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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 Belle Isle cruise from Spithead to Carlisle Bay started at 1807-01-23 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747629, 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: 25.541786 * Median Longitude: -30.488571 * South-bound Latitude: 12.550000 * West-bound Longitude: -59.000000 * North-bound Latitude: 50.200000 * East-bound Longitude: -3.080000
Date/Time Start: 1807-01-23T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1807-02-20T16:00:00
Event(s):
Belle_Isle_18070123_NMM_ADM/L/B54 * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 13.000000 * Longitude End: -60.150000 * Date/Time Start: 1807-01-23T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1807-02-20T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Belle Isle (3rd Rate Frigate), Voyage: Spithead - Carlisle Bay Barbados, 1st Observer: William Hargood (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 74G 1889BM
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 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
18 ClearnessClearness
19 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
20 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
21 FogFog1 If fog was reported
22 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
23 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
24 HailHail1 If hail was reported
25 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
26 CommentComment
27 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
531 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 
State sea descr
18 
Clearness
19 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
20 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
21 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
22 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
23 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
24 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
25 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
26 
Comment
27 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1807-01-23T12:0050.20-3.0832412.3PORTLANDN42E91-25NNW, NBW, NAM FRESH GALES, STRONG BREEZES, PM FRESH BREEZES, MODERATE BREEZESAM CLEAR, CLOUDY, PM CLOUDY, CLEAR000000027406
1807-01-24T12:0048.80-4.683462.6USHANTSWBS6-25N, NBE, NEAM MODERATE, LIGHT BREEZES, PM LIGHT BREEZESAM CLEAR, PM CLEAR, FAIR000000027407
1807-01-25T12:0047.50-6.581216.7CAPE FINISTERRES25W102S47W84.00-25NE, SEBSAM MODERATE, PM FRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000027408
1807-01-26T13:0045.23-9.881119.3CAPE FINISTERRES10W48S45W217.00-24SEAM FRESH BREEZES, PM FRESH BREEZESAM CLEAR, PM CLEAR, CLOUDY000000027409
1807-01-27T13:0042.55-12.583589.3MADEIRAS22W208S30W201.00-25NE, NNEAM STRONG BREEZES, PM STRONG BREEZES, FRESH BREEZESHAZY000000027410
1807-01-28T13:0038.97-14.173609.3PORTO SANCTOS16W151S14W210.00-23NNEAM STRONG BREEZES, FRESH BREEZES, PM FRESH BREEZES, STRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLYAM CLOUDY, PM HAZY000000027411
1807-01-29T13:0035.63-14.702412.3PORTO SANCTOS15W74S13W239.00-21NNE, NEAM STRONG BREEZE, PM FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, MODERATEAM CLOUDY, PM CLEAR000000027412
1807-01-30T13:0033.15-15.28472.6PORTO SANCTOWNW8-21NE, ENE, WNWAM MODERATE, LIGHT BREEZES AND SQUALLY, PM LIGHT BREEZESAM CLEAR, PM CLEAR, CLOUDY000000027413
1807-01-31T13:0031.45-16.2332.6DESERTASN3W21-20NNEAM LIGHT BREEZES, PM LIGHT AIRS AND VARIABLESMOOTH WATERAM CLOUDY000000027414
1807-02-01T13:0029.52-17.45482.6PALMAS19W18-20NE-ENE, NEAM LIGHT BREEZES AND VARIABLE, SQUALLY, PM MODERATEAM RAIN AT INTERVALSPM CLOUDY010000027415
1807-02-02T13:0027.85-20.13266.7BARBADOSS77W840S57W187.00-19NEAM MODERATE, PM MODERATECLOUDY000000027416
1807-02-03T14:0026.30-22.52289.3BARBADOSS79W792S52W144.00-17NEAM MODERATE, SQUALLY, PM MODERATE, FRESH BREEZESAM LIGHT RAIN AT INTERVALSCLOUDY010000027417
1807-02-04T14:0024.68-25.18289.3BARBADOSS80W753S57W179.00-17NE, EAM MODERATE, PM MODERATE, FRESH BREEZESAM CLOUDY, PM CLEAR, CLOUDY000000027418
1807-02-06T14:0021.25-29.88776.7BARBADOSS73W605S59W186.00-13ESE, E-ESEMODERATEAM PLEASANT WEATHERSMOOTH WATERAM CLOUDY, PM CLOUDY, HAZY000000027419
1807-02-07T14:0019.75-31.98776.7BARBADOSS57W550S59W166.00-13E, ESEMODERATEAM HAZY, PM CLOUDY000000027420
1807-02-08T14:0018.33-34.71589.3BARBADOSS77W482S61W176.00-10ESE-ENEAM MODERATE, FRESH BREEZES, PM FRESH BREEZES, MODERATEAM CLOUDY, PM HAZY, CLOUDY000000027421
1807-02-09T14:0017.03-37.01596.7BARBADOSS79W421S62W181.00-9ESE-ENE, EAM MODERATE, PM MODERATEAM CLOUDY, FAIR, PM FAIR000000027422
1807-02-10T15:0015.98-39.58626.7BARBADOSS81W368S62W161.00-6E-ENEAM MODERATE, PM LIGHT BREEZES, MODERATESWELL FROM NAM FAIR, PM CLEAR, HAZY000000027423
1807-02-11T15:0015.53-41.691072.6BARBADOSS82W319S73W138.00-6E-ESEAM MODERATE, LIGHT BREEZES, PM MODERATEFAIR000000027424
1807-02-12T15:0015.25-42.89651.0BARBADOSS84W291S74W90.00-3E, ENEAM LIGHT AIRS, INCLINABLE TO CALMS, PM LIGHT AIRSCLEAR000000027425
1807-02-13T15:0015.05-44.82422.6BARBADOSS85W270S74W61.00-3E-NE, NE-ENEAM LIGHT BREEZES, PM LIGHT AIRS, LIGHT BREEZESSWELL FROM NNWAM CLEAR0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation27426
1807-02-14T15:0014.68-45.861106.7BARBADOSS86W228S74W126.00-3ESEMODERATEAM FAIR, CLEAR000000027427
1807-02-15T15:0014.17-49.29782.6BARBADOSS87W181S78W141.00-1EBN, EAM MODERATE, LIGHT BREEZES, PM LIGHT BREEZES, MODERATEAM FAIR, HAZY, PM CLEAR, CLOUDY000000027428
1807-02-16T15:0013.90-51.39672.6BARBADOSS88W137S81W129.00-1EBN, ENEAM MODERATE, LIGHT BREEZES, PM LIGHT BREEZES, MODERATEAM CLEAR, PM CLEAR, CLOUDY000000027429
1807-02-17T16:0013.55-52.92802.6BARBADOSS89W100S81W115.001EBN, ENEAM MODERATE, LIGHT BREEZES, PM LIGHT BREEZES, LIGHT AIRS AND VARIABLEAM FAIR, CLEAR, PM HAZY000000027430
1807-02-18T16:0013.30-53.80692.6BARBADOSS89W68S81W96.001ENEAM LIGHT BREEZES, PM MODERATEAM CLEAR, PM FAIR000000027431
1807-02-19T16:0012.55-56.40696.7BARBADOSN69W36S72W152.001ENEMODERATECLEAR000000027432
1807-02-20T16:0013.02-59.00706.7BARBADOSNNE21N69W109.002ENE, NWAM MODERATE, PM MODERATE, LIGHT AIRS AND VARIABLE000000027433