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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 BRAK cruise from Cruising Caribean started at 1783-01-15 [dataset]. Nationaal Archief of the Netherlands, Den Haag, Netherland, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747703, 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: 14.075000 * Median Longitude: -64.300000 * South-bound Latitude: 12.650000 * West-bound Longitude: -64.730000 * North-bound Latitude: 15.500000 * East-bound Longitude: -63.870000
Date/Time Start: 1783-01-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1783-01-29T00:00:00
Event(s):
Brak_17830115_ADM_177_1196 * Date/Time Start: 1783-01-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1783-01-29T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Brak (Kotter), Voyage from: Cruising Caribean, 1st Observer: J. Baak (Luitenant), 2nd Observer: W.J. Wattier (Schrijver), Company: ADM, Other ship information: 100 KOPPEN
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
Image number/nameImage no/nameIdentification Number of the original image
LandmarkLandmarkName of first landmark
BearingBearingBearing of the first landmark
Distance to landmarkDistancearbitrary unitsDistance to the first landmark
10 LandmarkLandmarkName of second landmark
11 BearingBearingBearing of the second landmark
12 Distance to landmarkDistancearbitrary unitsDistance to the second landmark
13 LandmarkLandmarkName of third landmark
14 BearingBearingBearing of the third landmark
15 Distance to landmarkDistancearbitrary unitsDistance to the third landmark
16 --1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
17 CommentCommentLife on board
18 CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
19 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
20 CommentCommentOther remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields
21 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.
22 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.
23 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
24 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
25 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
26 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
27 FogFog1 If fog was reported
28 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
29 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
30 HailHail1 If hail was reported
31 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
32 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
267 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...)

Image no/name
(Identification Number of the ...)

Landmark
(Name of first landmark)

Bearing
(Bearing of the first landmark)

Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance to the first landmark)
10 
Landmark
(Name of second landmark)
11 
Bearing
(Bearing of the second landmark)
12 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance to the second landmark)
13 
Landmark
(Name of third landmark)
14 
Bearing
(Bearing of the third landmark)
15 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance to the third landmark)
16 
-
(1 If position is considered t...)
17 
Comment
(Life on board)
18 
Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
19 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
20 
Comment
(Other remarks, that were not ...)
21 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
22 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
23 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
24 
State sea descr
25 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
26 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
27 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
28 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
29 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
30 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
31 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
32 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1783-01-15T00:0011.231016.7ADM_177_1196_0064ZO HOEK BONAIRE01O24.00OTZSTIJVE BRAMZEILSKOELTE000000032285
1783-01-16T00:0011.0090ADM_177_1196_0064PORTO CABAIJZTW TOT ZZWPUNTO TOCACAZZW 1/2 WHOGE LAND VAN ST MAARTENZNNOO000000032286
1783-01-17T00:0090ADM_177_1196_0064NOTNO000000032287
1783-01-18T00:0010.40ADM_177_1196_0064000000032288
1783-01-19T00:0011.650.0ADM_177_1196_0064ROKUSNW3EILAND AREHILLEONO31STIL000000032289
1783-01-20T00:0012.43904.6ADM_177_1196_0065ORCHILLEZZO11ZO1/2Z1.50OBRAMZEILSKOELTE000000032290
1783-01-21T16:0012.65-64.7373ADM_177_1196_0065NNO5ONOHOGE ZEE000000032291
1783-01-22T16:0015.50-63.8773ADM_177_1196_0065NNO1/4N26.005ONO000000032292
1783-01-23T00:0017.231134.9ADM_177_1196_0065ST CRUIJSBOKKE EILANDWNW2OOSTELIJKSTE HOEK VAN ST CRUXW21NNO1/2O28.00OZOFRISSE BRAMZEILSKOELTEHOGE ZEE000000032293
1783-01-24T00:001134.6ADM_177_1196_0065THOOLENWNW 1/2 W41LATEN PAPIEREN ZIEN AAN ENGELS SCHIP, EEN LIVERPOOLSE KAPER, GENAAMD DE SWIFT CAPTEIN JAMES JEFFEOZOLABBER BRAMZEILSKOELTE000000032294
1783-01-25T00:0017.621134.6ADM_177_1196_0065SABAONO6SABA (GIS)OTZ5ZOTZ8.50OZOLABBER BRAMZEILSKOELTE000000032295
1783-01-26T00:0017.28904.6ADM_177_1196_0066ST EUSTACIUSOTN5ST CHRISTOFFELOTN2NEVESOTZ 1/2 Z81OTZ8.50PEILING SABA WTN, 5 MIJL.O EN OTZLABBER BRAMZEILSKOELTE000000032296
1783-01-27T00:001014.6ADM_177_1196_0066HOUDEN KRIJGSRAAD OVER MATROOS, FREDIK TIECET WGNS DIEFSTAL V/E HEMDOZO1/2Z13.50OTZLABBER BRAMZEILSKOELTE000000032297
1783-01-28T00:0016.971014.6ADM_177_1196_0066O HOEK NEVESNO3REDONDOOTZ3MONTSERRATZOTO81OTNOTZLABBER BRAMZEILSKOELTE000000032298
1783-01-29T00:001014.6ADM_177_1196_0066ANTIQUA NW HOEKO31OTZLABBER BRAMZEILSKOELTE000000032299