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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 ALBEMARLE cruise from Cork to St. Johns started at 1782-04-27 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747279, 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: 49.843571 * Median Longitude: -26.150000 * South-bound Latitude: 48.250000 * West-bound Longitude: -33.030000 * North-bound Latitude: 51.400000 * East-bound Longitude: -11.050000
Date/Time Start: 1782-04-27T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1782-05-10T14:00:00
Event(s):
Albemarle_17820427_NMM_ADM/L/A72 * Latitude Start: 50.630000 * Longitude Start: -10.420000 * Latitude End: 47.670000 * Longitude End: -52.270000 * Date/Time Start: 1782-04-27T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1782-05-10T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Albemarle, Voyage: Cork - St Johns, 1st Observer: Horatio Nelson (Captain), 2nd Observer: Martin Hintus (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy
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:
269 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)
1782-04-27T13:0051.40-11.05906.7SHELLEYW5S34W15.00-23SEBE, ESEMODERATEHAZY00000005848
1782-04-28T13:0051.23-14.931119.3CAPE CLEARS81E64N83W148.00-24SEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY00000005849
1782-04-29T13:0051.30-18.427722.6CAPE CLEARS82E103N84W128.00-24SSE, EBSSTRONG GALESHAZY00000005850
1782-04-30T13:0051.35-21.0011119.0CAPE CLEARE141S67W114.00-24SSE, SEFRESH GALESCLOUDY00000005851
1782-05-01T14:0050.47-24.231349.3CAPE CLEARN85E183S71W129.00-24SE, EBN, SSEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY00000005852
1782-05-02T14:0049.57-26.82552.6CAPE CLEARN82E220S62W113.00-24EBNFRESH BREEZES, AM LIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY00000005853
1782-05-03T14:0049.32-28.15556.7CAPE CLEARN81E238S75W54.00-24E, EBNPM FRESH BREEZES, AM MODERATEFAIR00000005854
1782-05-04T14:0049.15-29.42446.7CAPE CLEARN81E254S78:47W51.00-24SBW, SW, ENELIGHT AIRS INCLABLE TO CALM, AM MODERATECLOUDYRAIN01000005855
1782-05-05T14:0048.85-31.8016722.6CAPE CLEARN81E286S78:47W96.00-24SBWFRESH BREEZES THEN STRONG GALESCLOUDYGREAT SEAS00000005856
1782-05-06T14:0049.00-33.031799.3CAPE CLEARN81E301N80W50.00-24VARIABLE, WSW, SSWFRESH BREEZESRAINHAZY01000005857
1782-05-07T14:0049.38-32.1720119.0CAPE CLEARN82E290N51E44.00-24WSW, SWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYTHICK00100005858
1782-05-08T14:0049.57-31.633251.0CAPE CLEARN82E283N73E22.00-24WNW, NWBW, NW, NBWSTRONG GALES THEN LIGHT AIRSCLOUDY00000005859
1782-05-09T14:0048.97-31.3229119.0CAPE CLEARN81E278S19E38.00-24WNW, W, WBS, WSW, NW, VARIABLE, NWFRESH GALESCLOUDY00000005860
1782-05-10T14:0048.25-32.1324622.6CAPE CLEARN78E290S36W54.00-24WNW, NW, SBW, N, WFRESH BREEZES, 1 STRONG GALESHAZY00000005861