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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 Spithead to Carlisle Bay started at 1796-03-01 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747616, 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: 27.897955 * Median Longitude: -27.594318 * South-bound Latitude: 13.120000 * West-bound Longitude: -57.670000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.780000 * East-bound Longitude: -3.970000
Date/Time Start: 1796-03-01T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1796-04-13T16:00:00
Event(s):
Beaver_17960301_NMM_ADM/L/B33 * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 13.000000 * Longitude End: -60.150000 * Date/Time Start: 1796-03-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1796-04-13T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Beaver (Sloop), Voyage: Spithead - Carlisle Bay, 1st Observer: Richard Browne (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 14G 269BM
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 ClearnessClearness
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:
711 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 
Clearness
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)
1796-03-01T12:0049.78-3.97449.31S56W76.00-24ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000027106
1796-03-02T12:0049.05-5.102122.61S55W52.00-24NESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY000000027107
1796-03-03T12:0047.78-7.333222.6S70W140.00-24NEBESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY000000027108
1796-03-04T13:0046.83-10.10329.3S66W127.00-24NEBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000027109
1796-03-05T13:0045.43-11.103369.3S20W68.00-24NFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000027110
1796-03-06T13:0045.82-11.673626.7N80W18.00-24VARIABLECALM, MODERATE BREEZES000000027111
1796-03-07T13:0044.45-12.47211.0S35W72.00-24NELIGHT AIRSCLEAR000000027112
1796-03-08T13:0042.63-14.5011122.6S30W139.00-24SESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY000000027113
1796-03-09T13:0042.62-14.533626.7S66W2.00-24VARIABLEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000027114
1796-03-10T13:0040.22-15.733169.3S34W164.00-22NNWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000027115
1796-03-11T13:0038.50-15.933629.3S6W114.00-22VARIABLEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000027116
1796-03-12T13:0037.05-16.072959.3S7W86.00-20NWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000027117
1796-03-13T13:0036.32-16.173626.7S20:36W55.00-20VARIABLEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000027118
1796-03-14T13:0035.97-19.022056.7S70W76.00-20SWMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000027119
1796-03-15T13:0034.75-20.272059.3S30W82.00-20VARIABLE, SWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000027120
1796-03-16T13:0032.80-21.67259.3S28W140.00-20SE, NEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000027121
1796-03-17T14:0030.87-23.251189.3S30W136.00-17SEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000027122
1796-03-18T14:0029.27-24.131186.7S40W140.00-17NE, SEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000027123
1796-03-19T14:0027.42-25.30306.7S30W102.00-15NEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000027124
1796-03-20T14:0026.70-26.003621.0S25W52.00-15VARIABLELIGHT AIRSCLEAR000000027125
1796-03-21T14:0025.73-25.832101.0S8E56.00-15SWLIGHT AIRSCLEAR000000027126
1796-03-22T14:0024.58-26.132556.7S12W78.00-15WMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000027127
1796-03-23T14:0023.87-26.332552.6S20W40.00-15WLIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000027128
1796-03-24T14:0022.92-27.473620.0S40W32.00-15VARIABLECALMCLEAR000000027129
1796-03-25T14:0021.77-28.63686.7S48W108.00-12E, EBNMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000027130
1796-03-26T14:0021.07-29.65792.6S39W62.00-12ELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000027131
1796-03-27T14:0020.75-29.873621.0S22W24.00-12VARIABLELIGHT AIRSCLEAR000000027132
1796-03-28T14:0019.50-29.832596.7S81E70.00-12WMODERATECLEAR000000027133
1796-03-29T14:0019.15-29.472146.7S17W26.00-12SWMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000027134
1796-03-30T14:0019.30-29.332592.6N26E15.00-12SSE, WLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000027135
1796-03-31T14:0019.02-30.15792.6S70W52.00-12ELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000027136
1796-04-01T14:0018.58-31.981026.7S74W112.00-12E, ESEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000027137
1796-04-02T14:0017.98-34.17709.3S70W122.00-9EBNFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000027138
1796-04-03T14:0017.40-36.83619.3S72W142.00-7ENEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000027139
1796-04-04T15:0017.10-38.83636.7S80W158.00-5ENEMODERATE BREEZESHAZY000000027140
1796-04-05T15:0016.83-41.87639.3S70W159.00-5ENEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000027141
1796-04-06T15:0016.40-43.75879.3S76W139.00-3EFRESH BREEZESHAZY000000027142
1796-04-07T15:0016.33-45.93876.7S82W106.00-3EMODERATE BREEZESHAZY000000027143
1796-04-08T15:0015.65-47.332226.7BRIDGETOWNS77:10W212S63W98.00-3SWMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000027144
1796-04-09T15:0014.87-49.17896.7BRIDGETOWNS79:28W178S63W108.00-1EMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000027145
1796-04-10T15:0014.38-51.673626.7S70W120.00-1VARIABLEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000027146
1796-04-11T16:0013.65-52.98916.7BRIDGETOWNS85:10W106S60W112.001EMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000027147
1796-04-12T16:0013.12-54.97916.7S70W116.001EMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000027148
1796-04-13T16:0013.30-57.67716.7N87W152.003ENEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000027149