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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 SCORPION cruise from to Ocracoke started at 1750-10-14. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747055, 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). 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:
Latitude: 35.100000 * Longitude: -76.000000
Event(s):
Scorpion_17501014_NMM_ADM/L/S181 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Scorpion (Sloop), Start of voyage: 1750-10-25, End of voyage: 1750-11-14, Voyage: to Ocracoke, 1st Observer: John Russell (Captain), 2nd Observer: Littleton Hill (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 10G 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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
10 CommentCommentOther remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields
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 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 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
394 data points

Data

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ID
1750-10-25T00:00101CAPE FEARN20W181NNE, N, EBSFIRST PART LITTLE WINDFIRST PART FAIR, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY0000000232499
1750-10-26T00:001802.6CAPE FEARN64:20W121E, SSE, SFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER LITTLE WINDSFIRST PART CLOUDY, MIDDLE AND LATTER HAZY0000000232500
1750-10-27T00:002256.7OCRACOKENBW81SWBW, SWFIRST PART LITTLE WIND, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST PART HAZY, MIDDLE AND LATTER HAZY0000000232501
1750-10-28T17:0035.10-76.002346.7OCRACOKENNE11-2WSW, SW, SWBWMODERATEFAIR0000000232502
1750-10-29T17:0035.10-76.002346.7OCRACOKENNE11-2WSW, SW, SWBWFIRST PART LITTLE WINDS INTERMIXED WITH CALMS, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATECLOUDY0000000232503
1750-10-30T17:0035.10-76.005422.6OCRACOKENNE11-2SW, ESE, NEBEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE FRESH GALES, LATTER STRONG GALESCLOUDY0000000232504
1750-10-31T17:0035.10-76.0022322.6OCRACOKENNE11-2NE, WSW, SWFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE FRESH GALES, LATTER STRONG GALESCLOUDY0000000232505
1750-11-01T17:0035.10-76.0031322.6OCRACOKENNE11-2WNW, NWFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE FRESH GALES, LATTER STRONG GALESCLOUDY0000000232506
1750-11-02T17:0035.10-76.0035822.6OCRACOKENNE11-2NW, NFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE FRESH GALES, LATTER STRONG GALESCLOUDY0000000232507
1750-11-03T17:0035.10-76.004322.6OCRACOKENNE11-2NNW, NEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE FRESH GALES, LATTER STRONG GALESCLOUDY0000000232508
1750-11-04T17:0035.10-76.00432.6OCRACOKENNE11-2NNW, NELITTLE WINDAT NOON THICK RAINY WEATHERFAIR0100000232509
1750-11-05T17:0035.10-76.00313OCRACOKENNE11-2NE, NNE, NWMIDDLE SQUALLYFIRST AND LATTER PARTS THICK DRIZZLING RAIN0100000232510
1750-11-06T17:0035.10-76.003136.7OCRACOKENNE11-2NWFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST PART FAIR, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLEAR0000000232511
1750-11-07T17:0035.10-76.003362.6OCRACOKENNE11-2NNWLITTLE WIND AND CALMSFAIR0000000232512
1750-11-08T17:0035.10-76.003362.6OCRACOKENNE11-2NNWLITTLE WIND AND CALMSFAIR0000000232513
1750-11-09T17:0035.10-76.003362.6OCRACOKENNE11-2NNWLITTLE WIND AND CALMSFAIR0000000232514
1750-11-10T17:0035.10-76.0096.7OCRACOKENNE11KINGS BIRTHDAY-2NNW, WSW, NBEMODERATESOME RAINFAIR0100000232515
1750-11-11T17:0035.10-76.003622.6OCRACOKENNE11-2VARIABLELITTLE WIND INTERMIXED WITH CALMS0000000232516
1750-11-12T17:0035.10-76.0020122.6OCRACOKENNE11-2WSW, SSWFIRST PART LITTLE WIND AND CALM, MIDDLE AND LATTER HARD GALES - WIND SHIFTED TO SW AT 7 AM BRINGING A VIOLENT GALE OF WIND AND RAINRAINRAIN0100100232517
1750-11-13T00:0029319.0OCRACOKENNE11NW, WNWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000232518
1750-11-14T00:00203OCRACOKENNE11NW, SSWFIRST AND MIDDLE PART FRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000232519