García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2010): Meteorological observations during VIGILANT cruise from Tillicherry to Madagascar started at 1751-04-28 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747128, 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
Project(s):
Funding:
Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090: Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -6.914634 * Median Longitude: 73.528780 * South-bound Latitude: -19.650000 * West-bound Longitude: 50.000000 * North-bound Latitude: 11.450000 * East-bound Longitude: 85.220000
Event(s):
Vigilant_17510428_NMM_ADM/L/V69 * Latitude Start: 12.400000 * Longitude Start: 74.900000 * Latitude End: -23.670000 * Longitude End: 43.450000 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Vigilant (Ship O.T. Line), Start of voyage: 1751-05-09, End of voyage: 1751-06-19, Voyage: Tillicherry - Madagascar, 1st Observer: William Ranier (Captain), 2nd Observer: Rob Carew (1st Officer/Master), 3rd Observer: William Adams (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 58G 1318 BM
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Date/time start | Date/time start | ||||
| 2 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Geocode | |||
| 3 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Geocode | |||
| 4 | Wind direction | dd | deg | Wind 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. | ||
| 5 | Wind speed | ff | m/s | calculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations | ||
| 6 | Landmark | Landmark | Name of first landmark | |||
| 7 | Bearing | Bearing | Bearing of the first landmark | |||
| 8 | Distance to landmark | Distance | arbitrary units | Distance to the first landmark | ||
| 9 | Course | Course | Course of the ship during the past 24 hours | |||
| 10 | Distance | Distance | arbitrary units | Distance travelled during the previous 24 hours | ||
| 11 | Comment | Comment | Any remark, found in the logbook on this particular day, about the ship, sails, rigging, etc. | |||
| 12 | Declination | Decl | deg | It 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 description | Wind dir descr | All reported wind directions on this day. The wind direction is the direction that points to where the wind comes from. | |||
| 14 | Wind force description | Wind force descr | All reported wind forces on this day | |||
| 15 | Present weather | ww | Weather description | |||
| 16 | Precipitation description | Precip descr | ||||
| 17 | State of the sea description | State sea descr | ||||
| 18 | Clearness | Clearness | ||||
| 19 | Gusts | Gusts | 1 If wind gusts are reported | |||
| 20 | Precipitation/Rain | Rain | 1 If rain was reported | |||
| 21 | Fog | Fog | 1 If fog was reported | |||
| 22 | Snow type | Snow | 1 If snow was reported | |||
| 23 | Thunder | Thunder | 1 If thunder and or lightning was reported | |||
| 24 | Hail | Hail | 1 If hail was reported | |||
| 25 | Sea ice | Sea ice | 1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported | |||
| 26 | Identification | ID | CLIWOC 2.1 line number |
License:
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Size:
851 data points
Data
| 1 Date/time start | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 dd [deg] (Wind direction (from which th...) | 5 ff [m/s] (calculated from the descripti...) | 6 Landmark (Name of first landmark) | 7 Bearing (Bearing of the first landmark) | 8 Distance [arbitrary units] (Distance to the first landmark) | 9 Course (Course of the ship during the...) | 10 Distance [arbitrary units] (Distance travelled during the...) | 11 Comment (Any remark, found in the logb...) | 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 State sea descr | 18 Clearness | 19 Gusts (1 If wind gusts are reported) | 20 Rain (1 If rain was reported) | 21 Fog (1 If fog was reported) | 22 Snow (1 If snow was reported) | 23 Thunder (1 If thunder and or lightning...) | 24 Hail (1 If hail was reported) | 25 Sea ice (1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...) | 26 ID (CLIWOC 2.1 line number) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1751-05-09T07:00 | 11.45 | 75.41 | 134 | 6.7 | MOUNT DILLA | NBE | 12 | -1 | VARIABLE, NNE, E, CALM, SE | MODERATE | THUNDER AND LIGHTNING | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 268077 | |||||
| 1751-05-10T07:00 | 10.08 | 75.34 | 269 | 1.0 | TILLICHERRY | N3/4E | 18 | S3/4E | 55.00 | -1 | SSE, ENE, W | LIGHT AIRS | THUNDER LIGHTNING | SOME RAIN | CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 268078 | ||
| 1751-05-11T07:00 | 9.72 | 75.56 | 19.0 | -1 | FRESH GALES | SQUALLY WITH THUNDER AND LIGHTNING | RAIN | CLOUDY | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 268079 | |||||||||
| 1751-05-12T07:00 | 9.37 | 75.77 | 224 | 19.0 | TILLICHERRY | N7:10W | 48 | S | 24.00 | -1 | CALM, W, EBN, EBS, SW | FRESH GALES | RAIN | CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268080 | |||
| 1751-05-13T07:00 | 8.03 | 76.74 | 179 | 6.7 | CAPE COMMORINO | EBS1/2S | 8 | -1 | NNE, WBS, SW, W, S | MODERATE | RAIN | CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268081 | |||||
| 1751-05-14T07:00 | 6.70 | 77.70 | 248 | 6.7 | CAPE COMMORINO | N7:00W | 26 | S7:00E | 77.00 | 0 | SWBW, SW, SWBW, WSW | MID PART FRESH GALE, LATTER MODERATE | MID PART SQUALLY | RAIN | CLOUDY | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268082 | ||
| 1751-05-15T07:00 | 5.62 | 78.35 | 225 | 6.7 | CAPE COMMORINO | N18:12W | 50 | S30:00E | 75.00 | 0 | SWBW, SE, SW | MODERATE | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268083 | ||||
| 1751-05-16T07:00 | 4.15 | 78.85 | 270 | 19.0 | CAPE COMMORINO | N18:13W | 81 | S18:00E | 93.00 | 0 | SW, SWBW, WSW, W | MID AND LATTER PART FRESH GALES | MID AND LATTER PART SQUALLY | RAIN | CLOUDY | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268084 | ||
| 1751-05-17T07:00 | 2.93 | 79.43 | 362 | CAPE COMMORINO | N19:30W | 111 | S23:00E | 90.00 | 0 | VARIABLE | SQUALLY AND UNCERTAIN | UNCERTAIN | RAIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268085 | ||||
| 1751-05-18T07:00 | 1.83 | 80.02 | 214 | 6.7 | CAPE COMMORINO | N21:23W | 133 | S30:25E | 68.00 | 0 | SW, SWBW, SWBS | MODERATE | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268086 | ||||
| 1751-05-19T07:00 | 1.02 | 80.60 | 225 | 2.6 | CAPE COMMORINO | N23:30W | 151 | S33:45E | 63.00 | 0 | SWBW, SW | LITTLE WIND | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268087 | ||||
| 1751-05-20T07:00 | -0.27 | 81.07 | 248 | 6.7 | CAPE COMMORINO | N22:51W | 179 | S20:00E | 80.00 | 0 | SWBS, SWBW, WSW | MODERATE | MID PART SQUALLY | CLOUDY | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268088 | |||
| 1751-05-21T07:00 | -1.18 | 81.77 | 214 | 6.7 | CAPE COMMORINO | N24:29W | 202 | S36:34E | 71.00 | 0 | SW, SWBW, SWBS | MODERATE | RAIN | GREAT SWELL FROM SE | CLOUDY WITH LIGHTNING | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 268089 | ||
| 1751-05-22T07:00 | -1.65 | 82.27 | 225 | 1.0 | CAPE COMMORINO | N25:53W | 215 | S47:00E | 41.00 | 0 | SWBW, SWBS, SW | MID LITTLE WINDS, LATTER LIGHT AIRS | LATTER HAZY | GREAT SWELL FROM SE | FAIR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268090 | ||
| 1751-05-23T06:00 | -2.43 | 82.88 | 203 | 2.6 | CAPE COMMORINO | N26:56W | 234 | S39:00E | 59.00 | 0 | WSW, SW, SSW | LITTLE WINDS | SOME RAIN | LIGHTNING | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268091 | |||
| 1751-05-24T06:00 | -3.07 | 83.12 | 225 | 2.6 | CAPE COMMORINO | N26:34W | 246 | S22:00E | 38.00 | 0 | SW | LITTLE WINDS | MIDDLE CLOUDY LATTER FAIR | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268092 | |||
| 1751-05-25T06:00 | -3.97 | 83.33 | 23 | 2.6 | CAPE COMMORINO | N25:40W | 266 | S14:00E | 56.00 | 0 | SWBW, NEBN, N, NNE | LITTLE WINDS | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268093 | ||||
| 1751-05-26T06:00 | -4.87 | 83.37 | 338 | 6.7 | CAPE COMMORINO | N24:12W | 282 | S2:00E | 52.00 | 0 | SWBW, NNW | MODERATE | RAIN | CLOUDY WITH LIGHTNING | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 268094 | |||
| 1751-05-27T06:00 | -5.30 | 83.75 | 214 | 1.0 | CAPE COMMORINO | N24:57W | 293 | S43:00E | 35.00 | 0 | N, CALM, WNW, SWBS | LIGHT AIRS | HARD RAIN | CLOUDY WITH LIGHTNING | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 268095 | |||
| 1751-05-28T06:00 | -5.67 | 85.22 | 203 | 1.0 | CAPE COMMORINO | N27:25W | 309 | E22:30S | 63.00 | SHIP MAKING MORE WATER THAN USUAL | 0 | SBW, SSW, SSW | LIGHT AIRS | CLOUDY WITH LIGHTNING IN NE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 268096 | |||
| 1751-05-29T06:00 | -6.48 | 84.00 | 146 | 6.7 | CAPE COMMORINO | N23:53W | 317 | S42:00W | 65.00 | 0 | SBE, SSE, SEBS | MID AND LATTER PART MODERATE | MID AND LATTER PART HAZY | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268097 | |||
| 1751-05-30T06:00 | -7.87 | 82.60 | 145 | 6.7 | CAPE COMMORINO | N17:39W | 333 | S45:00W | 116.00 | -1 | SSE, SBE, SSE, SEBS | MID AND LATTER MODERATE | MID AND LATTER CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268098 | ||||
| 1751-05-31T07:00 | -8.75 | 81.35 | 156 | 19.0 | CAPE COMMORINO | N12:44W | 348 | S56:15W | 91.00 | -2 | SSE, SEBS, SSE | FRESH GALES | GREAT SWELL FROM S | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268099 | |||
| 1751-06-01T07:00 | -10.03 | 80.42 | 144 | 6.7 | CAPE COMMORINO | N9:09W | 365 | S36:00W | 95.00 | -2 | SEBS, SE, SEBS | MODERATE | MID AND LATTER SQUALLY | FAIR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268100 | |||
| 1751-06-02T07:00 | -11.60 | 78.98 | 133 | 6.7 | CAPE COMMORINO | N4:02W | 393 | S44:00W | 126.00 | -2 | SSE, SEBS, SE | MODERATE | LATTER FAIR | MID WITH SMALL RAINS | CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268101 | ||
| 1751-06-03T07:00 | -13.57 | 77.38 | 142 | 6.7 | CAPE COMMORINO | N4:02W | 431 | S38:00W | 147.00 | -4 | SEBS | MODERATE | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268102 | ||||
| 1751-06-04T07:00 | -14.78 | 75.08 | 97 | 6.7 | CAPE COMMORINO | N5:11E | 457 | S61:00W | 150.00 | -4 | SBE, S, EBS | MODERATE | SMALL RAIN | CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268103 | |||
| 1751-06-05T07:00 | -15.85 | 73.50 | 142 | 19.0 | CAPE COMMORINO | N9:45E | 484 | S56:15W | 116.00 | -4 | SBE, SSE, SEBS | MID AND LATTER PARTS FRESH GALES | GREAT SWELL FROM S | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268104 | |||
| 1751-06-06T07:00 | -16.62 | 72.21 | 118 | 19.0 | CAPE COMMORINO | N12:29E | 504 | S59:04W | 92.00 | -6 | SEBE | FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY | RAIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268105 | ||||
| 1751-06-07T07:00 | -18.08 | 70.53 | 138 | 19.0 | CAPE COMMORINO | N15:27E | 538 | S49:00W | 136.00 | -8 | SEBS | FRESH GALES | GREAT SWELL FROM S | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268106 | ||||
| 1751-06-08T07:00 | -19.65 | 68.91 | 116 | CAPE COMMORINO | N17:42E | 580 | S45:00W | 134.00 | -8 | SEBE | HARD SQUALLS | RAIN | GREAT SEA FROM SSE | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268107 | ||||
| 1751-06-09T08:00 | -19.60 | 65.93 | 102 | 19.0 | CAPE COMMORINO | N23:14E | 600 | W | 173.00 | -11 | ESE | FRESH GALES | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268108 | |||||
| 1751-06-10T08:00 | -19.10 | 63.18 | 237 | 19.0 | CAPE COMMORINO | N28:24E | 616 | W10:00N | 162.00 | -11 | ESE, WSW | FRESH GALES | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268109 | |||||
| 1751-06-11T08:00 | -19.27 | 59.99 | 99 | 19.0 | CAPE COMMORINO | N33:15E | 663 | W6:00S | 186.00 | -14 | ESE | FRESH GALES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268110 | ||||
| 1751-06-12T08:00 | -19.10 | 61.36 | 222 | 19.0 | DIEGO RIES | E13:00S | 50 | W15:00N | 152.00 | -14 | SE, SEBS, SWBW | FRESH GALES | SMALL RAIN | CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268111 | |||
| 1751-06-13T08:00 | -19.03 | 57.96 | 132 | 6.7 | DIEGO RIES | E14:00S | 117 | W | 201.00 | -14 | SEBS | MODERATE | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268112 | ||||
| 1751-06-14T08:00 | -17.88 | 55.12 | 118 | 6.7 | DIEGO RIES | E1/2S | 176 | WNW | 178.00 | -17 | SEBE, SE | MODERATE | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268113 | ||||
| 1751-06-15T08:00 | -17.17 | 53.09 | 30 | DIEGO RIES | S76:11E | 216 | N69:58W | 128.00 | -15 | SE, NE | FIRST PART MODERATE, MID PART SQUALLY | SOME RAIN | CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268114 | ||||
| 1751-06-16T09:00 | -17.08 | 51.64 | 208 | 6.7 | DIEGO RIES | S78:12E | 245 | N86:50W | 89.00 | -17 | SE, WSW, N, SW | MODERATE | FAIR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268115 | ||||
| 1751-06-17T09:00 | -17.15 | 50.90 | 118 | DIEGO RIES | S79:11E | 259 | S83:19W | 47.00 | -17 | SW, SEBS, SSE, SE | FIRST PART FRESH GALES, MID AND LATTER SQUALLY | RAIN | HAZY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268116 | ||||
| 1751-06-18T09:00 | -17.33 | 50.00 | 152 | 6.7 | EXTREMES OF LAND (SHORE) | SW -ENE | 10 | S77:21W | 54.00 | -17 | ENE, SBE | MODERATE | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268117 | ||||
| 1751-06-19T00:00 | 214 | 6.7 | SE, S, SWBS | FIRST AND LATTER MODERATE, MID PART SQUALLY | RAIN | FIRST AND LATTER FAIR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268118 |