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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 SALTASH cruise from Lisbon to Woolwich started at 1751-11-04 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747049, 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: 45.628889 * Median Longitude: -11.374444 * South-bound Latitude: 40.200000 * West-bound Longitude: -13.410000 * North-bound Latitude: 48.720000 * East-bound Longitude: -9.510000
Event(s):
Saltash_17511104_NMM_ADM/L/S39 * Latitude Start: 38.530000 * Longitude Start: -9.740000 * Latitude End: 50.320000 * Longitude End: -9.900000 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Saltash, Start of voyage: 1751-11-15, End of voyage: 1751-11-23, Voyage: Lisbon - Woolwich, 1st Observer: John Knight (Captain), 2nd Observer: Lt James Worth (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: SLOOP 14G 268BM
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 State of the sea descriptionState sea 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:
189 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 
State sea 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)
1751-11-15T13:0040.20-10.291196.7THE BURLINGSS41E19N41W56.00-16NNE, WSW, E, SEMODERATECLOUDY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation218425
1751-11-16T13:0042.28-10.16856.7THE BURLINGSS10:66E56N1/4E125.00-16EBSMODERATECLOUDY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation218426
1751-11-17T13:0043.75-10.995119.0THE BURLINGSS14:37E88NNW95.00-17EBN, ENEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYHAZY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation218427
1751-11-18T13:0045.27-11.768419.0THE BURLINGSS16:06E120NBW3/4W97.00-17E, EBSFRESH GALES AND SEVERE SQUALLSHAZY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation218428
1751-11-19T13:0046.70-12.54526.7THE BURLINGSS17:07E151N21W92.00-16EBN, ENEFIRST AND MIDDLE PART FRESH GALES AND SEVERE SQUALLS, LATTER MORE MODERATE0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation218429
1751-11-20T13:0048.10-13.41386.7THE BURLINGSS18:04E181NNW91.00-18EBN, ENE, E, NEBEFIRST PART FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEMIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation218430
1751-11-21T13:0047.87-12.48276.7THE BURLINGSS14:21E173S69E40.00-18EBN, ENE, E, NEBE, NEFIRST AND LATTER PARTS MODERATE, MIDDLE SQUALLYMIDDLE RAINGREAT SWELL FROM THE EFIRST AND LATTER PARTS CLOUDY0100000a trivial correction was made in this observation218431
1751-11-22T13:0047.77-11.233426.7THE BURLINGSS8:31E167S83E51.00-18NEBN, NBE, NFIRST PART FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATE0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation218432
1751-11-23T13:0048.72-9.512976.7THE BURLINGSS184N18E85.00-18NBW, NWFIRST PART FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATESOME RAIN0100000a trivial correction was made in this observation218433