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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 Le Rhinoceros cruise from Louisbourg to Rochefort started at 1753-07-06 [dataset]. Centre d'Accueil et de Recherche des Archives Nationales, Paris, France, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.746985, 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: 46.776296 * Median Longitude: -24.334074 * South-bound Latitude: 44.730000 * West-bound Longitude: -53.350000 * North-bound Latitude: 48.720000 * East-bound Longitude: -2.050000
Event(s):
Le_Rhinoceros_17530706_COTE_4/JJ/9 * Latitude Start: 43.400000 * Longitude Start: -63.030000 * Latitude End: 45.920000 * Longitude End: -1.800000 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Le Rhinoceros, Start of voyage: 1753-07-06, End of voyage: 1753-08-02, Voyage: Louisbourg - Rochefort, 1st Observer: M. Du Le Large (Capitan)
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
CommentCommentOther remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields
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.
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.
Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
10 Present weatherwwWeather description
11 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
12 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
13 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
14 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
15 FogFog1 If fog was reported
16 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
17 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
18 HailHail1 If hail was reported
19 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
20 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
450 data points

Data

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ID
1753-07-06T16:0045.40-53.352106.7APAREILLÉ-15DU SOBON PETITE FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000147179
1753-07-07T15:0045.40-49.852109.3-15DU SOBON FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000147180
1753-07-08T15:0045.18-46.002106.7-15DU SOBON PETITE FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000147181
1753-07-09T15:0044.93-43.632339.3-15DU SO AU OSOBON FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000147182
1753-07-10T15:0044.73-42.27986.7-15DU ENE AU ESE ETAU SEBON PETITE FRAISSOMBREBELLE0000000147183
1753-07-11T15:0045.47-41.671204.6-15DU SSE AU SEPETITE FRAIS ET PRESQUE CALMEBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000147184
1753-07-12T15:0045.67-40.102784.6-15DU OSO AU ONOPETITE FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000147185
1753-07-13T15:0046.58-37.872334.6-15AU OSOPETITE FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000147186
1753-07-14T14:0047.25-35.382334.6-15DU O U OSO ET AU SSOPETITE FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000147187
1753-07-15T14:0047.58-31.232299.3-19DU SO AU OSOBON FRAISBRUME0000000147188
1753-07-16T14:0048.10-25.981859.3-18DU SO AU SSOBON FRAIS ET GROS FRAISEMBRUME, GRAINSPLUIEBELLE, GROSSE0100000147189
1753-07-17T13:0048.08-20.9827515.4-18DU NO AU ONOGROS FRAISPAR GRAINSPLUIEGROSSE0100000147190
1753-07-18T13:0048.63-19.381174.6-18DU S AU SEPETITE FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000147191
1753-07-19T13:0048.72-18.70724.6-18DU E EU SE ET SSEPETITE FRAIS0000000147192
1753-07-20T13:0048.18-18.33954.6-18DU SE AU ESEPETITE FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000147193
1753-07-21T13:0047.45-17.98746.7-16DU EBON PETITE FRAISSOMBREUN PEU GROSSE0000000147194
1753-07-22T13:0046.80-17.33286.7-17DU ENE AU NEBON PETITE FRAISSOMBREPLUIEBELLE0100000147195
1753-07-23T13:0047.00-16.323431.0-17DU NPRESQUE CALMEBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000147196
1753-07-24T13:0047.20-15.382984.6-17DU NOPETITE FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000147197
1753-07-25T13:0047.80-13.801624.6-18AU SPETITE FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000147198
1753-07-26T13:0047.77-12.83954.6-18DU SE AU ESEPETITE FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000147199
1753-07-27T13:0047.42-10.12289.3-17DU ENE AU NEBON FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000147200
1753-07-28T13:0047.13-8.8761.0-17DU NE AU NNEPRESQUE CALMEBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000147201
1753-07-29T13:0046.63-8.28514.6-17DU ESE AU ENEPETITE FRAISPAR GRAINSPLUIE0100000147202
1753-07-30T00:0046.38904.6DU ENE AU EPETITE FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000147203
1753-07-31T12:0046.53-5.9261.0-17DU E AU NNEPRESQUE CALMEBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000147204
1753-08-01T12:0046.25-3.422534.6-17AU OPETITE FRAISBEAU TEMPS, PAR GRAINSPLUIEBELLE0100000147205
1753-08-02T12:0045.08-2.0523115.4APAREILLÉ EN LISLE DAIX-17DU OSOGROS VENTPAR GRAINSGROSSE0000000147206