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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 ARGO cruise from Spithead to Goree started at 1782-03-01 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747471, 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: 20.044211 * Median Longitude: -25.676316 * South-bound Latitude: 13.080000 * West-bound Longitude: -30.120000 * North-bound Latitude: 34.980000 * East-bound Longitude: -17.640000
Date/Time Start: 1782-03-01T14:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1782-03-19T13:00:00
Event(s):
Argo_17820301_NMM_ADM/L/A169 * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 15.330000 * Longitude End: -17.700000 * Date/Time Start: 1782-03-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1782-03-19T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Argo (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Spithead - Goree, 1st Observer: John Butchart (Captain), 2nd Observer: Charles Cartwright (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 28G 583BM
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:
358 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)
1782-03-01T14:0034.98-26.77296.7ST MARYSN34:00E48WSW SWBW SW65.00-16NEMODERATECLOUDY000000017209
1782-03-02T14:0033.33-27.113449.3ST MARYSN24:00E80SW SSW92.00-16NFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE PART SQUALLY, LATTER FRESH BREEZESFIRST PART CLEARMIDDLE RAIN010000017210
1782-03-03T14:0030.90-28.06336ST MARYSN22:02E131SSW SWBS154.00-13NBWFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MIDDLE PART SQUALLYFIRST PART CLOUDYMIDDLE RAIN010000017211
1782-03-04T14:0028.47-29.023219.0ST MARYSN21:13E183SWBS SSW154.00-13NEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY000000017212
1782-03-05T14:0026.32-29.7633819.0ST MARYSN20:24E228SWBS SW1/2S S135.00-11NEBE, NBE, NBWFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000017213
1782-03-06T14:0023.98-30.12349ST MARYSN18:23E274SSW141.00-11NFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MIDDLE MODERATEFIRST CLOUDY, MIDDLE PART CLEAR000000017214
1782-03-07T14:0021.40-30.01599.3ST MARYSN10:17E317SBW155.00-9ENEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS FRESH BREEZESFIRST PART CLEAR, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY000000017215
1782-03-08T14:0019.17-29.81256.7ST MARYSN13:05E365SBW SE134.00-9NEBE, ESE, NEBNFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST PART CLEAR, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY000000017216
1782-03-09T14:0017.35-29.32105ST MARYSN11:17E400S SBE SSE110.00-8ESEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE LIGHT AIRSFIRST PART CLEAR, MIDDLE CLOUDY000000017217
1782-03-10T14:0017.18-29.2637ST MARYSN10:31E404SSE SEBS20.00-8E, NEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE LIGHT AIRSFIRST PART CLEAR, MIDDLE CLOUDY000000017218
1782-03-11T14:0016.80-28.222851.0ST MARYSN7:51E406SBE E SEBE60.00-8N, NE, WNWLIGHT AIRSCLEAR000000017219
1782-03-12T14:0015.78-26.412949.3BRAVAEBN28SE121.00-10WNW, NW, NWBWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS MODERATE, LATTER FRESH BREEZESFIRST AND MIDDLE CLEAR, LATTER CLOUDY000000017220
1782-03-13T14:0014.52-24.74136.7BRAVAEBN14SE110.00-10NNEMODERATECLOUDY000000017221
1782-03-14T14:0013.98-23.39466.7BRAVANBW14SEBE ESE SE86.00-10NE, NEBN, NEBEMODERATECLEAR000000017222
1782-03-15T13:0013.38-19.91226.7BRAVAN57:00W39SEBE EBS77.00-12NE, NEBNMODERATECLEAR000000017223
1782-03-16T13:0013.08-20.543599.3BRAVAN65:00W66EBS E1/2N82.00-12NEBN, NBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000017224
1782-03-17T13:0013.12-19.18119.3BRAVAN72:57W92EBS EBN E80.00-12NEBN, NBE, NNEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000017225
1782-03-18T13:0013.22-18.58789.3BRAVAN77:42W117E EBN NNE80.00-12NNE, ENE, EFIRST AND MIDDLE PART MODERATE, LATTER FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000017226
1782-03-19T13:0013.88-17.643486.7BRAVAN85:00W138E EBN NNE80.00-12NNE, NBE, NMODERATE BREEZESHAZY000000017227