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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 RENOWN cruise from Port Royal to Spithead started at 1751-02-18 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747041, 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: 36.890769 * Median Longitude: -47.555000 * South-bound Latitude: 25.830000 * West-bound Longitude: -74.230000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.870000 * East-bound Longitude: -2.000000
Event(s):
Renown_17510218_NMM_ADM/L/R75 * Latitude Start: 17.870000 * Longitude Start: -76.830000 * Latitude End: 50.680000 * Longitude End: -0.960000 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Renown, Start of voyage: 1751-03-01, End of voyage: 1751-03-29, Voyage: Port Royal (Jamaica) - Spithead, 1st Observer: Washington Shirley (Captain), Company: Royal Navy
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 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
15 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
16 ClearnessClearness
17 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
18 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
19 FogFog1 If fog was reported
20 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
21 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
22 HailHail1 If hail was reported
23 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
24 CommentComment
25 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
565 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 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
15 
Precip descr
16 
Clearness
17 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
18 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
19 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
20 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
21 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
22 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
23 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
24 
Comment
25 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1751-03-01T00:00456.7MERRY PRUWODS (??)NBE1/2E4NEBE-NEMODERATECLOUDY0000000209522
1751-03-02T00:00566.7RUM KEYS (RUM CAY)NNW81ENE-NEBEMODERATECLOUDY0000000209523
1751-03-03T00:00791.0WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)SE4NEBN-EBNLIGHT AIRSFAIR0000000209524
1751-03-04T17:0025.87-74.23946.7WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S9N110N9E110.004EMODERATECLOUDY0000000209525
1751-03-05T17:0027.07-72.931286.7WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S25W66N43E100.004SEBEMODERATECLOUDY0000000209526
1751-03-06T17:0028.85-70.5733819.0WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S36W118N50E166.000S-NNWFIRST PART LIGHT AIRS, LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYFIRST PART HAZY0000000209527
1751-03-07T16:0028.77-67.1022WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S54W168S87E182.00-1NBE-NNEFIRST PART MODERATE, LATTER SQUALLYLATTER RAINFIRST PART HAZY0100000209528
1751-03-08T16:0027.17-65.237022.6WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S69W178S48E138.002NE-ENESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0000000209529
1751-03-09T16:0025.83-64.07706.7WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S79W189S38E106.002NEBN-ENEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATECLOUDY0000000209530
1751-03-10T16:0027.33-63.57706.7WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S71W207N16E94.002ENEMODERATEFAIR0000000209531
1751-03-11T16:0027.77-62.901571.0WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S70W222N53E45.00-1SE-SSELIGHT AIRSFAIR0000000209532
1751-03-12T16:0029.25-60.5031319.0WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S67W269N53E146.00-2SW-WSW-NWFIRST PART MODERATE, LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYFIRST PART FAIR0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation209533
1751-03-13T16:0029.15-63.70446.7WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S71W316S87E156.00-1N-NBE-NEMODERATECLOUDY0000000209534
1751-03-14T16:0030.75-63.71896.7WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S66W330N7E97.00-1NE-EMODERATECLOUDY0000000209535
1751-03-15T16:0032.60-62.9310919.0WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S61W359N24120.00-4E-ESEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000209536
1751-03-16T16:0034.40-60.0313019.0WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S60W418N54E186.00-5E-ESE-SEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000209537
1751-03-17T16:0036.52-55.0917419.0WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S61W518N63E280.00-6SFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000209538
1751-03-18T15:0038.50-51.0930419.0WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S61W593N59E232.00-11WSW-NWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000209539
1751-03-19T15:0040.33-47.892826.7WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S60W655N55E194.00-11W-WNWFIRST PART FRESH GALES, LATTER MORE MODERATE0000000209540
1751-03-20T15:0042.20-43.7530419.0WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S60W731N69E224.00-11WNW-NWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000209541
1751-03-21T15:0043.20-38.6230019.0WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S61W813N75E236.00-15WNW-NWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000209542
1751-03-22T14:0044.03-34.0833419.0WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S63W886N76216.00-15NNW-NBWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000209543
1751-03-23T14:0045.57-30.412336.7WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S63W948N61E190.00-15NBW-NW-WSWFRESH GALES, LATTER MORE MODERATECLOUDY0000000209544
1751-03-24T14:0047.30-26.1424419.0WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S62W1018N60E222.00-15WSW-WBSFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000209545
1751-03-25T13:0048.43-20.2129719.0WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S63W1109ENE262.00-18WNW-NWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation209546
1751-03-26T13:0049.63-15.942756.7WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S64W1173N75E184.00-18WNWFIRST PART FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY. LATTER MORE MODERATE0000000209547
1751-03-27T13:0049.35-12.072976.7WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S65W1232S84E160.00-18WNW-NWFIRST PART FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY. LATTER MORE MODERATE0000000209548
1751-03-28T13:0049.42-7.6723019.0WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S66W1295N88E280.00-18WSWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000209549
1751-03-29T12:0049.87-2.0027619.0WATLING ISLAND (SAN SALVADOR)S64W13671EBN1/4E217.00-17WBS-WNWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000209550