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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 SWALLOW cruise from Palembang River to Batowia Road started at 1750-09-07 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747091, 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:
Latitude: -6.100000 * Longitude: 106.860000
Event(s):
Swallow_17500907_NMM_ADM/L/S567 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Swallow (Sloop), Start of voyage: 1750-09-18, End of voyage: 1750-10-04, Voyage: Palembang River - Batowia Road, 1st Observer: Henry Speke (Captain), 2nd Observer: John Kestell (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 10G 272BM
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:
270 data points

Data

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ID
1750-09-18T00:001806.7MONOPIN HILLNE1/4E3SE, SEBE, SEBS, SMODERATEMIDDLE PART FRESH BREEZESFAIR0000000247677
1750-09-19T00:00796.7MONOPIN HILLNBW1/4WESE, SE, SSW, SSE, EBNMODERATEHAZY0000000247678
1750-09-20T00:001916.7PARMESANG HILLSE1/2ENE, ESE, SE, SBWMODERATEFAIR0000000247679
1750-09-21T00:00-2.70906.7PARMESANG HILLNESE, SSE, SBE, EMODERATEHAZY0000000247680
1750-09-22T00:002036.7PARMESANG HILLNNW1/4W5ESE, SE, SBE, SSWMODERATEFAIR0000000247681
1750-09-23T00:00-3.031356.7LUCIPARAESE2SE, SSE, SEBS, SEMODERATEFAIR0000000247682
1750-09-24T00:00-3.371466.7SSE, SE, SEBE, SEBSMODERATEHAZY0000000247683
1750-09-25T00:00-3.581136.7SEBE, SEBS, ESEMODERATEHAZY0000000247684
1750-09-26T00:00-4.421356.7EBS, SEBE, EBN, SEMODERATEMIDDLE PART LIGHT AIRS AND FAIRHAZY0000000247685
1750-09-27T00:00-4.601136.7SEBE, SEBS, ESEMODERATEHAZY0000000247686
1750-09-28T00:00-4.821241.0SEBS, ESE, SE, SEBELIGHT AIRSMIDDLE AND LATTER LIGHT AIRS AND HAZYFAIR0000000247687
1750-09-29T00:001586.7EBS, SEBE, SSEMODERATEMIDDLE AND LATTE PARTS CLOUDY WITH THUNDER AND LIGHTNINGHAZY0000100247688
1750-09-30T00:00-5.42180PEDRO ISLANDSWNW1/2 W2SBW, EBS, ESE, SSQUALLYLATTER PART MODERATE AND HAZYRAIN0100000247689
1750-10-01T00:001696.7E, ENE, EBS, SBEMODERATELATTER PART CLOUDY WITH THUNDER AND LIGHTNINGFAIR0000100247690
1750-10-02T00:00-5.551130.0EXTREMES OF LANDNWBN - SW1/2W2SOUNDINGS TAKENENE, NNE, SW, SSW, ESECALMLIGHTNING TO THE WESTWARD. MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS LIGHT AIRSHAZY0000100247691
1750-10-03T00:00-5.651356.7NE, NNE, S, SSE, SEMODERATEMIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS LIGHT AIRSHAZY0000000247692
1750-10-04T05:00-6.10106.863471.01-2NBE, NE, SSW, S, NBWLIGHT AIRSMIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS MODERATE AND FAIRFAIR0000000247693