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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 SPHINX cruise started at 1750-12-30 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747079, 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
Event(s):
Sphinx_NMM_ADM/L/S382 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Sphinx, Start of voyage: 1750-12-30, End of voyage: 1751-01-01, 1st Observer: William Lloyd (15Th Onward) (Captain), 2nd Observer: Charles David (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 24G, 1745 ESTABLISHMENT, 508BM
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1Date/time startDate/time start
2Wind 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.
3Wind speedffm/scalculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations
4--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
5CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
6Wind direction descriptionWind dir descrAll reported wind directions on this day. The wind direction is the direction that points to where the wind comes from.
7Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
8Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
9ClearnessClearness
10GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
11Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
12FogFog1 If fog was reported
13Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
14ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
15HailHail1 If hail was reported
16Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
17IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
49 data points

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