
1751-07-04T15:0041.55-52.101249.3CHARLES TOWNS68:8W477N65E112.00-11WSW, SEFRESH BREEZESSOME RAINCLOUDY010000017941
1751-07-05T15:0042.10-49.2218019.0CHARLES TOWNS68:49W520NNE3/4E131.00-11SBE, S, SBWFRESH GALESSOME RAINHAZY010000017942
1751-07-06T15:0042.13-47.1032719.0CHARLES TOWNS81W553N81E100.00-11SSW, ESE, VARIABLE, NNWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER FRESH GALES, AT 6 HEAVY SQUALLSHAZY000000017943
1751-07-07T15:0042.13-44.302594.6CHARLES TOWNS71:27W595E124.00-11NW, WLIGHT GALESFAIR000000017944
1751-07-08T15:0042.13-40.892254.6CHARLES TOWNS72:59W647E1:15E152.00-11SW, SWBWLIGHT GALESFAIR000000017945
1751-07-09T15:0041.75-38.972144.6CHARLES TOWNS74:24W680S75E86.00-11S, SWLIGHT GALESFAIR000000017946
1751-07-10T15:0041.17-37.802594.6CHARLES TOWNS75:49W716SEBE63.00-11SW, WLIGHT GALESFAIR000000017947
1751-07-11T14:0041.00-37.153264.6CHARLES TOWNEBS1/2S32.00-12NNWLIGHT GALESFAIR000000017948