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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 ANTELOPE cruise from St. Johns to Spithead started at 1770-11-01 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747416, 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: 48.844286 * Median Longitude: -27.092143 * South-bound Latitude: 47.770000 * West-bound Longitude: -49.130000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.500000 * East-bound Longitude: -6.050000
Date/Time Start: 1770-11-01T15:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1770-11-14T12:00:00
Event(s):
Antelope_17701101_NMM_ADM/L/A143 * Latitude Start: 47.670000 * Longitude Start: -52.270000 * Latitude End: 50.680000 * Longitude End: -0.960000 * Date/Time Start: 1770-11-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1770-11-14T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Antelope (4th Rate Frigate), Voyage: St John'S Harbour Newfoundland - Spithead, 1st Observer: George Gayton (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 50G 853BM
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 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
265 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 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1770-11-01T15:0047.77-49.1333819.0ST JOHNSW1/2S49E1/2N148.00-22NFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY000100012381
1770-11-02T15:0048.03-45.532486.7ST JOHNSW1/2S98E1/2N146.00-22WFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATERAIN010000012382
1770-11-03T15:0048.25-42.252489.3ST JOHNSW1/2S135EBN113.00-22WFRESH BREEZESHAZY WEATHER000000012383
1770-11-04T15:0048.63-38.7522622.6ST JOHNSW3/4S190EBN166.00-22W, SW, SBE, SSW, SW, WSWFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER VIOLENT GALESMIDDLE AND LATTER RAIN010000012384
1770-11-05T14:0049.20-36.122936.7ST JOHNSW9S226EBN110.00-22W, NW, N, NWPM HARD GALES OF WIND. AM MORE MODERATEPM RAIN, AM HEAVY RAINAM A GREAT FOLLOWING SEA010000012385
1770-11-06T14:0049.13-31.97293ST JOHNSW1/2S257E1/4S94.00-22WNW, S, NWSQUALLY AND VERY VARIABLE WEATHERRAIN010000012386
1770-11-07T14:0048.70-29.77119.0ST JOHNSW1/2S284S72E83.00-22CALM, NE, EBN, NNEFRESH GALES, MIDDLE STRONG GALES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY000000012387
1770-11-08T14:0049.00-25.00158ST JOHNSW1/2S315EBN94.00-22NNW, W, SVARIABLE WEATHER000000012388
1770-11-09T13:0049.20-20.5327119.0LIZARDN86:30E251N86E192.00-22SSW, W, WNWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN010000012389
1770-11-10T13:0048.98-19.0027122.6LIZARDE1/2N190E4S180.00-22W, WNWSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN010000012390
1770-11-11T13:0049.00-15.47158LIZARDE1/2N162E67.00-22NBE, ENE, SE, SVARIABLE SQUALLY WEATHERHARD RAIN010000012391
1770-11-12T13:0049.10-11.7220319.0LIZARDE1/2N122E1/4N144.00-22SSW, SWFRESH GALESHAZY WEATHER000000012392
1770-11-13T13:0049.33-8.002039.3LIZARDN80E71E1/2N151.00-22SWFRESH BREEZESRAINHAZY WEATHER010000012393
1770-11-14T12:0049.50-6.051829.3LIZARDNNE12E4N149.00-21SW, S, SSWFRESH BREEZESRAINHAZY WEATHER010000012394