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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 VULTURE cruise from Gibraltar to Halifax started at 1753-05-09 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747137, 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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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: 40.715714 * Median Longitude: -41.488571 * South-bound Latitude: 36.050000 * West-bound Longitude: -62.660000 * North-bound Latitude: 44.430000 * East-bound Longitude: -10.930000
Event(s):
Vulture_17530509_NMM_ADM/L/V124 * Latitude Start: 35.970000 * Longitude Start: -5.550000 * Latitude End: 43.400000 * Longitude End: -63.030000 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Vulture (Sloop), Start of voyage: 1753-05-09, End of voyage: 1753-06-14, Voyage: Gibraltar - Halifax, 1st Observer: William Kinsey (Captain), 2nd Observer: James Baker (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 10G 267BM
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 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 CommentComment
25 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
692 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 
Precip descr
16 
Clearness
17 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
18 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
19 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
20 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
21 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
22 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
23 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
24 
Comment
25 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1753-05-09T00:00906.7CAPE SPARTELLSEBS31EMODERATECLOUDY0000000273026
1753-05-10T13:0036.12-10.938619.0CAPE SPARTELLS87:00E64N87:00W192.00-15EBSFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000273027
1753-05-11T13:0036.05-13.8336215.4CAPE SPARTELLS88:00E101S88:00W140.00-14VARIABLEMODERATE GALESHAZY0000000273028
1753-05-12T13:0036.23-16.963119.0CAPE SPARTELLS87:00E161N85:00W154.00-14NEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000273029
1753-05-13T13:0036.72-20.293219.0CAPE SPARTELLS85:00E215N79:00W164.00-13NEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000273030
1753-05-14T14:0036.55-23.29796.7CAPE SPARTELLS87:00E266S87:00W146.00-11EMODERATECLOUDY0000000273031
1753-05-15T14:0037.08-25.83576.7CAPE SPARTELLS85:00E306N79:00W125.00-11ENEMODERATECLOUDY0000000273032
1753-05-16T00:00906.7ST MICHAELN5EMODERATEFAIR0000000273033
1753-05-17T00:00451.0ST MICHAELEBS10NELIGHT AIRSFAIR0000000273034
1753-05-18T00:001131.0PICHONW1/2W5E, ESELIGHT AIRSFAIR0000000273035
1753-05-19T00:003151.0FYALLNWBW11NNE, NWLIGHT AIRSFAIR0000000273036
1753-05-20T00:002251.01SWLIGHT AIRSFAIR0000000273037
1753-05-21T00:0036215.41VARIABLEMODERATE GALESFAIR0000000273038
1753-05-22T00:0036215.41VARIABLEMODERATE GALESFAIR0000000273039
1753-05-23T00:0029322.6FYALLESE31SW-WNWFIRST PART MDERATE, MID AND LATTER STRONG GALESRAINFIRST PART HAZY0100000273040
1753-05-24T00:0024826.8FYALLWNW, WSWHARD GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN0100000273041
1753-05-25T00:0021426.8FYALLSW, SWBSHARD GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN0100000273042
1753-05-26T00:00236.7FYALLSW-NNEFIRST AND MID FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATERAINLATTER FAIR0100000273043
1753-05-27T00:003606.7FYALLE1/2N8NNE, NMODERATEFAIR0000000273044
1753-05-28T00:003621.0FYALLESE16VARIABLELIGHT AIRSFAIR0000000273045
1753-05-29T14:0039.72-35.0316819.0FLORESS88:00E38N88:00W114.00-12SFIRST PART MODERATE, MID AND LATTER FRESH GALESRAINFIRST PART FAIR, MID AND LATTER HAZY0100000273046
1753-05-30T15:0039.73-37.9636019.0FLORESS89:00E86W136.00-11NWBW, NBEFRESH GALESRAINHAZY0100000273047
1753-05-31T15:0040.37-41.261219.0FLORESS83:00E133N75:00W156.00-11NNEFRESH GALESRAINHAZY0100000273048
1753-06-01T15:0040.68-43.86346.7FLORESS84:00E174N81:00W122.00-11NEMODERATECLOUDY0000000273049
1753-06-02T15:0040.92-46.19236.7FLORESS83:00E208N82:00W138.00-11NEBNMODERATEFAIR0000000273050
1753-06-03T15:0041.88-49.19346.7FLORESS79:00E254N67:00W146.00-11NEFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MID AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST PART CLOUDY, MID AND LATTER FAIR0000000273051
1753-06-04T15:0042.03-50.267915.4FLORESS79:00E270N80:00W49.00-11EMODERATE GALESFAIR0000000273052
1753-06-05T15:0042.87-51.2823315.4FLORESS77:00E288N37:00W61.00-15SSW, WSWMODERATE GALESTHICK FOGS0010000273053
1753-06-06T16:0043.40-53.012106.7FLORESS76:00E314N68:00W83.00-15WSW, SWMODERATERAINTHICK FOGGS0110000273054
1753-06-07T16:0043.77-54.4921019.0FLORESS74:00E332N70:00W68.00-15WSW, SWFRESH GALESHARD RAINTHICK FOGGS0110000273055
1753-06-08T16:0044.00-56.433019.0FLORESS76:00E363N80:00W87.00-15SSW, NEFRESH GALESFOGG0010000273056
1753-06-09T16:0043.88-57.393346.7FLORESS77:00E380S81:00W43.00-15SBW, NBWMODERATEHAZY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation273057
1753-06-10T16:0044.23-60.2923319.0FLORESS77:00E410N82:00W128.00-15S, SSW, WSWFIRST PART MODERATE, MID AND LATTER FRESH GALESHARD RAINFIRST PART FAIR, MID AND LATTER THICK FOGG0110000273058
1753-06-11T16:0044.43-60.8323319.0FLORESS77:00E430N62:00W26.00-15SW, WSWFRESH GALESRAINTHICK FOGGS0110000273059
1753-06-12T16:0044.37-62.66426.7THE LAND OF SABLES79:00E34N79:00W102.00-14EBN, NEBEMODERATEFIRST AND MID PART FOGGS, LATTER CLOUDY0010000273060
1753-06-13T00:002256.7CAPE SAMBROUGWBS1/2S41NE-SWMODERATEFAIR0000000273061
1753-06-14T00:002486.7CHEBUCTO HARBOURWSWMODERATEFAIR0000000273062