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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 ARIEL cruise from Spithead to Barbados started at 1783-06-27 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747485, 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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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: 27.478788 * Median Longitude: -27.902424 * South-bound Latitude: 13.200000 * West-bound Longitude: -58.800000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.350000 * East-bound Longitude: -5.880000
Date/Time Start: 1783-06-27T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1783-08-05T16:00:00
Event(s):
Ariel_17830627_NMM_ADM/L/A183 * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 14.850000 * Longitude End: -59.680000 * Date/Time Start: 1783-06-27T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1783-08-05T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Ariel (Sloop), Voyage: Spithead - Barbados, 1st Observer: James Norman (Captain), 2nd Observer: John Barnsley (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 14G 314BM
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 CommentComment
25 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
631 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 
Comment
25 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1783-06-27T12:0049.35-5.883486.7LIZARDN34:51E44S47W53.00-23NBW, NBEMODERATE BREEZES, LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMS, CALM, MODERATE BREEZES, FRESH BREEZES, MODERATECLOUDYTHICK, HAZY001000017681
1783-06-28T13:0047.67-8.433266.7LIZARDN42:43E62S45W143.00-23NE, NNE, NEBE, NBWFRESH BREEZES, MODERATE BREEZESHAZY000000017682
1783-06-29T13:0044.88-10.40469.3LIZARDN34:34W123S26W186.00-22EBN, ESE, SEBE, ENEFRESH BREEZES, FRESH BREEZESHAZY001000017683
1783-06-30T13:0042.08-11.02816.7LIZARDN29:36E161S13W119.00-20SE, SSE, WSW, EBSFRESH BREEZES, FRESH GALES, MODERATE BREEZES, LIGHT AIRS, MODERATE BREEZESHAZY001000017684
1783-07-01T13:0042.03-10.792399.3LIZARDN25:45E714S12E56.00-20WSW, S, SW, SWBS, WBSMODERATE BREEZES, FRESH BREEZESHAZY001000017685
1783-07-02T13:0041.02-11.002396.7LIZARDN23:58E195S7W62.00-20WNW, E, WBSMODERATE BREEZES, LIGHT AIRS, CALM, MODERATE BREEZESHAZY001000017686
1783-07-03T13:0038.45-12.393406.7MADEIRAS33:29W141S22W167.00-20NNE, ENE, NFRESH BREEZES, MODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY001000017687
1783-07-04T13:0037.10-13.0746.7MADEIRAS36:55W114S20W84.00-19NEBE, NNW, NNEMODERATE, MODERATE BREEZES, LIGHT AIRS, MODERATECLOUDYMIDDLE HAZY001000017688
1783-07-05T13:0036.00-13.853521.0MADEIRAS39:24W89S28W75.00-19NNW, NBELIGHT BREEZES, LIGHT AIRSHAZY001000017689
1783-07-06T13:0034.15-14.17261.0MADEIRAS58:36W62S7W112.00-19ENE, NEMODERATE BREEZES, FRESH BREEZES, LIGHT AIRSHAZY001000017690
1783-07-07T13:0032.75-15.21719.3MADEIRAS82:59W35S31W102.00-19N, NNW, EFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000017691
1783-07-08T13:0032.43-16.433549.3MADEIRAS64:59W4S81W121.00-17NNE, NBW, NBEFRESH BREEZES, FRESH BREEZESCLOUDYMIDDLE HAZY000000017692
1783-07-09T13:0032.00-16.552986.7FUNCHALLS80W7W1/2S16.00-17NWBW, NNW, NWBN, SW, N, NWMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation17693
1783-07-17T13:0031.93-17.452646.7MADEIRAN27:39E13S28W41.00-17W, S, WBNMODERATE BREEZESHAZY000000017694
1783-07-18T13:0031.60-17.851871.0MADEIRAN34:53E22S45W28.00-16SSE, ENE, SSWLIGHT AIRSCLEAR000000017695
1783-07-19T13:0029.73-19.67529.3MADEIRAN38:20E74S40W146.00-16ESE, ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDYCLEAR000000017696
1783-07-20T13:0027.17-22.28199.3MADEIRAN40:04E14S42W208.00-15NE, NEBNFRESH BREEZESHAZY000000017697
1783-07-21T14:0024.67-25.373589.3MADEIRAN42:44E214S48W223.00-13NE, NBEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000017698
1783-07-22T14:0023.25-27.42556.7BARBADOSS71:14W646S53W141.00-13NE, ESE, ENEFRESH BREEZES, MODERATECLOUDYHAZY000000017699
1783-07-23T14:0022.07-29.25599.3BARBADOSS72:47W603S59W134.00-9NEBE, ENELIGHT BREEZES, FRESH BREEZESHAZY000000017700
1783-07-24T14:0020.63-31.5514BARBADOSS74:21W556S56W155.00-9NE, EBN, NNEFRESH BREEZES, SQUALLYCLOUDYHAZY000000017701
1783-07-25T14:0019.73-34.06619.3BARBADOSS74:50W504S70W158.00-7E, ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000017702
1783-07-26T14:0018.90-36.36729.3BARBADOSS75:21W456S70W150.00-7ENE, EBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000017703
1783-07-27T15:0017.97-39.4596BARBADOSS75:47W393S73W189.00-5EBSFRESH BREEZES, SQUALLYCLEAR000000017704
1783-07-28T15:0017.10-42.26769.3BARBADOSS76:13W333S73W187.00-3ENE, EBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDYRAIN010000017705
1783-07-29T15:0016.22-45.20789.3BARBADOSS76:56W272S73W181.00-1NEBE, EBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000017706
1783-07-30T15:0015.10-47.52689.3BARBADOSS79:46W221S65W156.000EBN, ENEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000017707
1783-07-31T15:0014.13-49.521019.3BARBADOSS83:33W178S65W135.000ESE, EBSFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000017708
1783-08-01T15:0013.48-50.961011.0BARBADOSS87:13W144S67W101.000ENE, EBSMODERATE BREEZES, LIGHT AIRSCLEAR000000017709
1783-08-02T16:0013.27-53.04103BARBADOSS88:34W106S84W129.002ESE, EBSLIGHT AIRS, FRESH BREEZES, SQUALLYCLEAR000000017710
1783-08-03T16:0013.32-55.38819.3BARBADOSS86:22W57S89W148.002ENE, EBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000017711
1783-08-04T16:0013.42-58.20829.3BARBADOSN88W177.003ENE, EBNMODERATE BREEZES, FRESH BREEZESCLOUDYCLEAR000000017712
1783-08-05T16:0013.20-58.8093BARBADOSS59W40S89W148.003EBS, S, SEBS, NE, EFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, STRONG SQUALLSTHUNDER AND LIGHTNINGRAIN010010017713