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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 ADAMANT cruise from St. Marys to Table Bay started at 1800-01-04 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747158, 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: -26.955556 * Median Longitude: 41.611111 * South-bound Latitude: -35.200000 * West-bound Longitude: 24.500000 * North-bound Latitude: -17.320000 * East-bound Longitude: 51.180000
Date/Time Start: 1800-01-04T09:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1800-01-30T10:00:00
Event(s):
Adamant_18000104_NMM_ADM/L/A23 * Latitude Start: -19.030000 * Longitude Start: 49.980000 * Latitude End: -34.430000 * Longitude End: 16.950000 * Date/Time Start: 1800-01-04T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1800-01-30T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Adamant (4th Rate Frigate), Voyage: St Marys, Madagascar - Table Bay, 1st Observer: William Hotham (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 50G 1044BM
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
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
CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
10 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
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 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
15 State of the sea descriptionState sea 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:
508 data points

Data

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Date/Time

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)

Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
10 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
11 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
12 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
13 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
14 
Precip descr
15 
State sea 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)
1800-01-04T09:00-17.3249.681889.3ST MARYS ISLANDNEBE5-15VARIABLE, SSWMODERATE, AM FRESH BREEZESAM HEAVY RAINCLOUDY0100000662
1800-01-05T09:00-17.7550.051176.7FOUL POINTN71W5-18VARIABLE, SWBS, SEMODERATE BREEZES, NOON MODERATESHOWERY, NOON HEAVY RAIN1100000663
1800-01-06T09:00-17.8750.331061.0FOUL POINTN65W184-18S, VARIABLE, SEBEMODERATE, AM LIGHT AIRSRAIN, AM SHOWERY1100000664
1800-01-07T09:00-17.8251.02956.7FOUL POINTN82W23-18VARIABLE, SBW, ESELIGHT AIRS, NOON MODERATECLOUDY0000000665
1800-01-08T09:00-18.1651.10173ISLE PRINCESN83W20-18VARIABLE, SBWMODERATE, AM SQUALLYAM RAIN, NOON SHOWERYCLOUDY1000000666
1800-01-09T09:00-18.5051.181179.3CAPE ST MARYSS40W180S69E24.00-18S, EBN, SEMODERATE, AM FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000667
1800-01-10T09:00-19.5250.671511.0CAPE ST MARYSS48W162S29W59.00-18SE, SBEMODERATE, AM LIGHT BREEZES, NOON LIGHT AIRSCLOUDY, NOON FAIR0000000668
1800-01-11T09:00-20.7550.551171.0CAPE ST MARYSS47W142S6W74.00-18SSE, SELIGHT AIRSFAIR, NOON CLOUDY0000000669
1800-01-12T09:00-22.4150.28956.7CAPE ST MARYSS61W112S6W125.00-18SEBE, ESEMODERATENOON SHOWERYCLOUDY1000000670
1800-01-13T09:00-24.0750.031141.0POINT DAUPHINSWBW47S10W77.00-21VARIABLE, NE, SEMODERATE, AM CALM, NOON LIGHT AIRSAM HEAVY RAINCLOUDY0100000671
1800-01-14T09:00-25.2249.48471.0CAPE ST MARYSN73W73S25W70.00-21NE, ENELIGHT BREEZES, NOON LIGHT AIRSCLOUDY, NOON FAIR0000000672
1800-01-15T09:00-26.5248.70246.7CAPE ST MARYSN73W71S28W91.00-21VARIABLE, WNW, NEMODERATEFAIR0000000673
1800-01-16T09:00-27.0547.922946.7CAPE LAGULLASS73W566S40W62.00-21WSW TO SSE, NWMODERATECLOUDY0000000674
1800-01-17T09:00-28.5246.02121FIRST POINT OF NATALS76W300S48W133.00-25ENE, NEBN, SEBSMODERATE, AM FRESH BREEZES, NOON SQUALLYNOON RAINCLOUDY0100000675
1800-01-18T09:00-29.4043.752019.0FIRST POINT OF NATALS77W258S65W129.00-25VARIABLE, NEMODERATE, AM SQUALLY, NOON FRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000676
1800-01-19T09:00-30.4841.421316.7FIRST POINT OF NATALS70W199S68W189.00-27SE, SSEFRESH BREEZES, NOON MODERATECLOUDY, NOON FAIR0000000677
1800-01-20T09:00-30.5739.101089.3FIRST POINT OF NATALS80W179S82W66.00-27NW, WSW, SEMODERATE, AM LIGHT AIRS, NOON FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000678
1800-01-21T09:00-30.5337.531989.3FIRST POINT OF NATALS78W152N88W83.00-27WSW, SWFRESH BREEZESHEAVY SWELL FROM WCLOUDY0000000679
1800-01-22T10:00-31.0836.421631.0FIRST POINT OF NATALS80W130S59W65.00-28S, SBWMODERATE, NOON LIGHT AIRSCLOUDY, NOON FAIR0000000680
1800-01-23T10:00-31.9834.901416.7CAPE LAGULLASS77W252S54W95.00-28ENE, SBELIGHT AIRS, NOON MODERATE BREEZESFAIR, NOON CLOUDY0000000681
1800-01-24T10:00-33.4831.60399.3CAPE RECIFS84W100S60W193.00-29NNE, ENEMODERATE, AM FRESH BREEZESFAIR0000000682
1800-01-25T10:00-34.3228.9551.0CAPE RECIFN84W55S77W136.00-29VARIABLE, NEBNMODERATE, AM LIGHT AIRSCLOUDY, AM HAZY0000000683
1800-01-26T10:00-34.8229.031629.3CAPE LAGULLASW144S7E32.00-29WSW, WBN, SBWLIGHT AIRS, NOON FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation684
1800-01-27T10:00-34.2828.352412.6CAPE LAGULLASS85W134S46W46.00-29WSW, S, WFRESH BREEZES, NOON LIGHT BREEZES0000000685
1800-01-28T10:00-35.1326.321529.3CAPE LAGULLASN86W85S73W72.00-28SE, SLIGHT AIRS, NOON FRESH BREEZESHEAVY SWELL FROM WCLOUDY0000000686
1800-01-29T10:00-35.0524.50736.7CAPE LAGULLASN85W47N82W74.00-28S, SW, EBSFRESH BREEZES, AM LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMS, NOON MODERATECLOUDY0000000687
1800-01-30T10:00-35.2024.621976.7CAPE LAGULLASN77W30N80W36.00-28VARIABLE, SWLIGHT BREEZES, AM LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMS, NOON MODERATECLOUDY0000000688