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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 CROWN cruise from Lizard to St. Jago started at 1753-07-29 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.746902, 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: 43.143333 * Median Longitude: -11.990667 * South-bound Latitude: 33.200000 * West-bound Longitude: -14.550000 * North-bound Latitude: 48.450000 * East-bound Longitude: -7.030000
Event(s):
Crown_17530729_NMM_ADM/L/C227 * Latitude Start: 49.810000 * Longitude Start: -5.260000 * Latitude End: 14.080000 * Longitude End: -22.490000 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Crown (5th Rate Frigate), Start of voyage: 1753-07-29, End of voyage: 1753-08-14, Voyage: Lizard - St Jago, 1st Observer: Samuel Barrington (Captain), 2nd Observer: William Osborn (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 44G 814BM
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 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
14 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
15 ClearnessClearness
16 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
17 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
18 FogFog1 If fog was reported
19 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
20 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
21 HailHail1 If hail was reported
22 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
23 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
333 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 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
14 
Precip descr
15 
Clearness
16 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
17 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
18 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
19 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
20 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
21 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
22 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
23 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1753-07-29T00:003156.7START POINTNNE10NNW, NWMODERATECLOUDY000000046202
1753-07-30T00:003621.0LIZARDNBE7VARIABLELIGHT AIRSFAIR000000046203
1753-07-31T12:0048.45-7.032076.7LIZARDN38:00E39S38:00W118.00-18WSW, SWMODERATECLOUDY000000046204
1753-08-01T13:0047.90-8.052076.7LIZARDN41:50E56N51:00W53.00-18NW, SWMODERATEFAIR000000046205
1753-08-02T13:0048.08-8.902756.7LIZARDN51:22E61N72:00W36.00-18SW, WSW, W, WNW1ST AND MID FRESH GALES, LATTER MODERATERAINHAZY010000046206
1753-08-03T13:0046.65-10.072986.7LIZARDN44:02E93S29:00W99.00-17NW1ST AND MID FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODER MODERATE000000046207
1753-08-04T13:0047.17-11.3720822.6LIZARDN55:13E99N60:00W62.00-17W, WSW, SW1ST PART FRESH GALES, MID AND LATTER STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY000000046208
1753-08-05T13:0047.05-11.002766.7LIZARDN52:36E97S65:00E17.00-17SW, W, WNW1ST AND MID PARTS HARD GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATELATTER RAIN AT TIMES010000046209
1753-08-06T13:0045.68-11.132086.7LIZARDN42:41E117S4:00W82.00-17WNW, SW1ST AND MID FRESH GALES, LATTER MODERATECLOUDY000000046210
1753-08-07T13:0045.67-12.77253LIZARDN49:33E134W68.00-17SW, W1ST PART MODERATE, MID AND LATTER SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY010000046211
1753-08-08T13:0043.48-13.322536.7LIZARDN39:49E170SBW135.00-17W1ST AND MID PARTS FRESH GALES, LATTER MODERATECLOUDY000000046212
1753-08-09T13:0041.83-13.773456.7LIZARDN36:03E202SBW102.00-15NMODERATECLOUDY000000046213
1753-08-10T13:0041.50-14.5525519.0LIZARDN37:28E216S61:00W41.00-15SW, WFIRST PART MODERATE, MID SQUALLY, LATTER FRESH GALESFIRST PART FAIR, LATTER CLOUDY000000046214
1753-08-11T13:0039.03-14.553346.7LIZARDN31:11E256S148.00-15WNW, NBW1ST PART FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, MID AND LATTER MODERATEFAIR000000046215
1753-08-12T13:0036.73-14.55316.7LIZARDN26:38E296S1/2W138.00-14N, NEMODERATEFAIR000000046216
1753-08-13T13:0034.73-14.40919.0LIZARDN23:51E335S120.00-14NNE1ST AND MID PARTS MODERATE, LATTER FRESH GALESFAIR000000046217
1753-08-14T13:0033.20-14.40316.7LIZARDN21:58E362S92.00-14NEMODERATEFAIR000000046218