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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 Antigua to Plymouth started at 1784-01-25 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747473, 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: 29.968125 * Median Longitude: -49.875000 * South-bound Latitude: 19.000000 * West-bound Longitude: -62.550000 * North-bound Latitude: 42.570000 * East-bound Longitude: -34.180000
Date/Time Start: 1784-01-25T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1784-02-10T14:00:00
Event(s):
Argo_17840125_NMM_ADM/L/A169 * Latitude Start: 17.000000 * Longitude Start: -60.500000 * Latitude End: 50.299000 * Longitude End: -4.150000 * Date/Time Start: 1784-01-25T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1784-02-10T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Argo (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Antigua - Plymouth, 1st Observer: James Douglas (Captain), 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 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
17 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
18 FogFog1 If fog was reported
19 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
20 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
21 HailHail1 If hail was reported
22 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
23 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
313 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 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
17 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
18 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
19 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
20 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
21 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
22 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
23 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1784-01-25T00:0017.42569.3BERBUDANEBN5NEBEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000017258
1784-01-26T16:0019.00-62.55592.6ANTIGUAS23E38N23W115.003NE, NEBELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000017259
1784-01-27T16:0020.50-62.3270ANTIGUAS9:22E66N28E91.002EBN, ENEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE LIGHT BREEZES, LATTER SQUALLYFIRST PART CLOUDY000000017260
1784-01-28T16:0021.67-61.301039.3CORVAN52:27E597N39E91.002SEBE, SSW, EBSFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE LIGHT BREEZES, LATTER FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYFIRST PART FAIR, MIDDLE CLOUDY000000017261
1784-01-29T16:0023.52-59.471249.3ANTIGUAN27:50E201N42E149.000SE, SEBEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000017262
1784-01-30T16:0025.38-57.421226.7N45E158.00-2SE, SEBEFIRST AND MIDDLE FRESH BREEZES, AM MODERATEFIRST AND MIDDLE CLEAR, AM FAIR000000017263
1784-01-31T16:0026.15-55.883629.3CORVAN61E96.00-2S, VARIABLEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE LIGHT BREEZES, LATTER FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYFIRST PART CLOUDYMIDDLE SOME RAIN010000017264
1784-02-01T16:0027.88-53.323349.3CORVON56:38E437N56E164.00-4SEBE, NNWFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYFIRST PART CLOUDY000000017265
1784-02-02T15:0028.85-51.0859.3CORVON54:34E401N79E120.00-6SBW, N, NBEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAIN010000017266
1784-02-03T15:0028.82-49.003549.3CORVON52:57E362N71E115.00-6NBW, NBE, NFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAIN010000017267
1784-02-04T15:0030.77-46.583419.3CORVON52:21E315N57E149.00-8N, NBWFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYFIRST PART CLEAR000000017268
1784-02-05T15:0031.73-44.37361CORVON53:33E263N46E160.00-8NWBN, WNWFIRST AND MIDDLE FRESH BREEZES, LATTER HEAVY SQUALLS000000017269
1784-02-06T15:0034.70-42.753046.7CORVON59:24E208N29E165.00-11WSW, NWMODERATE BREEZESFAIR000000017270
1784-02-07T15:0036.68-41.003039.3CORVON70:24E162N28E180.00-12NWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000017271
1784-02-08T15:0039.65-39.402326.7CORVON85:13E126N28E157.00-16W, WSWMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000017272
1784-02-09T14:0041.62-37.381866.7CORVOS70:33E97N37E151.00-17SWBS, SSWMODERATECLOUDY000000017273
1784-02-10T14:0042.57-34.181606.7CORVOS36:08E72N61E161.00-20SBW, SMODERATECLOUDY000000017274