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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 Lisbon to Plymouth started at 1777-04-27 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747289, 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: 45.550556 * Median Longitude: -10.613889 * South-bound Latitude: 39.630000 * West-bound Longitude: -15.800000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.420000 * East-bound Longitude: -5.700000
Date/Time Start: 1776-04-27T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1776-05-15T12:00:00
Event(s):
Alborough_17770427_NMM_ADM/L/A82 * Latitude Start: 38.530000 * Longitude Start: -9.740000 * Latitude End: 50.299000 * Longitude End: -4.150000 * Date/Time Start: 1776-04-27T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1776-05-15T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Alborough (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Lisbon - Plymouth, 1st Observer: James Hawker (Captain), 2nd Observer: William Bennet (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:
343 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)
1776-04-27T13:0039.63-10.823291.0ROCK OF LISBONS49E27N52W37.00-20SSW, NBE, NBWLIGHT AIRSCLEAR00000006019
1776-04-28T13:0040.25-12.27489.3ROCK OF LISBON49N57W72.00-20NE, NBE, ENEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS LIGHT AIRS, LATTER FRESH BREEZESCLEAR00000006020
1776-04-29T13:0041.40-13.45609.3CAPE FINISTERREN74E59N27W81.00-19ENE, NEBE, EBNFRESH BREEZESHAZY00000006021
1776-04-30T13:0042.67-14.54479.3CAPE FINISTERREN81E72N31W86.00-21EBN, EBN, ENEFRESH BREEZESFIRST AND LATTER PARTS FAIR, MIDDLE CLOUDY00000006022
1776-05-01T13:0043.67-15.39479.3CAPE FINISTERRES84E84N28W68.00-21ENE, NEBE, ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY00000006023
1776-05-02T13:0043.80-15.80356.7CAPE FINISTERRES82E88N54W16.00-21EBN, NEBE, ENE, NEBEMODERATECLEAR00000006024
1776-05-03T13:0044.27-13.963506.7CAPE FINISTERRES69E61N74E88.00-21NEBN, NBW, NBEMODERATECLEAR00000006025
1776-05-04T13:0044.82-12.203399.3USHANTN52E117N67E86.00-21NBW, NBE, NFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZESMIDDLE AND LATTER RAINCLOUDY01000006026
1776-05-06T13:0046.40-11.2335026.8LIZARDN35E87N72E50.00-21NNW, NBEHARD GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN01000006027
1776-05-07T13:0046.50-9.423506.7LIZARDN42E93N84W80.00-21NNE, NEBN, NBEFIRST PART FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, MIDDLE MORE MODERATE, LATTER MODERATELATTER FAIR00000006028
1776-05-08T13:0047.00-8.533509.3USHANTN63E73N57E50.00-21NBE, NNW, NBW, NBEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZESMIDDLE AND LATTER RAINFIRST PART FAIR01000006029
1776-05-09T13:0047.48-9.0629.3USHANTN64E48N68E78.00-21NBW, NBE, NNEFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYFIRST PART FAIR00000006030
1776-05-10T13:0048.47-7.7522LIZARDN50E44N33E25.00-23NBE, ENE, NEFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER SQUALLYMIDDLE AND LATTER RAINFIRST PART FAIR01000006031
1776-05-11T13:0048.17-8.39330.0SCILLYN23E38N63W21.00-23NE, NNE, NEBEFIRST PART LIGHT AIRS, LATTER CALMFIRST PART FAIR00000006032
1776-05-12T13:0048.33-7.972701.0LIZARDN36E39N33E25.00-23W, WNWFIRST PART CALM, MIDDLE AND LATTER LIGHT AIRSFIRST PART CLEAR, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY00000006033
1776-05-13T13:0048.88-8.15781.0SCILLYN27E21N37E30.00-23WNW, ENE, EBSFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE CALM, LATTER LIGHT AIRSFIRST AND LATTER PARTS FAIR00000006034
1776-05-14T12:0048.75-6.42469.3LIZARDN28E28S88W55.00-22NEBE, ENEFIRST PART LIGHT AIRS, MIDDLE MODERATE, LATTER FRESH BREEZESCLEAR00000006035
1776-05-15T12:0049.42-5.70126.7LIZARDN45E18N53E55.00-22NEBE, NNE, NEBNFIRST AND LATTERPARTS MODERATE, MIDDLE FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY00000006036