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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 SHOREHAM cruise from Madeira to Antigua started at 1753-06-10 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747067, 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: 21.723333 * Median Longitude: -37.039048 * South-bound Latitude: 16.780000 * West-bound Longitude: -61.570000 * North-bound Latitude: 33.740000 * East-bound Longitude: -16.590000
Event(s):
Shoreham_17530610_NMM_ADM/L/S277 * Latitude Start: 32.130000 * Longitude Start: -16.570000 * Latitude End: 17.000000 * Longitude End: -60.500000 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Shoreham (6th Rate Frigate), Start of voyage: 1753-06-10, End of voyage: 1753-06-30, Voyage: Madeira - Antigua, 1st Observer: Julian Legge (Captain), 2nd Observer: Charles Ellis (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 24G. 498BM
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 Present weatherwwWeather description
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:
404 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 
ww
(Weather description)
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)
1753-06-10T13:0033.74-16.59121MADEIRA WEST ENDN1/2E8-14N, E, SE0000000236175
1753-06-11T13:0030.73-18.323626.7MADEIRA WEST ENDN27E40S27W122.00-12VARIABLEMODERATEFAIR0000000236176
1753-06-12T13:0029.37-19.34326MADEIRA WEST ENDN29E74SSW3/4W92.00-12NNW, N, NNE, NNWVARIABLEVARIABLE WEATHER0000000236177
1753-06-13T13:0028.37-20.393596.7MADEIRA WEST ENDN33E100S43W82.00-12NW, NEBN, N, NBEMODERATECLOUDY WEATHER0000000236178
1753-06-14T13:0027.27-21.89586.7MADEIRA WEST ENDN38E135S50W111.00-10NBE, NE, ENEMODERATECLEAR0000000236179
1753-06-15T14:0026.00-23.6759MADEIRA WEST ENDN48E178S51W130.00-9NEBE, ENEVARIABLE WEATHER0000000236180
1753-06-16T14:0024.45-25.97366.7MADEIRA WEST ENDN44E227S53W156.00-9E, NE, NEMODERATEFAIR0000000236181
1753-06-17T14:0022.75-28.4461MADEIRA WEST ENDN46E284S53W176.00-7NE, ENEVARIABLE WEATHER0000000236182
1753-06-18T14:0021.83-30.94636.7MADEIRA WEST ENDN49E33S67W150.00-5ENEMODERATEFAIR0000000236183
1753-06-19T14:0021.18-33.57646.7MADEIRA WEST ENDN52E378S69W148.00-4ENEMODERATECLOUDY0000000236184
1753-06-20T14:0019.77-35.61646.7MADEIRA WEST ENDN52E423S57W138.00-4ENEMODERATEFAIR0000000236185
1753-06-21T15:0018.57-37.7488MADEIRA WEST ENDN53E470S59W140.00-2E, ENE, EVARIABLE WEATHER0000000236186
1753-06-22T15:0017.53-40.31666.7MADEIRA WEST ENDN54E522S67W160.00-2E, ENEMODERATEHAZY0000000236187
1753-06-23T15:0016.85-43.446919.0MADEIRA WEST ENDN57E573S76W184.001ENEFRESH GALESHAZY0000000236188
1753-06-24T15:0016.85-46.7791MADEIRA WEST ENDN60E632W189.001ENE, EVARIABLE WEATHER0000000236189
1753-06-25T15:0016.85-49.774719.0MADEIRA WEST ENDN62E684W1/2N174.002NEBE, NEFRESH GALESHAZY0000000236190
1753-06-26T15:0016.82-52.27816.7MADEIRA WEST ENDN64E725W03S144.002ENE, EBNMODERATECLOUDY0000000236191
1753-06-27T16:0016.82-54.87936.7ANTIGUAW04N155W150.003EMODERATEFAIR0000000236192
1753-06-28T16:0016.83-57.0493ANTIGUAW06N105W135.003ENE, NNW, NBW, EVARIABLE WEATHER0000000236193
1753-06-29T16:0016.78-59.31836.7ANTIGUAW10N63W02S130.004E, NNW, EBNMODERATEHAZY0000000236194
1753-06-30T16:0016.83-61.57946.7ANTIGUAW53W(!)22W04S120.004EMODERATEFAIR0000000236195