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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 AMAZON cruise from Barbados to Gibraltar started at 1805-06-14 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747327, 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: 33.522121 * Median Longitude: -38.430000 * South-bound Latitude: 19.650000 * West-bound Longitude: -62.070000 * North-bound Latitude: 38.170000 * East-bound Longitude: -10.120000
Date/Time Start: 1805-06-14T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1805-07-16T13:00:00
Event(s):
Amazon_18050614_NMM_ADM/L/A106 * Latitude Start: 14.850000 * Longitude Start: -59.680000 * Latitude End: 35.970000 * Longitude End: -5.550000 * Date/Time Start: 1805-06-14T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1805-07-16T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Amazon (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Barbados - Gibraltar, 1st Observer: William Parker (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 1038BM
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 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 CommentComment
24 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
586 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 
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 
Comment
24 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1805-06-14T16:0019.65-62.07806.7BARBUDAS5W41N5W122.001EBNFRESH BREEZES, AT NOON MODERATEFINE00000008367
1805-06-15T16:0022.03-62.07806.7BERMUDAN3W207N143.001EBNFRESH BREEZES, AT NOON MODERATEAT NOON CLOUDY00000008368
1805-06-16T16:0024.30-61.53786.7BERMUDAN8W163NNE139.00-1EBNMODERATE BREEZESAT NOON CLOUDY00000008369
1805-06-17T16:0025.52-60.681236.7BERMUDAN15W138N32E85.00-1SEBEMODERATE BREEZES, AT NOON MODERATEFINE, AT NOON CLOUDY00000008370
1805-06-18T16:0026.83-59.301126.7BERMUDAN29W122N41E115.00-1ESEMODERATECLOUDY, AT NOON FINE00000008371
1805-06-19T16:0028.22-58.031316.7CORVON63W504N42E101.00-4SEMODERATEHAZY, AT NOON CLOUDY00000008372
1805-06-20T16:0029.00-56.001746.7CORVON63E465N66E117.00-6ESE, SFRESH BREEZES, AT NOON MODERATECLOUDY, AT NOON FINE00000008373
1805-06-21T16:0029.63-54.561856.7CORVON62E428N71E118.00-6SBWMODERATECLOUDY00000008374
1805-06-22T16:0029.63-53.12396.7CORVON61E395N71E118.00-6W, SWBW, NELIGHT BREEZES, AT NOON MODERATEAT NOON FINE00000008375
1805-06-23T15:0030.72-51.871272.6CORVON62W383N21E37.00-8VARIABLE, W, SELIGHT WINDSFINE WEATHER00000008376
1805-06-24T15:0031.98-51.38602.6CORVON66E380N20E81.00-8ENELIGHT BREEZESHAZY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation8377
1805-06-25T15:0033.33-50.633269.3CORVON68E340N48E21.00-12W, NNWLIGHT BREEZES, AT NOON FRESH BREEZES00000008378
1805-06-26T15:0034.32-47.803262.6CORVON68W289N67E153.00-12NNWLIGHT BREEZESFINE WEATHER00000008379
1805-06-27T15:0035.18-44.181666.7CORVON67E231N72E184.00-14WSW, SMODERATEFINE00000008380
1805-06-28T15:0036.00-40.121429.3CORVON63E160N76E205.00-16SSEFRESH BREEZESFINE00000008381
1805-06-29T14:0036.10-37.321749.3CORVON54E123N87E136.00-17SSW, SBWFRESH BREEZESFINE WEATHER00000008382
1805-06-30T14:0036.40-36.101862.6CORVON50W104N73E42.00-17SW, SBE, SSWLIGHT BREEZESFINE00000008383
1805-07-01T14:0037.08-35.253622.6CORVON51E84N45E58.00-17VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESFINE00000008384
1805-07-02T14:0037.37-33.973622.6CORVON55E66N75E64.00-17S, VARIABLELIGHT WINDSFINE00000008385
1805-07-03T14:0037.48-32.523621.0-17SW, VARIABLELIGHT AIRS INCLINING TO CALM00000008386
1805-07-04T14:0037.60-31.08236.7-22W, NNW, NEMODERATEFINE00000008387
1805-07-05T14:0037.71-29.64686.7-22NE, EMODERATE BREEZESFINE00000008388
1805-07-06T14:0037.82-28.203626.7-22E, VARIABLEMODERATEFINE00000008389
1805-07-07T14:0037.94-26.751132.6-22E, VARIABLE, SELIGHT WINDSCLOUDY00000008390
1805-07-08T14:0038.05-25.313622.6-22VARIABLELIGHT WINDSFINE00000008391
1805-07-09T14:0038.17-23.873382.6-22VARIABLE, NLIGHT WINDSPLEASANT WEATHER00000008392
1805-07-10T13:0037.56-22.433600.1-23N, VARIABLE, NNELIGHT BREEZES, AT NOON NEARLY CALMCLOUDY00000008393
1805-07-11T13:0036.95-20.983626.7CAPE ST VINCENTN89E191S64E120.00-21NEBE, VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY00000008394
1805-07-12T13:0036.32-19.3836212.3CAPE ST VINCENTN85E165S64W85.00-21NE, VARIABLESTRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAIN AT TIMES01000008395
1805-07-13T13:0036.50-17.50356.7CAPE ST VINCENTN86E135N83E91.00-21NEBEMODERATEFINE00000008396
1805-07-14T13:0036.75-13.583509.3CAPE ST VINCENTN86E72N85E187.00-21NBEFRESH BREEZESFINE00000008397
1805-07-15T13:0037.02-10.853391.0CAPE ST VINCENTE31N83E130.00-21NFRESH BREEZES, AT NOON LIGHT AIRSFINE00000008398
1805-07-16T13:0037.07-10.123390.0CAPE ST VINCENTE17E38.00-21NCALMCLEAR00000008399