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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 ADVENTURE cruise from San Domingo to Plymouth started at 1763-04-03 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747224, 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: 40.854074 * Median Longitude: -40.048889 * South-bound Latitude: 31.000000 * West-bound Longitude: -64.640000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.500000 * East-bound Longitude: -4.190000
Date/Time Start: 1763-04-03T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1763-04-29T12:00:00
Event(s):
Adventure_17630403_NMM_ADM/L/A33 * Latitude Start: 31.000000 * Longitude Start: -62.790000 * Latitude End: 50.299000 * Longitude End: -4.150000 * Date/Time Start: 1763-04-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1763-04-29T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Adventure (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: San Domingo - Plymouth, 1st Observer: William Harman (Captain), 2nd Observer: William Topping (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 32G 678BM
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 Present weatherwwWeather description
15 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
16 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
17 ClearnessClearness
18 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
19 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
20 FogFog1 If fog was reported
21 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
22 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
23 HailHail1 If hail was reported
24 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
25 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
504 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 
ww
(Weather description)
15 
Precip descr
16 
State sea descr
17 
Clearness
18 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
19 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
20 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
21 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
22 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
23 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
24 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
25 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1763-04-03T16:0031.00-62.7979CROOKED ISLANDS49:26W249N1/4E38.000EBNSQUALLY00000003446
1763-04-04T16:0031.35-63.199026.8CROOKED ISLANDS52W254N33W25.000EHARD GALES AND SQUALLY00000003447
1763-04-05T16:0032.00-62.991356.7BERMUDASN35E19N5E49.000EBS, SEINDIFFERENTLY MODERATE00000003448
1763-04-06T16:0033.22-63.311546.7BERMUDASS42:37E22NBW3/4W67.00-4SE, SSEMODERATESOME RAIN01000003449
1763-04-07T16:0033.48-64.011922.6CROOKED ISLANDS39:10W298N64W41.00-4S, SE, NNESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLYGREAT SWELL FROM NE00000003450
1763-04-08T16:0033.58-64.64196.7CROOKED ISLANDS41:56W301W6N17.00-4NEBN, NNEFIRST PART FRESH GALES, LATTER MORE MODERATESOME RAINHAZY01000003451
1763-04-09T16:0034.00-61.973106.7BERMUDASS7E44N76E133.00-5NNE, NBE, NWMODERATECLOUDY00000003452
1763-04-10T16:0034.48-60.49186.7BERMUDASS26:53W46N73E77.00-5NW, NBE, NNEMODERATECLOUDY00000003453
1763-04-11T16:0036.62-57.6915319.0BERMUDASS44:6W117N47E188.00-5NBE, CALM, SSEFIRST PART MODERATE, LATTER FRESH GAESRAIN01000003454
1763-04-12T16:0038.33-53.7121519.0BERMUDASS44:56W175N63S (!)230.00-10SEBS, SWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY UNCERTAIN WEATHERUNCERTAIN00000003455
1763-04-13T15:0038.22-50.3424822.6LIZARDN70:4E696E1/2S160.00-11SW, WBSSTRONG GALESSOME RAIN01000003456
1763-04-14T15:0038.80-48.723386.7LIZARDN70:55E664N68E92.00-11W, NW, NBWMORE MODERATE WEATHER00000003457
1763-04-15T15:0039.55-45.19236LIZARDN69:2E601N79E184.00-12NW, WSWSQUALLY UNCERTAIN WETAHERUNCERTAINRAIN01000003458
1763-04-16T15:0040.72-42.9423619.0LIZARDN70:13E536N68E216.00-12WSWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY00000003459
1763-04-17T15:0042.18-40.6721319.0LIZARDN72:4E506N55E136.00-12WBN, SWFRESH GALESUNCERTAIN WEATHERRAIN01000003460
1763-04-18T14:0043.18-37.1934319.0LIZARDN72E456ENE170.00-17NW, NMAJOR PART FRESH GALES00000003461
1763-04-19T14:0043.58-33.572536.7LIZARDN71E411N81E156.00-17NNW, S, WMODERATE WITH FREQUENT SQUALLSCLOUDY00000003462
1763-04-20T14:0044.33-30.4925319.0LIZARDN71:41E366N71E130.00-17NNW, SWBW, WFRESH GALESLIGHTNINGSMALL RAIN01001003463
1763-04-21T14:0045.65-27.39263LIZARDN74:50E309N64E180.00-18W, WBNUNCERTAIN00000003464
1763-04-22T14:0046.75-24.362302.6LIZARDN75E260N60E140.00-18WBS, WSWFIRST PART STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, MIDDLE AND LATTER LITTLE WINDS00000003465
1763-04-23T13:0048.00-20.86261LIZARDN78:54E210N61E160.00-20WBNSQUALLYUNCERTAINRAIN01000003466
1763-04-24T13:0049.00-15.86228LIZARDN82:70E156N65E140.00-20WSWSQUALLYUNCERTAINRAIN01000003467
1763-04-25T13:0049.50-14.522286.7LIZARDN86E126N71E96.00-20WSWMODERATE00000003468
1763-04-26T13:0049.33-13.192616.7LIZARDN82E96S79E90.00-20SW, SWBW, WBNMODERATEDRIZZLING RAINCLOUDY01000003469
1763-04-27T13:0049.33-10.192959.3LIZARDN78E64E100.00-20WNW, NWFRESH BREEZES AND MODERATECLOUDY00000003470
1763-04-28T12:0049.40-6.8634119.0LIZARDN26E26N87E120.00-19NW, NMAJOR PART FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYDRIZZLING RAIN01000003471
1763-04-29T12:0047.48-4.1931919.0LIZARDNN89E137.00-19NW, NBW, NNWFRESH GALES, UNCERTAIN SQUALLY WEATHER00000003472