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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 BULLDOG cruise from Princes Island to Barbados started at 1794-03-01 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747781, 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: -0.990500 * Median Longitude: -19.340250 * South-bound Latitude: -5.620000 * West-bound Longitude: -58.200000 * North-bound Latitude: 13.930000 * East-bound Longitude: 7.670000
Date/Time Start: 1794-03-01T11:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1794-04-09T16:00:00
Event(s):
Bulldog_17940301_NMM_ADM/L/B200 * Latitude Start: -0.670000 * Longitude Start: 7.670000 * Latitude End: 14.850000 * Longitude End: -59.680000 * Date/Time Start: 1794-03-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1794-04-09T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Bulldog (Sloop), Voyage: Princess Island (Nr St Thomas) - Barbados, 1st Observer: George Wood (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 16G 314BM
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 Present weatherwwWeather description
15 Precipitation descriptionPrecip 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 CommentComment
25 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
759 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 
ww
(Weather description)
15 
Precip 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 
Comment
25 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1794-03-01T11:00-0.677.672286.7ST THOMASN47W28S30E78.00-20W, WSWMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000034447
1794-03-02T12:00-1.237.173626.7ST THOMASN32W15S24E52.00-20SBE1/2E, VARIABLEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000034448
1794-03-03T12:00-1.536.931386.7ST THOMASN9E30S43W43.00-20SSEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000034449
1794-03-04T12:00-2.106.663626.7ANNABONN13W13S56W83.00-20SBW, VARIABLEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000034450
1794-03-05T12:00-2.326.453626.7ANNABONN38E20S34W59.00-20NBW, VARIABLEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000034451
1794-03-06T12:00-3.306.182289.3ST MATTHEWSN81W253S16W58.00-20WSWFRESH BREEZES, HEAVY SQUALLS AT TIMESHARD RAIN010000034452
1794-03-07T12:00-3.686.473626.7ST MATTHEWSN80W265S37W30.00-20VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY000000034453
1794-03-08T12:00-4.035.603626.7ST MATTHEWSN77W236S70W56.00-20VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY000000034454
1794-03-09T12:00-4.184.933626.7ST MATTHEWSN76W232S76W40.00-20S, VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY000000034455
1794-03-10T12:00-4.933.031836.7ST MATTHEWSN69W197S68W123.00-20S, SSWMODERATECLOUDY000000034456
1794-03-11T12:00-4.502.181849.3ST MATTHEWSN69W176N77W60.00-19VARIABLE, S, SSWFRESH BREEZESRAINDARK CLOUDY WEATHER010000034457
1794-03-12T12:00-5.28-0.753626.7ST MATTHEWSN54W133S74W170.00-19SBW, VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY000010034458
1794-03-13T12:00-5.22-3.621749.3ST MATTHEWSN30W89W174.00-17SBWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000034459
1794-03-14T12:00-5.47-6.531869.3ST MATTHEWSN85W82S84W150.00-17SSWFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000034460
1794-03-15T13:00-5.60-8.281656.7ASCENSIONS69W130S83W104.00-15SMODERATE BREEZESFAIR WEATHER000000034461
1794-03-16T13:00-5.57-10.42362ASCENSIONS59W93W128.00-15SSE, VARIABLEMODERATE BREEZES, AM VARIABLE WINDSFIAR WEATHER, AM CLOUDY000000034462
1794-03-17T13:00-5.62-12.25120ASCENSIONS35W57W100.00-15SEMODERATE BREEZES, AM VARIABLE WINDSFIAR WEATHER, AM CLOUDY000000034463
1794-03-18T13:00-5.57-14.57122ASCENSIONS17E46S87W138.00-13SEMODERATE BREEZES, AM VARIABLE WINDS, AT 6 SQUALLYFAIR WEATHER, AM CLOUDY000000034464
1794-03-19T13:00-5.18-16.55100FERDINANDON30W282N79W120.00-13ESEMODERATE BREEZES, AM VARIABLE WINDS, AT 6 SQUALLYFAIR WEATHER, AM CLOUDY000000034465
1794-03-20T13:00-4.95-18.521256.7FERDINANDON85W252N81W90.00-10SEMODERATE BREEZESHARD RAINDARK CLOUDY WEATHER010000034466
1794-03-21T13:00-4.45-19.273626.7FERDINANDON87W228N68W80.00-10ESE, VARIABLEMODERATEFAIR000000034467
1794-03-22T13:00-4.35-21.333626.7FERDINANDON87W189S87W114.00-10VARIABLEMODERATEFAIR000000034468
1794-03-23T14:00-4.25-23.97606.7FERDINANDON86W228N88W158.00-8ENEMODERATEFAIR000000034469
1794-03-24T14:00-4.03-25.401056.7FERDINANDON88W104N81W87.00-8ESEMODERATEFAIR000000034470
1794-03-25T14:00-4.03-27.22127FERDINANDON87W68W109.00-8ESE, SELIGHTRAIN AT TIMESCLOUDY010000034471
1794-03-26T14:00-3.50-29.823626.7FERDINANDOS8W30N71W97.00-5E, VARIABLEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation34472
1794-03-27T14:00-2.70-30.30406.7BARBADOSN61W646N63W106.00-5NNE, NEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000034473
1794-03-28T14:00-2.18-32.00176.7BARBADOSN61W672N73W106.00-6NNEMODERATE BREEZESAM VERY UNSETTLED WEATHERCLEAR000000034474
1794-03-29T14:00-1.17-33.5342BARBADOSN61W575N56W100.00-3NEMODERATE, AT 5 SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY010000034475
1794-03-30T14:00-0.45-35.5720BARBADOSN60W544N65W102.00-3VARIABLE, NE, NNEMODERATE, AT 5 SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY010000034476
1794-03-31T14:00-0.78-36.77206.7BARBADOSN61W500N54W127.00-3NNEMODERATE BREEZESRAIN010000034477
1794-04-01T15:001.50-38.73339.3BARBADOSN60W458N65W131.00-1NEBNFRESH BREEZESRAIN010000034478
1794-04-02T15:002.58-40.80266.7BARBADOSN62W412N62W141.00-2NNE1/2EMODERATE BREEZESHAZY000000034479
1794-04-03T15:004.40-42.77459.3BARBADOSN62W360N48W158.000NESTEADY BREEZESHAZY000000034480
1794-04-04T15:006.67-45.00459.3BARBADOSN65W299N45W189.000NEA FINE BRISK TRADEPLEASANT WEATHER000000034481
1794-04-05T15:008.35-46.65449.3BARBADOSN67W240N57W190.00-1NESTEADY BREEZESFAIR WEATHER000000034482
1794-04-06T15:0010.37-50.28469.3BARBADOSN72W176N50W196.001ENE, NEFRESH BREEZESHAZY WEATHER000000034483
1794-04-07T15:0012.20-52.48699.3BARBADOSN83W131N50W172.001ENEFRESH BREEZESHAZY WEATHER000000034484
1794-04-08T16:0013.93-55.30916.7BARBADOSW76N73W171.001EMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation34485
1794-04-09T16:0013.20-58.2093BARBADOSW30N84W170.003ECLOUDY WEATHER000000034486