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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 ANDROMACHE cruise from St. Kitts to Halifax started at 1795-07-25 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747389, 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: 31.155294 * Median Longitude: -67.141765 * South-bound Latitude: 19.820000 * West-bound Longitude: -69.330000 * North-bound Latitude: 43.600000 * East-bound Longitude: -62.950000
Date/Time Start: 1795-07-25T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1795-08-10T16:00:00
Event(s):
Andromache_17950725_NMM_ADM/L/A264 * Latitude Start: 19.820000 * Longitude Start: -62.950000 * Latitude End: 43.400000 * Longitude End: -63.030000 * Date/Time Start: 1795-07-25T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1795-08-10T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Andromache (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: St Kitts - Halifax, 1st Observer: Charles Mansfield (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 32G 677BM
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 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
17 ClearnessClearness
18 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
19 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
20 FogFog1 If fog was reported
21 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
22 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
23 HailHail1 If hail was reported
24 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
25 CommentComment
26 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
324 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 
State sea descr
17 
Clearness
18 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
19 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
20 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
21 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
22 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
23 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
24 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
25 
Comment
26 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1795-07-25T16:0019.82-62.95719.3BERMUDAN2W259N7W118.003ENEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000011417
1795-07-26T16:0021.90-64.10489.3BERMUDAN2:30W218N27W144.003NEFRESH BREEZESHAZY000000011418
1795-07-27T16:0023.38-65.62469.3BERMUDANBE191N47W121.001NEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000011419
1795-07-28T16:0024.65-67.12466.7BERMUDAN22E174N47W114.001NEMODERATECLOUDY000000011420
1795-07-29T17:0025.42-69.10139.3BERMUDAN34E176N67W117.002NBEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYHEAVY SEA FROM ENE000000011421
1795-07-30T17:0025.27-69.3326.7BERMUDAN35E179S54W16.002S, NSTRONG GALES WITH SQUALLS, HEAVY GALES WITH SQUALLS, GALE STILL INCREASING. 11PM BLEW A PERFECT HURRICANE, 12 QUITE CALM, 1/2 PAST 12 WIND FRESHENED & BLEW WITH GREAT VIOLENCE FROM ALL POINTS OF THE COMPASS. 1AM SEVERE HURRICANE. 8AM MODERATE8PM RAIN, 1AM INCESSANT HARD RAIN12AM VERY HEAVY SEA FROM NW010000011422
1795-07-31T17:0026.97-69.251379.3ISLE OF SABLEN23E373N2E103.002SEFRESH GALES, FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000011423
1795-08-01T17:0028.53-68.881356.7CAPE SABLEN26E343N11E100.000SEMODERATECLOUDY000000011424
1795-08-02T17:0030.03-68.781352.6CAPE SABLEN10E272N3E90.000SELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000011425
1795-08-03T17:0031.13-68.681692.6CAPE SABLEN10E250N4E67.000SBELIGHT BREEZESHAZY000000011426
1795-08-04T17:0032.33-68.602032.6CAPE SABLEN12E228N3E73.000SSWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000011427
1795-08-05T17:0034.60-68.302676.7CAPE SABLEN14E183NBE137.00-3WMODERATECLOUDY000000011428
1795-08-06T17:0037.08-67.652789.3CAPE SABLEN14E132N12E153.00-3WBS, WBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000011429
1795-08-07T16:0040.08-66.422959.3CAPE SABLEN11E69N18E190.00-9NWBWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000011430
1795-08-08T16:0042.25-65.982396.7CAPE SABLEN17E25N9E132.00-9WSWMODERATEHAZY000000011431
1795-08-09T16:0042.60-65.432441.0CAPE SABLEN5W17N45E35.00-15WBSLIGHT AIRS001000011432
1795-08-10T16:0043.60-65.222102.6CAPE SABLES42W7N7E66.00-15SWLIGHT BREEZESHAZY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation11433