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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 AQUILON cruise from St. Catherines Port to Plymouth started at 1765-10-27 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747442, 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: 41.876071 * Median Longitude: -13.736071 * South-bound Latitude: 36.300000 * West-bound Longitude: -18.080000 * North-bound Latitude: 50.370000 * East-bound Longitude: -7.550000
Date/Time Start: 1765-10-27T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1765-11-24T13:00:00
Event(s):
Aquilon_17651027_NMM_ADM/L/A155 * Latitude Start: -26.770000 * Longitude Start: -46.280000 * Latitude End: 50.299000 * Longitude End: -4.150000 * Date/Time Start: 1765-10-27T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1765-11-24T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Aquilon (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: St Catherine'S Port - Plymouth, 1st Observer: Philip Perceval (?) (Captain), 2nd Observer: Robert Kerr (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 28G 586BM
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 ClearnessClearness
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 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
532 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 
Clearness
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 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1765-10-27T00:0036.67686.7CAPE ST MARIANBW7NNE, ENEMODERATEFAIR000000014942
1765-10-28T13:0036.30-7.55281.0CAPE ST MARIAN46E20S71W60.00-17NNE, NELIGHT AIRSFAIR000000014943
1765-10-29T13:0036.47-9.522819.0CAPE ST VINCENTN79E43N84W96.00-17NEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY000000014944
1765-10-30T13:0036.80-11.17619.0CAPE ST VINCENTN87E68N76W82.00-17NNEFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000014945
1765-10-31T13:0037.53-12.83519.0CAPE ST VINCENTS84E99N61W91.00-18NNEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN010000014946
1765-11-01T13:0038.07-14.3556.7CAPE ST VINCENTS80E121N65W75.00-18NE, NNEMODERATECLOUDY000000014947
1765-11-02T13:0038.07-15.073311.0CAPE ST VINCENTS80E132W34.00-18NBE, NBWLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY000000014948
1765-11-03T13:0038.93-15.123201.0CAPE ST VINCENTN2W53.00-18NNWLIGHT AIRSFAIR000000014949
1765-11-04T13:0039.28-14.983421.0CAPE FINISTERREN55E137N16E23.00-18ENE, NBW, NLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY000000014950
1765-11-05T13:0039.08-14.50526.8CAPE FINISTERREN52E134S61E26.00-18NBE, NNEHARD GALES000000014951
1765-11-06T13:0038.97-15.33522.6CAPE FINISTERREN54E145S80W40.00-18NNESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY000000014952
1765-11-07T13:0039.42-15.78519.0CAPE FINISTERREN59E146N37W35.00-18NNEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY000000014953
1765-11-08T13:0039.33-15.6534219.0CAPE FINISTERREN58E148S49E8.00-18NFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY000000014954
1765-11-09T13:0039.35-15.93522.6CAPE FINISTERREN59E148N80W14.00-18NNESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY000000014955
1765-11-10T13:0039.73-16.672719.0CAPE FINISTERREN64E154N55W42.00-18NEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY000000014956
1765-11-11T13:0039.95-16.95726.7CAPE FINISTERREN65E157N53W16.00-18NE, EMODERATECLOUDY000000014957
1765-11-12T13:0040.25-16.77207CAPE FINISTERREN67E150N24E20.00-18CALM, SWCLOUDY000000014958
1765-11-13T13:0040.55-17.175019.0CAPE FINISTERREN70E154N45W26.00-18NE, ENEFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000014959
1765-11-14T13:0041.42-18.087319.0CAPE FINISTERREN77E161N31W61.00-17EFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000014960
1765-11-15T13:0042.38-17.271176.7CAPE FINISTERREN83:30E144N32E68.00-18SEMODERATECLOUDY000000014961
1765-11-16T13:0044.15-14.431506.7LIZARDN53E191N49E162.00-19SSE, SBEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000014962
1765-11-17T13:0045.20-13.4313919.0LIZARDN55E169N34E76.00-19SSEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY000000014963
1765-11-18T13:0046.05-12.7516122.6LIZARDN59E150N33E52.00-19SSE, SSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN010000014964
1765-11-19T13:0047.18-11.9011619.0LIZARDN65E130N27E77.00-19SEFRESH GALESHAZY000000014965
1765-11-20T13:0048.25-11.909322.6LIZARDN74E121N64.00-20ESESTRONG GALES000000014966
1765-11-21T13:0049.48-11.6311519.0LIZARDN84E110N8E74.00-20SEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY000000014967
1765-11-22T13:0050.30-10.521389.3SCILLYS83E75N43E63.00-20SE, SSEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000014968
1765-11-23T13:0050.37-9.4318319.0SCILLYS83E70N88E41.00-20S, SSWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY000000014969
1765-11-24T13:0049.67-7.9322822.6SCILLYN83:30E50S52E73.00-20SW, WSWSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY000000014970