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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 ALBOROUGH cruise from St. Johns to Lisbon started at 1773-10-25 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747283, 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: 41.440000 * Median Longitude: -29.738125 * South-bound Latitude: 38.000000 * West-bound Longitude: -49.520000 * North-bound Latitude: 47.250000 * East-bound Longitude: -10.620000
Date/Time Start: 1773-10-25T15:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1773-11-10T13:00:00
Event(s):
Alborough_17731025_NMM_ADM/L/A82 * Latitude Start: 47.670000 * Longitude Start: -52.270000 * Latitude End: 38.530000 * Longitude End: -9.740000 * Date/Time Start: 1773-10-25T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1773-11-10T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Alborough (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: St Johns, Newfoundland - Lisbon, 1st Observer: James Hawker (Captain), 2nd Observer: Whitham Newton (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 20G 433BM
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 ClearnessClearness
16 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
17 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
18 FogFog1 If fog was reported
19 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
20 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
21 HailHail1 If hail was reported
22 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
23 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
304 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 
Clearness
16 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
17 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
18 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
19 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
20 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
21 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
22 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
23 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1773-10-25T15:0047.25-49.5223119.0CAPE SPEARN77W43S77E130.00-17SWBS, SW, SWBW, WSWFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MIDDLE STRONG GALES, LATTER FRESH GALESFIRST PART RAINLATTER HAZY01000005924
1773-10-26T15:0045.93-46.993206.7CAPE SPEARN65:57W85S54E126.00-18WSW, NW, NNWFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST PART HAZY, MIDDLE AND LATTER FAIR00000005925
1773-10-27T15:0044.88-44.352306.7CAPE SPEARNWW3/4W128S61E130.00-18NNW, W, WSWMODERATEFAIR00000005926
1773-10-28T15:0043.80-41.353206.7CAPE SPEARN63:04W175SEBE1/2E140.00-18SWBW, NW, NNW, N, NNWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH GALES, LATTER MODERATECLOUDY00000005927
1773-10-29T15:0043.38-39.8714019.0CAPE SPEARNWBW1/4W197EBS1/2S68.00-18NNW, NE, ENE, EBS, SSEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS LITTLE WIND, LATTER FRESH GALESCLOUDY00000005928
1773-10-30T14:0042.67-36.972306.7CAPE SPEARN65:39W242S69E134.00-19SSE, SEBS, SSE, SBW, SW, WSWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH GALES, LATTER MODERATEHAZY00000005929
1773-10-31T14:0041.63-33.842109.3CAPE SPEARN65:43W294ESE155.00-15WSW, SW, SWBW, SWFRESH BREEZESRAINHAZY01000005930
1773-11-01T14:0040.63-30.8418719.0CAPE SPEARN66W346ESE144.00-16SW, SWBS, SW, SSWFRESH GALESHAZY00000005931
1773-11-02T14:0040.25-27.1726419.0CAPE SPEARWNW400E3/4S178.00-17SSW, WBN, WNW, WBS, WBNFRESH GALESHAZY00000005932
1773-11-03T14:0040.25-23.626CAPE SPEARWBN3/4N453E166.00-17NW, NNW, NBW, NNESQUALLYRAIN01000005933
1773-11-04T13:0039.45-21.7561CAPE SPEARWBN3/4N485S60E98.00-18NEBN, NE, ENE, EBNSQUALLYRAIN01000005934
1773-11-05T13:0038.00-21.44726.7CAPE SPEARWNW501SBE78.00-18E, EBN, ENE, EMODERATECLOUDY00000005935
1773-11-07T13:0038.25-18.67297CAPE SPEARWBN3/4N540EBN1/2E96.00-18NE, NEBN, NNE, NWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS LIGHT AIRS, LATTER SQUALLYLATTER RAINFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FAIR01000005936
1773-11-08T13:0038.67-16.072746.7CAPE SPEARN71:47W576EBN126.00-19N, NBE, NNE, NW, WNWFIRST PART SQUALLY, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEMIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY00000005937
1773-11-09T13:0039.00-12.743416.7CAPE SPEARW3/4N610N83E160.00-19WBN, NW, NFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS RAINLATTER FAIR01000005938
1773-11-10T13:0039.00-10.62330CAPE SPEARWBN1/2N656E99.00-19N, NNE, NBWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS MODERATE, LATTER SQUALLYFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FAIR00000005939