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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 CALYPSO cruise from Spithead to Port Royal started at 1799-09-08 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747790, 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: 31.181346 * Median Longitude: -23.074038 * South-bound Latitude: 13.100000 * West-bound Longitude: -59.180000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.400000 * East-bound Longitude: -5.930000
Date/Time Start: 1799-09-08T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1799-11-08T16:00:00
Event(s):
Calypso_17990908_NMM_ADM/L/C3 * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 17.870000 * Longitude End: -76.830000 * Date/Time Start: 1799-09-08T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1799-11-08T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Calypso (Sloop), Voyage: Spithead - Port Royal, 1st Observer: Joseph Baker (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 16G 337BM
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 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 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
1026 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 
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 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1799-09-08T12:0049.40-5.931109.3LIZARDN38E141S38W43.00-25S, SWBS, SEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000034959
1799-09-09T12:0049.07-6.431441.0USHANTS59E23S44W28.00-25NW, SBELIGHT AIRSRAIN010000034960
1799-09-10T12:0048.50-6.852906.7CAPE FINISTERRES17W118S26W38.00-25E, NWMODERATE BREEZESFAIR000000034961
1799-09-11T13:0047.93-8.171202.6CAPE FINISTERRES9W103S57W64.00-26S, SSW, SEBSLIGHT BREEZESFAIR000000034962
1799-09-12T13:0047.27-8.0729122.6CAPE FINISTERRES11W90S6E40.00-24WNW, NWSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY000000034963
1799-09-13T13:0046.13-7.952699.3CAPE FINISTERRES16W68S4E68.00-24W, WBS, WNWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000034964
1799-09-14T13:0045.45-8.052242.6CAPE FINISTERRES18W54S6W41.00-24S, E, WSWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000034965
1799-09-15T13:0044.83-8.70662.6CAPE FINISTERRES11W40S37W48.00-24ENE, SW, ELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000034966
1799-09-16T13:0044.78-9.721560.0CAPE FINISTERRES10E39S86W43.00-24SW, SCALMFAIR000000034967
1799-09-17T13:0044.37-9.722249.3CAPE FINISTERRES15E31S25.00-24W, WSWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000034968
1799-09-18T13:0043.78-9.532469.3CAPE FINISTERRES13E19S13E36.00-24WSW, SW, WFRESH BREEZESFAIR000000034969
1799-09-19T13:0043.67-10.1020112.3CAPE FINISTERRES38E20S73W25.00-24W, WNW, SWSTRONG BREEZESCLOUDY000000034970
1799-09-20T13:0042.52-10.102696.7CAPE FINISTERREN62E15S69.00-24W, WBN, WNWMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000034971
1799-09-21T13:0042.55-10.772012.6CAPE FINISTERREN74E22N85W30.00-24SSW, SWLIGHT BREEZESFAIR000000034972
1799-09-22T13:0042.35-10.2322622.6OPORTOS54E35S60E24.00-22W, WBN, WSWSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN010000034973
1799-09-23T13:0041.67-11.1327115.4CAPE ST VINCENTS12E94S6W41.00-22W, N, NNE, WNWMODERATE GALES AND SQUALLY000000034974
1799-09-24T13:0040.15-11.753499.3CAPE ST VINCENT78S41W121.00-22NBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000034975
1799-09-25T13:0038.72-13.00236.7CAPE ST VINCENTS64E77S36W107.00-22N, NEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000034976
1799-09-26T13:0037.92-13.672939.3MADERIRAS27W114S10W49.00-22W, WSW, NWFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY000000034977
1799-09-27T13:0037.22-13.572389.3MADERIRAS31W102S6E-21NWBW, W, WBSFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000034978
1799-09-28T13:0036.55-12.922159.3MADERIRAS41W98S38E-21WSW, SWBWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000034979
1799-09-29T13:0035.88-13.172279.3MADERIRAS44:30W85S17W-21W, NW, NNW, WSWFRESH BREEZESRAINHAZY010000034980
1799-09-30T13:0035.28-13.653176.7MADERIRAS47W72S33W-21WBN, WNW, NNWMODERATE BREEZESFAIR000000034981
1799-10-01T13:0034.37-13.832832.6PORTO SANCTOS57W52S9W-21NW, W, NWBWLIGHT BREEZESFAIR000000034982
1799-10-02T13:0033.35-14.322496.7PORTO SANCTOS78W36S24W-21NW, N, NE, WMODERATECLEAR000000034983
1799-10-03T13:0032.82-13.78136.7PORTO SANCTON86W44S74:30W-21NEBNMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000034984
1799-10-04T00:0032.75239.3DESERTASS12WENE, NNEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY000000034985
1799-10-12T00:002816.7FUNCHALLN12W7WNW, SWBW, WBNMODERATE BREEZESFAIR000000034986
1799-10-13T00:0032.152482.6FUNCHALLN5E10SS, SSE, WSWLIGHT BREEZESFAIR000000034987
1799-10-14T13:0031.07-17.70372.6BARBADOSS65:12W851S18W98.00-19ENE, NEBELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000034988
1799-10-15T13:0029.62-18.92946.7BARBADOSS66:28W828S36W107.00-19E, SE, ESEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000034989
1799-10-16T13:0028.58-19.83716.7BARBADOSS67:24W806S38W79.00-19ENE, ESE, NEBE, EMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000034990
1799-10-17T13:0027.18-20.93282.6BARBADOSS70:32W758S35W103.00-17ENE, E, NELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000034991
1799-10-18T13:0025.72-21.80516.7BARBADOSS70:32W758S28W100.00-17NEBE, ENEMODERATE BREEZESFAIR000000034992
1799-10-19T14:0024.72-23.52526.7BARBADOSS71:15W723S56W108.00-16NE, ENEMODERATE BREEZESFAIR000000034993
1799-10-20T14:0024.00-24.80526.7BARBADOSS71:44W696S59W85.00-16EBN, E, ENEMODERATECLEAR000000034994
1799-10-21T14:0023.42-26.33746.7BARBADOSS72:4W671S64W77.00-16SEBE, EBN, EMODERATE BREEZESFAIR000000034995
1799-10-22T14:0022.95-27.32526.7BARBADOSS72:22W651S63W61.00-16SE, NE, ENEMODERATEFAIR000000034996
1799-10-23T14:0022.67-27.83760.0BARBADOSS72:36W641S59W33.00-14EBN, ESE, ELIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMS000000034997
1799-10-24T14:0021.87-29.18446.7BARBADOSS73:20W612S57W89.00-12ENE, EBN, NEBEMODERATE BREEZESFAIR000000034998
1799-10-25T14:0021.18-30.90566.7BARBADOSS73:39W575S68W110.00-12EBN, E, ENEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000034999
1799-10-26T14:0020.37-32.85589.3BARBADOSS74:16W537S65:30W120.00-10NEBN, EBS, N, ENEFRESH BREEZESFAIR000000035000
1799-10-27T14:0019.87-34.52696.7BARBADOSS74:23W504S72W99.00-10EBNMODERATECLEAR000000035001
1799-10-28T14:0019.47-36.28699.3BARBADOSS74:14W470S76W104.00-10ESE, E, EBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000035002
1799-10-29T15:0018.93-38.13839.3BARBADOSS74:20W433S73W110.00-7EBN, EFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000035003
1799-10-30T15:0018.62-39.85839.3BARBADOSS73:56W400S79W99.00-7EBN, EFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000035004
1799-10-31T15:0018.05-41.47726.7BARBADOSS74:21W368S70W98.00-7E, EBNMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000035005
1799-11-01T15:0017.33-43.27769.3BARBADOSS75:7W331S67W111.00-3E, SE, ESE, EBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000035006
1799-11-02T15:0016.30-47.231106.7BARBADOSS77:31W298S55W109.00-3EBN, ESEMODERATEFAIR000000035007
1799-11-03T15:0015.53-48.971006.7BARBADOSS79:33W270S58W89.00-1ESE, SE, EBSMODERATERAINFAIR010000035008
1799-11-04T15:0014.60-50.301126.7BARBADOSS82:48W242S54W95.00-1EBS, ESEMODERATE AND SQUALLYRAIN010000035009
1799-11-05T16:0013.45-52.631146.7BARBADOSS88W210S52:30W113.001ENE, ESEMODERATE BREEZESFAIR000000035010
1799-11-06T16:0013.13-54.27916.7BARBADOSS89:54W182S79W98.001EBS, EMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000035011
1799-11-07T16:0013.10-56.73916.7BARBADOSW58S89W100.001EBN, EBS, EMODERATECLOUDY000000035012
1799-11-08T16:0013.17-59.18706.7BARBADOSS71W8N88W98.002EBN, ENEMODERATEFAIR000000035013