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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 Batavia Road started at 1750-09-24 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747092, 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_17500924_NMM_ADM/L/S567 * Latitude Start: -6.100000 * Longitude Start: 106.860000 * Latitude End: -6.100000 * Longitude End: 106.860000 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Swallow (Sloop), Start of voyage: 1750-10-05, End of voyage: 1750-10-23, Voyage from: Batavia 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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
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.
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.
Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
10 Present weatherwwWeather description
11 ClearnessClearness
12 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
13 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
14 FogFog1 If fog was reported
15 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
16 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
17 HailHail1 If hail was reported
18 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
19 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
246 data points

Data

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Wind dir descr

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ID
1750-10-05T05:00-6.10106.863586.71-2N, SSW, NMODERATECLEAR0000000247694
1750-10-06T05:00-6.10106.861786.71-2NBW, SMODERATECLEAR0000000247695
1750-10-07T05:00-6.10106.861786.71-2NBW, SMODERATECLEAR0000000247696
1750-10-08T05:00-6.10106.861786.71-2NBW, SMODERATECLOUDY0000000247697
1750-10-09T05:00-6.10106.8620119.01-2NNE, ENE, SBW, SSWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYMIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS MODERATE AND HAZY0000000247698
1750-10-10T05:00-6.10106.86216.71-2NE, SSW, SW, NNEMODERATEMIDDLE PART LIGHT AIR AND CLOUDYCLOUDY0000000247699
1750-10-11T05:00-6.10106.86436.71-2NNE, SW, NEMODERATEMIDDLE PART LIGHT AIR AND CLOUDYCLOUDY0000000247700
1750-10-12T05:00-6.10106.861-20000000247701
1750-10-13T05:00-6.10106.861-20000000247702
1750-10-14T05:00-6.10106.861-20000000247703
1750-10-15T05:00-6.10106.861-20000000247704
1750-10-16T05:00-6.10106.861-20000000247705
1750-10-17T05:00-6.10106.861-20000000247706
1750-10-18T05:00-6.10106.861-20000000247707
1750-10-19T05:00-6.10106.861-20000000247708
1750-10-20T05:00-6.10106.861-20000000247709
1750-10-21T05:00-6.10106.861-20000000247710
1750-10-22T05:00-6.10106.861-20000000247711
1750-10-23T05:00-6.10106.861-20000000247712