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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 SUCCESS cruise from Boston to Lizard started at 1752-09-24 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747083, 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: 46.823182 * Median Longitude: -37.423182 * South-bound Latitude: 42.480000 * West-bound Longitude: -70.590000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.870000 * East-bound Longitude: -4.920000
Event(s):
Success_17520924_NMM_ADM/L/S478 * Latitude Start: 41.980000 * Longitude Start: -67.060000 * Latitude End: 49.810000 * Longitude End: -5.260000 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Success (6th Rate Frigate), Start of voyage: 1752-09-24, End of voyage: 1752-10-18, Voyage: Boston - Lizard, 1st Observer: Captain Colville (Captain), 2nd Observer: James Grant (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 20G. 442BM
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 Present weatherwwWeather description
16 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
17 ClearnessClearness
18 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
19 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
20 FogFog1 If fog was reported
21 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
22 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
23 HailHail1 If hail was reported
24 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
25 CommentComment
26 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
478 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 
ww
(Weather description)
16 
Precip descr
17 
Clearness
18 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
19 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
20 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
21 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
22 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
23 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
24 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
25 
Comment
26 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1752-09-24T00:00293BOSTON LIGHT HOUSENBE01SW, WNWCLEAR0000000245463
1752-09-25T17:0042.48-70.5938CAPE ANNNW6SE19.00-7SE, NECLOUDY0000000245464
1752-09-26T17:0042.75-68.62168CAPE ANNS88:19W34N79:00E86.00-12SFOGGY0010000245465
1752-09-27T16:0042.75-65.1430119.0CAPE ANNS89:21W86E154.00-14S, NWFRESH GALESFOGGY0010000245466
1752-09-28T16:0042.50-61.29283CAPE ANNN88:19W137S85:00E172.00-10WNWCLOUDY0000000245467
1752-09-29T16:0042.92-58.17323CAPE ANNS88:43W190E13:00N140.00-15NNWCLOUDY0000000245468
1752-09-30T16:0044.02-53.9625522.6CAPE ANNS83:56W249ENE1/2E196.00-15WSTRONG GALESCLEAR0000000245469
1752-10-01T15:0044.37-52.023456.7CAPE ANNS83:05W276N76:00E86.00-15NMODERATECLOUDY0000000245470
1752-10-02T15:0045.12-50.2614319.0CAPE ANNS80:47W301N60:00E89.00-15SSEFRESH GALESHAZY0000000245471
1752-10-03T15:0046.15-47.5725519.0CAPE ANNS78:17W300NEBE1/2E130.00-15WFRESH GALESMODERATE0000000245472
1752-10-04T15:0046.83-44.162336.7CAPE ANNS77:44W388N73:00E148.00-15WSWMODERATECLEAR0000000245473
1752-10-05T15:0047.22-42.411762.6CAPE ANNS77:22W413N72:00E76.00-15SBWLITTLE WINDS0000000245474
1752-10-06T15:0048.20-37.9620519.0CAPE ANNS76:37W475N72:00E190.00-20SWMODERATE, THEN FRESH GALESCLEAR0000000245475
1752-10-07T14:0048.68-33.1226219.0CAPE ANNS77:12W540N81:00E196.00-19WBNFRESH GALESRAIN0100000245476
1752-10-08T14:0048.97-28.6129619.0CAPE ANNS77:59W600N84:00E180.00-19NWFRESH GALESRAIN0100000245477
1752-10-09T14:0049.17-26.342976.7CAPE ANNS78:12W632N81:00E90.00-18NWMODERATECLOUDY0000000245478
1752-10-10T14:0049.50-23.59320CAPE ANNS78:16W668N79:00E110.00-18NNWSQUALLYRAIN0100000245479
1752-10-11T13:0049.73-18.8427519.0CAPE ANNS78:59W732N86:00E186.00-18WNWFRESH GALESRAIN0100000245480
1752-10-12T13:0049.87-14.9423019.0CAPE ANNS79:29W783N87:00E152.00-18WNW, WSWFRESH GALESRAIN0100000245481
1752-10-13T13:0049.65-10.0917319.0CAPE ANNS80:37W850N86:00E190.00-18WSW, SBWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000245482
1752-10-14T12:0049.70-5.725119.0CAPE ANNS81:11W908N89:00E170.00-17SSW, ENEFRESH GALESRAINCLOUDY0100000245483
1752-10-15T12:0049.83-4.991526.7CAPE ANNS81:05W918EBN30.00-17EBS, SBEMODERATEFOGGYHAZY0010000245484
1752-10-16T12:0049.70-4.923622.6CAPE ANNS81:36W923S8:00E25.00-17ESE, VARIABLELITTLE WINDSCLOUDY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation245485
1752-10-17T00:001356.7S, SEMODERATECLOUDY0000000245486
1752-10-18T00:00135LIZARD POINTNW1/2W5SBW, SECLEAR0000000245487