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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 HUMBER cruise from Cape Lougan to Carlise Bay started at 1750-04-04 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.746943, 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: 1.687692 * Median Longitude: -20.466154 * South-bound Latitude: -4.450000 * West-bound Longitude: -56.750000 * North-bound Latitude: 13.420000 * East-bound Longitude: 6.010000
Event(s):
Humber_17500404_NMM_ADM/L/H182 * Latitude Start: 0.320000 * Longitude Start: 6.010000 * Latitude End: 13.000000 * Longitude End: -60.150000 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Humber, Start of voyage: 1750-04-15, End of voyage: 1750-05-23, Voyage: Cape Lougan - Carlisle Bay, 1st Observer: Thomas Pye (Captain), 2nd Observer: Lt Charles Weber (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 Present weatherwwWeather description
15 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
16 State of the sea descriptionState sea 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:
780 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 
ww
(Weather description)
15 
Precip descr
16 
State sea 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)
1750-04-15T12:000.326.01153CAPE LOUGAN (ALSO SPELLED LEGAN AND LAGANN87E14S87W43.00-16SE, ENE, SBW, SBEFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MIDDLE PART LITTLE WIND, LATTER PART SQUALLYFAIR0000000113952
1750-04-16T12:000.405.211426.7CAPE LOUGANN88:44E30N84W49.00-16ENE, S, SBW, SSEMODERATEHAZY0000000113953
1750-04-17T12:000.054.2029CAPE LOUGANN82:53E49N72W75.00-16S, SE, NEFIRST AND MIDDLE MODERATE, LATTER PART SQUALLYTHUNDER AND LIGHTNING. TORNADO FROM THE NE AT 8AMHARD RAIN IN LATTER PARTFIRST AND MIDDLE FAIR, LATTER CLOUDY0100100113954
1750-04-18T12:000.172.911876.7CAPE LOUGANN87:08E78N85W76.00-16SBE, SBW, SSWMODERATECLOUDY0000000113955
1750-04-19T12:00-0.282.56296.7CAPE LOUGAN (ALSO SPELLED LAGAN AND LEGAN)N81:08E84S39W35.00-16S, SBW, NEMODERATETHUNDER AND LIGHTNING. HARD TORNADO AT 10AM.RAINCLOUDY0100100113956
1750-04-20T12:00-0.572.532546.7CAPE LOUGANN77E86S40W36.00-16N, SW, WMODERATESMALL RAINLATTER PART FAIR0100000113957
1750-04-21T12:00-1.171.531546.7CAPE LOUGANN73:19E107SWBW1/4W76.00-15SSW, S, SBEMODERATEFAIR0000000113958
1750-04-22T12:00-2.030.581432.6CAPE LOUGANN68E132S48W77.00-15SBW, S, SSEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER PART LITTLE WINDFAIR0000000113959
1750-04-23T12:00-2.93-0.671446.7CAPE LOUGANN65:58E162S52W88.00-14S, SBE, SSEMODERATEFIRST AND MIDDLE PART HAZY, LATTER FAIR0000000113960
1750-04-24T12:00-3.90-2.741466.7CAPE LOUGANN65E207S65W136.00-12SBE, SSEMODERATEFAIR0000000113961
1750-04-25T12:00-4.38-5.4412319.0CAPE LOUGANN68:46E262S80W168.00-12SBE, SSE, SEFRESH GALESFAIR0000000113962
1750-04-26T13:00-4.45-7.8912519.0CAPE LOUGANN71:38E306S88W136.00-10SBE, SEFRESH GALESFAIR0000000113963
1750-04-27T13:00-4.38-9.741256.7CAPE LOUGANN73:54E343W1/2N118.00-10SSE, SEMODERATEFAIR0000000113964
1750-04-28T13:00-4.03-11.29802.6CAPE LOUGANN76:17E371W14N85.00-10SE, ESE, ELITTLE WINDFAIR0000000113965
1750-04-29T13:00-4.03-13.121052.6CAPE LOUGANN77:30E407W110.00-8EBS, ESELITTLE WINDFAIR0000000113966
1750-04-30T13:00-4.22-14.471052.6CAPE LOUGANN77:48E433W8S82.00-8ESELITTLE WINDFAIR0000000113967
1750-05-01T13:00-4.35-15.891052.6CAPE LOUGANN78:14E463W1/2S85.00-8ESELITTLE WINDFAIR0000000113968
1750-05-02T13:00-4.37-17.201052.6CAPE LOUGANN76:49E488W79.00-8ESELITTLE WINDFAIR0000000113969
1750-05-03T13:00-4.30-18.741082.6CAPE LOUGANN79:41E521W5N103.00-5ESELITTLE WINDFAIR0000000113970
1750-05-04T13:00-4.07-20.521306.7CAPE LOUGANN80E553W8N98.00-5ESE, E, SEMODERATECLOUDY0000000113971
1750-05-05T13:00-3.87-22.091086.7CAPE LOUGANN81:39E583W7N95.00-5ESEMODERATEFAIR0000000113972
1750-05-06T14:00-3.78-24.091106.7CAPE LOUGANN82:15E616W1/4N100.00-3ESEMODERATEFAIR0000000113973
1750-05-07T14:00-2.48-25.19132CAPE LOUGANN84:57E648NW1/4W116.00-3E, ESE, SEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS SQUALLYRAIN IN LATTER PARTSFIRST PART FAIR0100000113974
1750-05-08T14:00-0.95-26.7087CAPE LOUGANN86:46E669N44W128.00-3ESE, NE, ENE, ETHICK SQUALLYHEAVY RAIN0100000113975
1750-05-09T14:001.23-27.058719.0CAPE LOUGANS88:32E677N4W132.00-3EASTFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000113976
1750-05-10T14:002.32-27.891232.6CAPE LOUGANS86:46E691N38W82.00-1SEBELITTLE WINDFAIR0000000113977
1750-05-11T14:003.38-28.85542.6CAPE LOUGANS85:09E713N42W86.00-2ESE, NEBN, NEBELITTLE WINDSMALL RAINCLOUDY0100000113978
1750-05-12T14:004.28-29.67111CAPE LOUGANS83:15E782NW1/4N78.00-2NE, SE, ENE, ESEUNCERTAIN WEATHER WITH SQUALLSRAIN0100000113979
1750-05-13T14:005.47-30.7588CAPE LOUGANS82:15E756NW1/4N96.00-2EBN, NE, ESQUALLYTHUNDER AND LIGHTNINGHARD RAIN0100100113980
1750-05-14T14:006.57-33.0745CAPE LOUGANS87:9E806WNW1/4N156.000NETHICK CLOUDY WEATHER0000000113981
1750-05-15T14:007.90-35.394419.0CAPE LOUGANS79:52E856N60W160.00-1NEFRESH GALESLARGE SWELL FROM NEHAZY0000000113982
1750-05-16T15:009.18-37.7245CAPE LOUGANS78:47E907N62W160.000NESQUALLYCLOUDY0000000113983
1750-05-17T15:0010.60-39.944519.0CAPE LOUGANS77:38E956N57W158.000NEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000113984
1750-05-18T15:0012.00-42.204519.0CAPE LOUGANS76:37E1005N58W160.000NEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000113985
1750-05-19T15:0013.17-45.154619.0CAPE LOUGANS76:01E1059NWBW3/4W164.001NEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000113986
1750-05-20T15:0013.25-47.998119.0CAPE LOUGANS76:39E1116W3N172.002ENE, E, EBNFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000113987
1750-05-21T15:0013.35-51.128119.0CAPE LOUGANS77:15E1177W2N186.002EBNFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000113988
1750-05-22T16:0013.30-54.399319.0CAPE LOUGANS77:53E1232W1S176.003EFRESH GALESSOME RAINHAZY0100000113989
1750-05-23T16:0013.42-56.758219.0CAPE LOUGANS78:17E1285W1/4N158.003EBNFRESH GALESFAIR0000000113990