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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 RAINBOW cruise from Cadix to Azores started at 1750-11-08 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747037, 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: 33.201364 * Median Longitude: -17.174091 * South-bound Latitude: 29.450000 * West-bound Longitude: -25.580000 * North-bound Latitude: 35.630000 * East-bound Longitude: -7.970000
Event(s):
Rainbow_17501108_NMM_ADM/L/R8 * Latitude Start: 36.070000 * Longitude Start: -6.730000 * Latitude End: 36.280000 * Longitude End: -25.770000 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Rainbow (5th Rate Frigate), Start of voyage: 1750-11-19, End of voyage: 1750-12-10, Voyage: Cadix - Azores, 1st Observer: George Bridges Rodney (Captain), 2nd Observer: James Thorp (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:
413 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)
1750-11-19T13:0035.20-7.971656.7CADIZN44:16E39S44:16W116.00-15SE, S?, SBE, SMODERATEFAIR0000000206671
1750-11-20T13:0034.90-9.202216.7CADIZN50:45E60S73:40W63.00-15SBE, SWBS, SSE, SWBWMODERATEFAIR0000000206672
1750-11-21T13:0034.93-9.632106.7CADIZN60:45E66N84:17W21.00-15SWBW, WSW, WBS, SWFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST PART CLOUDY0000000206673
1750-11-22T13:0035.43-10.2731122.6CADIZN70:00E67N41:00W39.00-15SW, SWBW, NWBNFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MIDDLE AND LATTER STRONG GALESRAIN0100000206674
1750-11-23T13:0034.43-10.273006.7CADIZN57:36E78S60.00-15NWBW, NWFIRST PART STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, MIDDLE AND LATTER MORE MODERATE0000000206675
1750-11-24T13:0033.17-11.273236.7CADIZN50:07E107SWBS91.00-15NW, NNWMODERATECLOUDY0000000206676
1750-11-25T13:0031.83-12.183466.7CADIZN45:45E136S30:00W92.00-14NBW, NBE, NMODERATEFAIR0000000206677
1750-11-26T13:0030.42-14.00666.7CADIZN46:00E176S47:45W127.00-13NW, NEBE, EBNMODERATECLOUDY0000000206678
1750-11-27T13:0029.45-15.231226.7CADIZN46:36E205S47:45W86.00-13ENE, EBS, SEMODERATECLOUDY0000000206679
1750-11-28T13:0030.22-17.141786.7PICO TENERIFFSWBW18-13SSE, S, SBWMODERATECLOUDY0000000206680
1750-11-29T13:0030.98-19.051586.7PICO TENERIFFS40:00W65N40:00E194.00-11SBW, SWBS, SBEMODERATECLOUDY0000000206681
1750-11-30T13:0031.95-19.40686.7PICO TENERIFFS34:30W84-11SSE, NEBE, EBNMODERATECLOUDY0000000206682
1750-12-01T13:0033.23-18.553319.0PICO TENERIFFS19:08W101-12EBN, NEBE, NEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000206683
1750-12-02T13:0032.92-19.522219.0PICO TENERIFFS29:15W103-12NEBE, NE, NEBNFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000206684
1750-12-03T13:0033.20-21.2733719.0PICO TENERIFFS42:15W125-12NEBN, N, NE, NBWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000206685
1750-12-04T13:0033.37-21.9734819.0PICO TENERIFFS44:00W135-12NBW, N, NEBN, NFIRST AND LATTER PARTS FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, MIDDLE STRONG GALES AND SQUALLYMIDDLE RAIN0100000206686
1750-12-05T13:0033.48-20.821119.0PICO TENERIFFS35:45W123-12NEBN, NE, NNEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000206687
1750-12-06T13:0033.48-21.833486.7PICO TENERIFFS41:45W133-12NEBN, NNE, NFIRST AND LATTER PARTS MODERATE, MIDDLE SQUALLYMIDDLE RAINFIRST AND LATTER PARTS CLOUDY0100000206688
1750-12-07T14:0033.83-23.801219.0PICO TENERIFFS49:00W163-11NBE, NBW, N, NNEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYMIDDLE AND LATTER RAINFIRST PART FAIR0100000206689
1750-12-08T14:0033.93-24.25576.7PICO TENERIFFS50:07W169-11NNE, NBE, CALM, ENEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS MODERATE, LATTER MODERATEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS CLOUDY, LATTER FAIR0000000206690
1750-12-09T14:0034.45-24.633156.7PICO TENERIFFS48:00W178-11NEBN, NW, NWBNMODERATECLOUDY0000000206691
1750-12-10T14:0035.63-25.58304PICO TENERIFFS46:45W205-11WNW, WSW, NWFIRST PART MODERATEFIRST PART FAIR, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY0000000206692