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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 AMPHITRITE cruise from St. Kitts to Spithead started at 1801-06-21 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747355, 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: 39.047000 * Median Longitude: -44.240600 * South-bound Latitude: 19.420000 * West-bound Longitude: -65.570000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.800000 * East-bound Longitude: -4.500000
Date/Time Start: 1801-06-21T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1801-08-10T12:00:00
Event(s):
Amphitrite_18010621_NMM_ADM/L/A123 * Latitude Start: 19.820000 * Longitude Start: -62.950000 * Latitude End: 50.680000 * Longitude End: -0.960000 * Date/Time Start: 1801-06-21T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1801-08-10T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Amphitrite (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: St Kitts - Spithead, 1st Observer: John Harvey (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 28G 593BM
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:
942 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)
1801-06-21T16:0019.42-64.97819.3BERMUDAN6E244N15W65.002EBN, EBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000010141
1801-06-22T16:0020.97-64.9781BERMUDAN5E225N6W93.002ENE, EBNPM MODERATE BREEZES, AM SQUALLYPM CLEARRAIN010000010142
1801-06-23T16:0022.30-65.57926.7BERMUDAN6E198N5W82.002EMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000010143
1801-06-24T16:0023.65-65.37919.3BERMUDAN5E174N8E82.001EFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000010144
1801-06-25T16:0025.18-65.37916.7BERMUDAN7E141N92.001EMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000010145
1801-06-26T16:0026.53-65.23806.7BERMUDAN7:30E114N6E82.001EBNMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000010146
1801-06-27T16:0027.43-65.173621.0BERMUDAN8E96N4E54.001E, VARIABLELIGHT BREEZES, AM LIGHT AIRSCLEAR, AM CLOUDY000000010147
1801-06-28T16:0027.93-65.323622.6BERMUDAN11E87N17E31.00-2EBN, VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000010148
1801-06-29T16:0028.00-65.283622.6BERMUDAN11:30E85N23E5.00-2VARIABLECALM, AM LIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000010149
1801-06-30T16:0028.35-64.932911.0BERMUDAN6:30E77N45E30.00-2WNWLIGHT AIRSCLEAR000000010150
1801-07-01T16:0028.55-64.723620.0BERMUDAN3E73N48E18.00-2VARIABLELIGHT BREEZES, INCLINABLE TO CALM,000000010151
1801-07-02T16:0029.18-64.803621.0BERMUDAN3E60N3E38.00-2VARIABLELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY000000010152
1801-07-03T16:0029.60-64.353622.6BERMUDAN3:20W52N39E32.00-2VARIABLELIGHT AIRS, AM LIGHT BREEZESCLEAR, PM CLOUDY000000010153
1801-07-04T16:0030.47-63.981116.7BERMUDAN35W18N18E58.00-2ESEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000010154
1801-07-05T16:0031.43-63.501116.7BERMUDAN53W25N28E65.00-2ESEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR THEN CLOUDY000000010155
1801-07-06T16:0032.00-63.122461.0BERMUDAN81E28N33E38.00-2WSWLIGHT AIRSCLEAR THEN CLOUDY000010010156
1801-07-07T16:0032.57-62.521531.0BERMUDAS79W41N45E48.00-5SSEPM LIGHT AIRS, AM LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMCLOUDY000000010157
1801-07-08T16:0033.68-61.321959.3CORVON76E616N42E90.00-8SSWPM LIGHT AIRS, AM FRESH BREEZESCLOUDYRAIN010000010158
1801-07-09T16:0035.05-59.771729.3CORVON78:30E508N40E107.00-8SPM FRESH BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYCLOUDYSMALL RAIN010000010159
1801-07-10T16:0036.15-58.1721712.3CORVON81E450N50E9.00-8SWSTRONG BREEZESCLOUDY000000010160
1801-07-11T16:0036.03-57.15136.7CORVON80E431S82E2.00-10SW, S, NNEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000010161
1801-07-12T16:0036.50-56.653621.0CORVON80:30E420N46E30.00-10VARIABLEPM CALM, AM LIGHT AIRSCLEAR000000010162
1801-07-13T16:0037.47-55.351142.6CORVON83:30E402N42E28.00-10SSW, SEBELIGHT WINDSCLOUDY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation10163
1801-07-14T16:0038.45-54.322349.3CORVON87E348N44E27.00-14WSWPM MODERATE BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000010164
1801-07-15T16:0039.80-52.75211CORVOE316N45E48.00-14SWPM FRESH BREEZES, AM SQUALLYCLOUDY000000010165
1801-07-16T15:0040.83-50.8320919.0CORVOS79E330N54E50.00-16SWPM FRESH BREEZES, AM FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY000000010166
1801-07-17T15:0041.40-50.023621.0CORVOS83:30E325N46E24.00-16VARIABLEPM LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALM000000010167
1801-07-18T15:0042.38-48.931876.7CORVOS79E280N50E93.00-16SSWMODERATE BREEZESHAZY000000010168
1801-07-19T15:0044.00-47.031816.7CORVOS70E250N42E131.00-22SSWMODERATE BREEZESHAZY000000010169
1801-07-20T15:0045.24-44.701819.3CORVOS63E240N52E119.00-22SSWFRESH BREEZESHAZY000000010170
1801-07-21T15:0045.94-42.721586.7CORVOS57E226N62E88.00-22SMODERATE, NOON MODERATE BREEZESTHICK FOG001000010171
1801-07-22T15:0046.98-40.791352.6CORVOS49E216N53E101.00-23SSELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000010172
1801-07-23T15:0047.83-38.101519.3CAPE CLEARN79:30E365N64E103.00-29SPM MODERATE BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZESHAZY000000010173
1801-07-24T14:0048.60-35.701512.6CORVON79:30E396N65E120.00-29SPM MODERATE BREEZES, AM LIGHT BREEZESPM HAZY, AM CLEAR000000010174
1801-07-25T14:0049.24-32.2428622.6CAPE CLEARN82E303N74E135.00-29WBN, NWSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY000000010175
1801-07-26T14:0049.52-30.0433122.6CAPE CLEARN82E273N78E82.00-29NW, NSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY000000010176
1801-07-27T14:0049.73-26.5428722.6CAPE CLEARN82E234N83E130.00-28WBS, NWSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY000000010177
1801-07-28T14:0049.35-23.0632112.3CAPE CLEARN78E193S79E133.00-28NW, NBWSTRONG BREEZES000000010178
1801-07-29T13:0049.20-20.40176.7LIZARD POINTN85E220S84E99.00-28NBE, NEMODERATEHAZY000000010179
1801-07-30T13:0049.55-19.07172.6LIZARD POINTN82E203S52E58.00-28NBE, NELIGHT WINDS000000010180
1801-07-31T13:0049.44-17.303222.6LIZARD POINTN83E178N73E68.00-27NBWLIGHT WINDS0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation10181
1801-08-01T13:0049.32-15.5272.6LIZARD POINTN82:30E151N73E64.00-27NEBNLIGHT WINDS000000010182
1801-08-02T13:0049.68-14.263332.6LIZARD POINTN85:30E142N62E47.00-27NLIGHT WINDS000000010183
1801-08-03T13:0049.70-12.95182.6LIZARD POINTN85E131E48.00-27N, NELIGHT WINDS000000010184
1801-08-04T13:0049.55-11.33196.7LIZARD POINTN82E114S76E58.00-26NEMODERATECLEAR0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation10185
1801-08-05T13:0049.40-9.723452.6LIZARD POINTN79E95S87E58.00-26NEBE, NBELIGHT BREEZES000000010186
1801-08-06T13:0049.44-8.06252.6LIZARD POINTN77E76N89E59.00-26NNE, NE1/2ELIGHT BREEZES000000010187
1801-08-08T13:0049.76-7.54252.6LIZARD POINTN88:30E68N87W83.00-26NE1/2ELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000010188
1801-08-09T12:0049.78-6.03652.6LIZARD POINTN78E53E60.00-25NBE1/2E, ELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000010189
1801-08-10T12:0049.80-4.503622.6STARTN74E221E61.00-25VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000010190