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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 BADGER cruise from Crew Setra to Dixcove started at 1752-10-24 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.746894, 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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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: 4.581429 * Median Longitude: -4.642857 * South-bound Latitude: 4.300000 * West-bound Longitude: -6.990000 * North-bound Latitude: 4.950000 * East-bound Longitude: -3.000000
Event(s):
Badger_17521024_NMM_ADM/L/B3 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Badger (Snow), Start of voyage: 1752-10-24, End of voyage: 1752-11-06, Voyage: Crew Setra - Dixcove, 1st Observer: Thomas Hankenson (Captain), 2nd Observer: Francis Swanston (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 10G 268BM SWALLOW CLASS
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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
10 CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
11 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
12 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.
13 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.
14 Current direction descriptionCur dir descrDirection of the current. This direction points to where the current is flowing towards to.
15 Current speed descriptionV descr
16 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
17 Present weatherwwWeather description
18 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
19 ClearnessClearness
20 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
21 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
22 FogFog1 If fog was reported
23 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
24 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
25 HailHail1 If hail was reported
26 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
27 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
270 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)

-
(1 If position is considered t...)
10 
Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
11 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
12 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
13 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
14 
Cur dir descr
(Direction of the current. Thi...)
15 
V descr
16 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
17 
ww
(Weather description)
18 
Precip descr
19 
Clearness
20 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
21 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
22 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
23 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
24 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
25 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
26 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
27 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1752-10-24T00:005.10293OFF CREW SETRASW, SWBS, WNWESE2FIRST PART MODERATE, MID SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY010000023916
1752-10-25T00:004.6368OFF CREW SETRAN14:00W9S14:00E26.00SWBS-ENEVARIABLEHARD RAIN010000023917
1752-10-26T00:004.551692.6GRAND SISTERN1/2W8SBW, S, SBELITTLE WINDCLOUDY000000023918
1752-10-27T00:004.321462.6POINT CAVALLEEBS8SBE, SBW, S, SEBSLITTLE WINDSMALL RAINCLOUDY010000023919
1752-10-28T12:004.32-6.991552.6POINT CAVALLEW12E36.00-14S, SBW, SBEFIRST PART MODERATE, LATTER LITTLE WINDFIRST PART CLOUDY, LATTER FAIR000000023920
1752-10-29T12:004.73-5.982112.6POINT CAVALLES70:00W33S60:00E67.00-14S, SSW, WSW, SWLITTLE WINDSFAIR000000023921
1752-10-30T12:004.95-5.06766.7POINT CAVALLES74:00W53N81:00E58.00-14WSW, SSW, NEBE, E, EMODERATE AND SQUALLYTHUNDER AND LIGHTNINGHARD RAINCLOUDY010010023922
1752-10-31T12:004.71-4.071322.6POINT CAVALLES76:00W74N82:00E63.00-14SW, S, SEBSLITTLE WINDFAIR000000023923
1752-11-01T12:004.59-3.783241.0POINT CAVALLES77:00W80N84:00E120.00-14SBE, S, NE, NNW1ST PART LITTLE WIND, LATTER LIGHT AIRS, SOMETIMES CALMHARD RAINMIDDLE CLOUDY, LATTER FAIR010000023924
1752-11-02T12:004.47-3.6291.0POINT CAVALLES77:00W84N81:00E121.00-14SBW, NNELIGHT AIRSTHUNDER AND LIGHTNINGEXCESSIVE HARD RAINFAIR010010023925
1752-11-03T12:004.30-3.002002.6POINT CAVALLES80:00W97S80:00E40.00-14SBW, SW, SWBSLITTLE WINDSSOMETIMES THUNDER AND LIGHTNINGFAIR000010023926
1752-11-04T00:005.101802.6CAPE APPALONIAE1/2N31SBW, SSW, SLITTLE WINDSFAIR000000023927
1752-11-05T00:00232.6AXIM CASTLEESE21SBW, SWBS, NNELITTLE WINDSFAIR000000023928
1752-11-06T00:004.871582.6CAPE THREE POINTSESE1/2S5SW, NNE, SSELITTLE WINDSMID APRT SOME THUNDER AND LIGHTNINGFAIR000010023929