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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 Halifax to Barbados started at 1768-01-10 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747613, 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: 28.105667 * Median Longitude: -55.209667 * South-bound Latitude: 13.130000 * West-bound Longitude: -63.030000 * North-bound Latitude: 43.400000 * East-bound Longitude: -51.580000
Date/Time Start: 1768-01-10T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1768-02-08T16:00:00
Event(s):
Beaver_17680110_NMM_ADM/L/B31 * Latitude Start: 43.400000 * Longitude Start: -63.030000 * Latitude End: 14.850000 * Longitude End: -59.680000 * Date/Time Start: 1768-01-10T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1768-02-08T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Beaver (Sloop), Voyage: Halifax - Barbados, 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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
10 CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
11 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
12 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.
13 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.
14 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
15 Present weatherwwWeather description
16 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
17 ClearnessClearness
18 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
19 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
20 FogFog1 If fog was reported
21 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
22 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
23 HailHail1 If hail was reported
24 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
25 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
570 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)

-
(1 If position is considered t...)
10 
Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
11 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
12 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
13 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
14 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
15 
ww
(Weather description)
16 
Precip descr
17 
Clearness
18 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
19 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
20 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
21 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
22 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
23 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
24 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
25 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1768-01-10T16:0043.40-63.031229.3CAPE SAMBRON19W24S17E62.00-13NNW, SEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000027026
1768-01-11T16:0042.07-62.0325019.0CAPE SAMBRON21W53S24E87.00-9SEBS, WNW, WBSFRESH GALESSNOW000100027027
1768-01-12T16:0040.42-60.7329519.0CAPE SAMBRON26W92S33:45E119.00-9WBS, N, NWBWFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000027028
1768-01-13T16:0038.77-59.5629519.0CAPE SAMBRON26W130S29E113.00-9ENE, NWBWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY000000027029
1768-01-14T16:0037.73-58.502396.7CAPE SAMBRON29W156S3980.00-9SWBW, NE, WSWFIRST FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, MID AND LATTER MORE MODERATE000000027030
1768-01-15T16:0035.83-57.3628719.0CAPE SAMBRON29:30W199S26E127.00-6NW, SWBW, WNWFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000027031
1768-01-16T16:0034.63-56.1121919.0CAPE SAMBRON30W230S41E95.00-6WNW, SWFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000027032
1768-01-17T16:0033.40-55.131856.7CAPE SAMBRON30:23W259S33E89.00-6SBWMODERATECLOUDY000000027033
1768-01-18T16:0033.00-54.062086.7CAPE SAMBRON32:24W275S66E58.00-6SWBSMODERATECLOUDY000000027034
1768-01-19T16:0032.42-53.262111.0CAPE SAMBRON33:30W291S4953.00-3SWBS1ST FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, MID AND LATTER LIGHT AIRSRAINTHICK WEATHER010000027035
1768-01-20T16:0032.08-52.5517719.0CAPE SAMBRON34:37W305S6142.00-3SFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000027036
1768-01-21T15:0032.15-51.631766.7CAPE SAMBRON36:56W311N85E47.00-4SMORE MODERATECLOUDY000000027037
1768-01-22T15:0031.90-51.582446.7CAPE SAMBRON36:54W315S14E16.00-4S, VARIABLE, WSWMORE MODERATECLOUDY000000027038
1768-01-23T15:0031.43-51.58411.0CAPE SAMBRON35:21W322S28.00-4WSW, CALM, NELIGHT AIRSRAINCALM010000027039
1768-01-24T15:0030.47-51.7171.0CAPE SAMBRON34:09W341S7W60.00-4NE, NBELIGHT AIRSCLEAR000000027040
1768-01-25T15:0029.48-51.7171.0CAPE SAMBRON31:58W356S59.00-4NE, NBELIGHT AIRSCLEAR000000027041
1768-01-26T15:0028.65-51.881091.0CAPE SAMBRON30:23W396S11W51.00-4E, ESELIGHT AIRSCLEAR000000027042
1768-01-27T16:0027.27-52.601351.0CAPE SAMBRON27:03W388W25W92.000SELIGHT AIRSCLEAR000000027043
1768-01-28T16:0026.22-53.00101CAPE SAMBRON24:59W405S19W67.000SSE, VARIABLE, EBSVARIABLEVARIABLE000000027044
1768-01-29T16:0024.50-53.5610119.0CAPE SAMBRON22:09W433S16W101.000EBSFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN010000027045
1768-01-30T16:0023.07-53.9613519.0CAPE SAMBRON20:11W458S15W89.000EBS, SEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN010000027046
1768-01-31T16:0022.02-53.861146.7CAPE SAMBRON19:50W479S5E64.001SSE, ESEMODERATEFAIR000000027047
1768-02-01T16:0020.82-53.961366.7CAPE SAMBRON18:31W501S6W62.001ESE, SEMODERATECLOUDY000000027048
1768-02-02T16:0019.85-53.812371.0CAPE SAMBRON18:15W520S10E59.001S, SW, SWBWLIGHT AIRSVARIABLE000000027049
1768-02-03T16:0018.82-53.932821.0CAPE SAMBRON17:26W540S6W62.001SWBW, CALM, WBNLIGHT AIRSCALM000000027050
1768-02-04T16:0017.25-54.353186.7CAPE SAMBRON15:56W568S17W98.003NWMODERATECLOUDY000000027051
1768-02-05T16:0015.62-55.313186.7CAPE SAMBRON13:38W596S30W113.003NWMODERATECLEAR000000027052
1768-02-06T16:0013.62-56.554819.0CAPE SAMBRON12W631S31W140.003N, NEFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000027053
1768-02-07T16:0013.13-58.716019.0BARBADOSW31S77W129.004NEBEFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000027054
1768-02-08T16:0013.15-60.287219.0BARBADOSW11W95.004NE, ENEFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000027055