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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 TARTAR cruise from Goa Road to Bombay started at 1751-02-17 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747111, 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: 16.934167 * Median Longitude: 73.143333 * South-bound Latitude: 15.560000 * West-bound Longitude: 72.690000 * North-bound Latitude: 18.930000 * East-bound Longitude: 73.670000
Event(s):
Tartar_17510217_NMM_ADM/L/T17 * Latitude Start: 15.560000 * Longitude Start: 73.670000 * Latitude End: 18.500000 * Longitude End: 72.820000 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Tartar (Frigate), Start of voyage: 1751-02-28, End of voyage: 1751-03-11, Voyage: Goa Road - Bombay, 1st Observer: William Brett (Captain), 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 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.
11 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.
12 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
13 Present weatherwwWeather description
14 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
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:
211 data points

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ID
1751-02-28T07:0015.5673.67886.7THE ALLGUARDESE5-2WSW, NW, NE, ENE, EMODERATEHAZY0000000250214
1751-03-01T07:0015.6473.56666.7THE VINGORLA-2WSW, W, NW, NBE, ENEMODERATEHAZY0000000250215
1751-03-02T07:0015.7273.46431.0THE HIGH LAND OF VINGALOREE1/2N6-2NW, NWBN, NNW, NNE, NELIGHT AIRSFAIR0000000250216
1751-03-03T07:0015.8073.351781.0THE EXTREMES OF THE LANDEBN10-2N, NWBW, NW, SSW, SLIGHT AIRSFAIR0000000250217
1751-03-04T07:0016.1973.262232.6CAPE DOBBSEBS5-2SW, WBN, W, CALM, SWLITTLE WIND WITH CALMSHAZY0000000250218
1751-03-05T07:0016.5873.163612.6CAPE ZENE4-2WBS, W, WBN, CALMLITTLE WIND WITH CALMS0000000250219
1751-03-06T07:0016.9773.073582.6DABULL HEADEBN1/2N5-2WBN, NWBW, NW, NNW, NLITTLE WINDSHAZY0000000250220
1751-03-07T07:0017.3772.983139.3SOUTHERN ROOK FORTEBN1/2N3-2NBW, NNW, NWBN, NE, NWFRESH BREEZESLARGE SWELL0000000250221
1751-03-08T07:0017.7672.88326.7ROGAPORENE10-2WBN, WNW, NW, NBE, EBN, NEBNMODERATEHAZY0000000250222
1751-03-09T07:0018.1572.79666.7CHOULE ISLAND (RAGAPORE RIVER)NEBE (SE)3-2SSW, SWBW, WSW, WBN, ENEMODERATEHAZY0000000250223
1751-03-10T07:0018.5472.692796.7HANRY ISLAND (CANRY)EBN (E1/2N)5-2WNW, NWBW, WSW, WBNMODERATEHAZY0000000250224
1751-03-11T07:0018.9372.85889.31-2NW, N, NE, EFRESH BREEZESFAIR0000000250225