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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 AMSTERDAM cruise from Soerabaya to Algoa Baai started at 1817-11-06 [dataset]. Nationaal Archief of the Netherlands, Den Haag, Netherland, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747378, 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: -23.639750 * Median Longitude: 59.121250 * South-bound Latitude: -35.270000 * West-bound Longitude: 23.220000 * North-bound Latitude: -6.920000 * East-bound Longitude: 103.100000
Date/Time Start: 1817-11-06T05:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1817-12-15T10:00:00
Event(s):
Amsterdam_18171106_MAR_D23905_146 * Latitude Start: -6.710000 * Longitude Start: 112.800000 * Latitude End: -32.080000 * Longitude End: 16.100000 * Date/Time Start: 1817-11-06T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1817-12-15T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Amsterdam, Voyage: Soerabaya - Algoa Baai, 1st Observer: H. Hofmeijer (Ktz), Company: MAR
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
Image number/nameImage no/nameIdentification Number of the original image
LandmarkLandmarkName of first landmark
BearingBearingBearing of the first landmark
Distance to landmarkDistancearbitrary unitsDistance to the first landmark
10 LandmarkLandmarkName of second landmark
11 BearingBearingBearing of the second landmark
12 Distance to landmarkDistancearbitrary unitsDistance to the second landmark
13 WatchWatchName of the period of 4 hours which is known as a watch or duty on board ships
14 GlassesGlassesNumber of glasses within a watch; one watch equals 8 glasses
15 CommentCommentLife on board
16 CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
17 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
18 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.
19 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.
20 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
21 Present weatherwwWeather description
22 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
23 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
24 Cloud typeCloud type
25 ClearnessClearness
26 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
27 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
28 FogFog1 If fog was reported
29 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
30 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
31 HailHail1 If hail was reported
32 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
33 CommentComment
34 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
934 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...)

Image no/name
(Identification Number of the ...)

Landmark
(Name of first landmark)

Bearing
(Bearing of the first landmark)

Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance to the first landmark)
10 
Landmark
(Name of second landmark)
11 
Bearing
(Bearing of the second landmark)
12 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance to the second landmark)
13 
Watch
(Name of the period of 4 hours...)
14 
Glasses
(Number of glasses within a wa...)
15 
Comment
(Life on board)
16 
Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
17 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
18 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
19 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
20 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
21 
ww
(Weather description)
22 
Precip descr
23 
State sea descr
24 
Cloud type
25 
Clearness
26 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
27 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
28 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
29 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
30 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
31 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
32 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
33 
Comment
34 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
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1817-11-22T07:00-21.6770.181384.9MAR_D23905_146_0039RODRIGAS (GIS)WTN 1/2 N100VM8WZW46.25-8ZTO-ZOTZFRISSE BRAMZEILSKOELTEOVERDRIJVENDE LUCHT000000010897
1817-11-23T08:00-22.3767.481254.6MAR_D23905_146_0040RODRIGAS (GIS)WNW 1/2 N85BOURBON (GIS)W 1/2 N165VM8WTZ 1/4 Z42.50-10ZOBRAMZEILSKOELTEDRIJVENDE LUCHT000000010898
1817-11-24T08:00-23.0063.981224.9MAR_D23905_146_0040RODRIGAS (GIS)NTW80BOURBON (GIS)WTN137VM8WTZ47.75-13ZOFRISSE BRAMZEILSKOELTE000000010899
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1817-11-26T08:00-24.1357.221074.6MAR_D23905_146_0041BOURBON (GIS)NNW45FORT DAUPHIN (GIS)W 1/2 Z133VM8WTZ46.75-17ZO-ZOTOONGESTADIGE BRAMZEILSKOELTEBUIIGE LUCHTREGENBEWOLKTE LUCHT110000010901
1817-11-27T08:00-24.6554.67624.6MAR_D23905_146_0041BOURBON (GIS)NTO53FORT DAUPHIN (GIS)W 1/3 Z102VM8WTZ38.50-17OZO-OTNBRAMZEILSKOELTE EN MINDERE KOELTEBEWOLKTE LUCHTHELDERE LUCHT000000010902
1817-11-28T09:00-25.9852.1734.6MAR_D23905_146_0042FORT DAUPHIN (GIS)WTN W/N65VM8WZW 1/2 Z42.50-20NNOBRAMZEILSKOELTE EN MARSZEILSKOELTEBUIIGE LUCHTHEIIGE LUCHT100000010903
1817-11-29T09:00-26.0849.353184.6MAR_D23905_146_0042FORT DAUPHIN (GIS)NW W/N40CAAP ST MARIJ (GIS)WNW 1/3 W61VM8WZW 1/4 W40.75-20NTW-NNWBRAMZEILSKOELTE EN STILBUIIG MET DONDER EN WEERLICHTREGENOVERDRIJVENDE LUCHT110010010904
1817-11-30T09:00-27.6347.321106.7MAR_D23905_146_0043ST MARIJ (GIS)NW44NATAL, MIDDLE POINTS OF (GIS)WTZ 1/8 Z234VM8WZW 1/8 W32.50-25ZZO-ZOMARSZEILSKOELTEOVERDRIJVENDE LUCHTHEIIGE LUCHT000000010905
1817-12-01T09:00-28.8944.45434.6MAR_D23905_146_0043ST LUCIA POINTS (GIS)W164NATAL, MIDDLE POINTS OF (GIS)WTZ 1/8 W187VM8WZW48.00-25O-ONOBRAMZEILSKOELTE EN MARSZEILSKOELTEVOCHTIGE LUCHTBEWOLKTE LUCHT000000010906
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