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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 St. Jago to England started at 1806-04-06 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747330, 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: 37.451389 * Median Longitude: -25.858611 * South-bound Latitude: 14.800000 * West-bound Longitude: -33.030000 * North-bound Latitude: 48.870000 * East-bound Longitude: -8.930000
Date/Time Start: 1806-04-06T14:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1806-05-12T00:00:00
Event(s):
Amazon_18060406_NMM_ADM/L/A106 * Latitude Start: 14.080000 * Longitude Start: -22.490000 * Latitude End: 51.530000 * Longitude End: 1.920000 * Date/Time Start: 1806-04-06T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1806-05-12T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Amazon (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: St Jago - England, 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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
10 CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
11 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
12 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.
13 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.
14 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
15 Present weatherwwWeather description
16 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
17 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
18 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
19 FogFog1 If fog was reported
20 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
21 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
22 HailHail1 If hail was reported
23 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
24 CommentComment
25 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
694 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)

-
(1 If position is considered t...)
10 
Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
11 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
12 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
13 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
14 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
15 
ww
(Weather description)
16 
Precip descr
17 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
18 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
19 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
20 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
21 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
22 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
23 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
24 
Comment
25 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1806-04-06T14:0014.80-25.32546.7BRAVAN84E13S84W40.00-14NEBEMODERATECLOUDY00000008442
1806-04-07T14:0015.62-26.75546.7BRAVAS66E64N55W96.00-14ENEMODERATECLOUDY00000008443
1806-04-08T14:0017.03-28.30579.3CORVON4W478N48W114.00-11NEBEFRESH BREEZESFINE WEATHER00000008444
1806-04-09T14:0018.62-30.12439.3CORVON2W418N49W130.00-13ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY00000008445
1806-04-10T14:0020.60-31.22779.3CORVON382N28W114.00-13ENEFRESH BREEZESFINE WEATHER00000008446
1806-04-11T14:0020.60-32.22106.7CORVON346N28W114.00-13ENE, SE, EMODERATECLOUDY00000008447
1806-04-12T14:0024.15-32.42756.7CORVON4E315N9W113.00-15EMODERATECLOUDY00000008448
1806-04-13T14:0026.07-33.03676.7CORVONBE286N16W109.00-12EBNMODERATEFINE00000008449
1806-04-14T14:0027.63-33.00756.7CORVON7E243N1E98.00-15EMODERATECLOUDY00000008450
1806-04-15T14:0029.67-32.77989.3CORVON8E203N6E120.00-15SEFRESH BREEZES00000008451
1806-04-16T14:0032.00-31.951186.7CORVON6E153N!7E135.00-17VARIABLE, SE, SSEMODERATEFINE00000008452
1806-04-17T14:0034.63-30.731276.7CORVON3W101N21E178.00-19SE, SSE, SBEMODERATEFINE00000008453
1806-04-18T14:0036.05-29.251396.7ST MARYSN77E84N40E108.00-19SMODERATEFINE WEATHER00000008454
1806-04-19T14:0036.05-27.901399.3ST MARYSE56N40E86.00-19S, SBEFRESH BREEZESFINE WEATHER00000008455
1806-04-20T14:0038.85-28.672269.3CORVON80W17N40E119.00-22NEFRESH BREEZESFINE WEATHER00000008456
1806-04-21T14:0039.85-32.283629.3FLORESS74E18N74W53.00-22SSWFRESH BREEZESFINE WEATHER00000008457
1806-04-22T14:0041.97-32.723629.3CORVOS61E59N9W127.00-21WSW, NWBW, WBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY00000008458
1806-04-23T14:0042.77-32.5715526.8CORVOS31E71N20W63.00-25WNW, VARIABLE, SFRESH BREEZES, AT 12 HARD GALESCLOUDY00000008459
1806-04-24T14:0043.65-30.772239.3CAPE FINISTERES87E317N50E102.00-25SWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY00000008460
1806-04-25T14:0043.40-29.90656.7CAPE FINISTERES88E303S70E46.00-25SW, SBE, SWBS, SWBWMODERATECLOUDY00000008461
1806-04-26T14:0043.17-30.18996.7CAPE FINISTEREE304S46W22.00-25SEMODERATE, PM FRESH BREEZESFINE00000008462
1806-04-27T14:0044.42-29.72439.3CAPE FINISTERES84E164N15E79.00-25VARIABLE, SEBE, SEBSFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY00000008463
1806-04-28T14:0045.48-29.389912.3LIZARDN75E356N15E79.00-25SSE, SSTRONG BREEZE AND SQUALLY, PM STRONG BREEZES00000008464
1806-04-29T14:0046.05-28.221559.3LIZARDN76E325N63E79.00-25SFRESH BREEZESRAIN01000008465
1806-04-30T14:0046.43-26.381666.7LIZARDN76E291N78E98.00-25WSW, SWMODERATEFINE WEATHER00000008466
1806-05-01T14:0046.63-24.423359.3LIZARDN75E262N81E78.00-25NW, NNW, EBNFRESH BREEZES00000008467
1806-05-02T13:0046.88-21.8334619.0LIZARDN73E228S70E62.00-25NFRESH GALES00000008468
1806-05-03T13:0046.33-20.8333512.3LIZARDN73E245S78E82.00-25NBE, VARIABLE, NESTRONG BREEZES0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation8469
1806-05-04T13:0046.55-18.303586.7LIZARDN68E182S73E80.00-25NMODERATECLOUDY00000008470
1806-05-05T13:0045.95-16.123016.7LIZARDN61E164S76E109.00-25E, NE, NNEMODERATECLOUDY00000008471
1806-05-06T13:0046.12-16.402000.0LIZARDN62E167N53W19.00-25SWCALMFINE00000008472
1806-05-07T13:0047.08-14.533359.3LIZARDN65E133N58E107.00-25SW, NEFRESH BREEZES00000008473
1806-05-08T13:0047.62-12.201766.7LIZARDN65E127N67E82.00-27VARIABLE, SMODERATECLOUDY00000008474
1806-05-09T13:0048.13-11.502436.7LIZARDN66E90N22E34.00-27S, NWMODERATEFINE0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation8475
1806-05-10T13:0048.53-10.083446.7LIZARDN66E69N67E62.00-27NW, NEBEMODERATECLOUDY00000008476
1806-05-11T13:0048.87-8.933119.3LIZARDN66E53N66E50.00-27SE, SSEFRESH BREEZES, PM LIGHT WINDS00000008477
1806-05-12T00:001136.7LANDS ENDNNW1SBE, SEMODERATECLOUDY00000008478