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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 BEAVER cruise from to Halifax started at 1767-09-10 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747612, 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: 46.243421 * Median Longitude: -34.827895 * South-bound Latitude: 42.300000 * West-bound Longitude: -60.850000 * North-bound Latitude: 50.020000 * East-bound Longitude: -5.630000
Date/Time Start: 1767-09-10T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1767-10-17T16:00:00
Event(s):
Beaver_17670910_NMM_ADM/L/B31 * Latitude Start: 49.450000 * Longitude Start: -5.630000 * Latitude End: 43.400000 * Longitude End: -63.030000 * Date/Time Start: 1767-09-10T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1767-10-17T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Beaver (Sloop), Voyage: Uk - Halifax, 1st Observer: Henry Bellow (Captain), 2nd Observer: Samuel Scott (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 14G 283BM
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 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
15 State of the sea descriptionState sea 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:
713 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 
Precip descr
15 
State sea 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)
1767-09-10T12:0049.45-5.632286.7SCILLYNW9S40:00W36.00-20NNW, WSWMODERATECLEAR000000026988
1767-09-11T13:0050.02-8.4220422.6LIZARDE44WBN1/2N114.00-21WSW, SSW, SWSTRONG GALESRAINGREAT SWELL FROM THE N010000026989
1767-09-12T13:0050.02-8.283610.0LIZARDE52W25.00-21SW, W, CALMFIRST STRONG GALES, MID AND LATTER CALMRAIN010000026990
1767-09-13T13:0049.48-10.772491.0LIZARDN83E84SWBW3/4W72.00-21SW, NW, WLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY000000026991
1767-09-14T13:0048.07-11.5230519.0LIZARDN68E101S19W91.00-21W, NWBNFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYLARGE NW SWELL000000026992
1767-09-15T13:0049.68-13.522156.7LIZARDN76E112N65W85.00-21NWBN, SWBWMORE MODERATECLEAR000000026993
1767-09-16T13:0047.98-14.352600.0LIZARDN71:28E127N60W54.00-21SSW, WBNFIRST AND MID FRESH GALES, LATTER CALMLATTER FOGGY001000026994
1767-09-17T13:0048.92-16.3523819.0LIZARDN81:30E147N55W98.00-21SWBW, WBSFRESH GALESHAZY000000026995
1767-09-18T13:0049.55-17.6820419.0LIZARDN86:47E160N54W67.00-21WBS, SWFRESH GALESCLEAR000000026996
1767-09-19T13:0049.37-20.5317019.0LIZARDN86E198S85W128.00-21SW, SBWFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000026997
1767-09-20T14:0049.62-24.4217026.8LIZARDN18:13E246N84:22W155.00-21SSW, SBWHARD GALESRAIN010000026998
1767-09-21T14:0049.48-25.00926.7LIZARDN87:47E262S74:31W32.00-21SSW, ESEFIRST AND MID HARD GALES, LATTER MORE MODERATERAIN010000026999
1767-09-22T14:0048.78-26.0721526.8LIZARDN84:54E274S45W60.00-21E, SWBWFIRST FRESH GALES, LATTER HARD GALES000000027000
1767-09-23T14:0047.55-26.632946.7LIZARDN80:09E287S17W77.00-21NWFIRST STRONG GALES, MID AND LATTER MORE MODERATECLOUDY000000027001
1767-09-24T14:0047.03-28.2021819.0LIZARDN78:59E311S64:11W70.00-18NWBW, SWBWFRESH GALES000000027002
1767-09-25T14:0047.45-29.472521.0LIZARDN80:57E324S64W61.00-18SW, WLIGHT AIRSTHICK FOG001000027003
1767-09-26T14:0047.48-29.581401.0LIZARDN80:52E326S67:30W6.00-18W, CALM, SSELIGHT AIRS AND CALMTHICK FOG001000027004
1767-09-27T14:0047.25-30.223611.0LIZARDN80:26E335S64:40W29.00-18SBE, CALMLIGHT AIRS AND CALMTHICK FOG001000027005
1767-09-28T14:0046.45-32.101626.7LIZARDN78:47E365S59:15W90.00-18SBE, SMODERATEHAZY000000027006
1767-09-29T14:0045.68-35.2734319.0LIZARDN77:55E412S70:19W138.00-17SBE, NFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000027007
1767-09-30T14:0045.72-37.222086.7LIZARDN78:44E439N88W82.00-17S, CALM, SWFIRST FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, MID CALM, LATTER MODERATERAINCLOUDY010000027008
1767-10-01T15:0045.50-39.072536.7LIZARDN78:49E465S80W80.00-17SW, S, WFIRST FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, MID CALM LATTER MODERATERAINCLOUDY010000027009
1767-10-02T15:0044.80-42.276219.0LIZARDN78:15E512S73W142.00-17EBNFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN010000027010
1767-10-03T15:0044.63-44.721186.7LIZARDN78:37E545S84:22W106.00-17EBS, SEMORE MODERATECLEAR000000027011
1767-10-04T15:0044.20-46.90332LIZARDN78:41E577S79W96.00-17SSE, NBWSQUALLY000000027012
1767-10-05T15:0042.82-47.9829919.0LIZARDN76:17E606S28W104.00-16NWBW, NWFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000027013
1767-10-06T15:0042.30-49.4036119.0LIZARDN75:52E620S64W68.00-11NWBN, CALMFRESH GALES AND CALMCLOUDY000000027014
1767-10-07T15:0043.08-50.273331.0LIZARDN77:25E637N31W61.00-16CALM, SE, EBN, NBWLIGHT AIRS AND CALM000000027015
1767-10-08T15:0042.98-51.1223219.0LIZARDN77:22E646S81W38.00-16CALM, NNW, WSWFIRST AND MID LIGHT AIRS AND CALM, LATTER FRESH GALESSMALL RAIN010000027016
1767-10-09T15:0043.93-52.2727722.6LIZARDN77:18E656N41W77.00-16SW, WNWSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY000000027017
1767-10-10T15:0043.47-52.273106.7LIZARDN78:32E657S28.00-16NW, NWBNFIRST AND MID STRONG GALES, LATTER MORE MODERATE000000027018
1767-10-11T16:0043.53-53.63209LIZARDN58:57E675N86W61.00-16WNW, CALM, SWFIRST AND MID LIGHT AIRS AND CALM, LATTER SQUALLYRAIN010000027019
1767-10-12T16:0043.30-54.38220LIZARDN78:45E687S68W35.00-16NW, CALM, SWBWFIRST AND MID LIGHT AIRS AND CALM, LATTER SQUALLYRAIN010000027020
1767-10-13T16:0043.95-56.12130LIZARDN80:06E704N62W86.00-16SSE, CALM, SEBSFIRST AND MID LIGHT AIRS AND CALM, LATTER SQUALLYRAINFOGGY011000027021
1767-10-14T16:0043.18-55.78254LIZARDN78:53E707S18E48.00-16S, WSQUALLY000000027022
1767-10-15T16:0043.25-56.222326.7LIZARDN79:05E712N78W20.00-16W, WSWMORE MODERATE000000027023
1767-10-16T16:0043.02-58.98819.0CAPE SAMBRON46:39W45S83W122.00-15SW, NW, NNEFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000027024
1767-10-17T16:0044.28-60.853019.0CAPE SAMBRON81W33N47W111.00-15NNE, NEFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000027025