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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 CAMEL cruise from Table Bay to Lobos Island started at 1807-04-07 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747796, 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: -24.858000 * Median Longitude: -21.259111 * South-bound Latitude: -35.180000 * West-bound Longitude: -54.350000 * North-bound Latitude: -15.330000 * East-bound Longitude: 18.030000
Date/Time Start: 1807-04-07T11:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1807-05-27T16:00:00
Event(s):
Camel_18070407_NMM_ADM/L/C21 * Latitude Start: -34.430000 * Longitude Start: 16.950000 * Latitude End: -35.020000 * Longitude End: -54.350000 * Date/Time Start: 1807-04-07T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1807-05-27T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Camel (Storeship), Voyage: Table Bay - Lobos Island (River Plate), 1st Observer: John Joyce (Captain), 2nd Observer: R.T. Hodges (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 879BM
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 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
856 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 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1807-04-07T11:00-33.4818.032211.0CAPE OF GOOD HOPES16E21S53W35.00-27E, SWLIGHT AIRSHAZY000000035345
1807-04-08T11:00-32.8517.031546.7CAPE OF GOOD HOPES35W39S47W63.00-26VARIABLE, SSEMODERATECLOUDY000000035346
1807-04-09T11:00-31.2514.981436.7SAXEMBURGHN89W582S48W142.00-26SSE, SMODERATECLEAR000000035347
1807-04-10T11:00-29.9313.67756.7CAPE FRION82W1008S28W110.00-26VARIABLE, NWMODERATECLEAR000000035348
1807-04-11T11:00-29.0313.122446.7CAPE FRIOW7N996S39W67.00-26WSWMODERATECLEAR000000035349
1807-04-12T11:00-27.4511.652016.7CAPE FRION58W39526.00-24VARIABLE, SSEMODERATECLOUDY000000035350
1807-04-13T11:00-25.729.901349.3ST HELENAN54W329N42W140.00-24VARIABLE, SBEFRESH BREEZES, PM MODERATECLOUDY, PM FAIR000000035351
1807-04-14T12:00-23.906.731369.3ST HELENAN56W281N44W151.00-22SSEFRESH BREEZESSHOWERS OF RAINCLOUDY110000035352
1807-04-15T12:00-22.124.801369.3ST HELENAN59W240N45W151.00-22SSEFRESH BREEZES, PM MODERATECLOUDY, PM FAIR000000035353
1807-04-16T12:00-20.583.301136.7ST HELENAN62W196N42W125.00-22SEMODERATECLOUDY000000035354
1807-04-17T12:00-19.452.181386.7ST HELENAN65W167N51W94.00-20SEMODERATECLOUDY000000035355
1807-04-18T12:00-18.25-0.331156.7ST HELENAN65W126N56W126.00-20ESE, SEMODERATECLOUDY000000035356
1807-04-19T12:00-17.10-1.171376.7ST HELENAN76W91N54W110.00-21SEMODERATECLOUDY, PM CLEAR000000035357
1807-04-20T12:00-16.03-4.871166.7ST HELENANNW10N54W108.00-19SEMODERATECLEAR, PM CLOUDY000000035358
1807-04-27T12:00-15.33-6.871166.7TRINIDADS80W445S68W66.00-19ESE, SEMODERATECLOUDY, PM FAIR000000035359
1807-04-28T13:00-16.65-7.97972.6TRINIDADS78W400S73W66.00-16SSW, EBSLIGHT BREEZES, PM MODERATECLOUDY, PM FAIR000000035360
1807-04-29T13:00-17.13-9.17976.7TRINIDADS80W375S69W82.00-16SSEMODERATEFAIR000000035361
1807-04-30T13:00-17.68-11.481436.7TRINIDADS80W330S73W114.00-15SSEMODERATEFAIR000000035362
1807-05-01T13:00-18.20-13.451226.7TRINIDADS81W294S74W116.00-13SSE, ESEMODERATESHOWERS OF RAINPM FAIR110000035363
1807-05-02T13:00-18.90-16.101229.3TRINIDADS82W230S74W149.00-13SEFRESH BREEZES, PM MODERATEFAIR000000035364
1807-05-03T13:00-19.43-19.08916.7TRINIDADS84W182S77W145.00-10EMODERATEFAIR000000035365
1807-05-04T13:00-19.88-21.45916.7TRINIDADS85W135S78W137.00-10EBSMODERATEFAIR000000035366
1807-05-05T14:00-20.17-24.131286.7TRINIDADS84W84S84W153.00-7VARIABLE, ESEMODERATECLEAR000000035367
1807-05-06T14:00-20.40-26.521062.6TRINIDADS88W40S84W135.00-7SELIGHT BREEZES, PM MODERATECLEAR000000035368
1807-05-07T14:00-20.57-28.531316.7TRINIDADW27S85W114.00-4ESE, SEBS, SEMODERATECLOUDY000000035369
1807-05-08T14:00-20.97-30.781429.3TRINIDADN45E14S79W128.00-4ESE, SEBSFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000035370
1807-05-09T14:00-21.97-33.321346.7CAPE FRIOS83W155S67W154.00-1SSEMODERATEFAIR000000035371
1807-05-10T14:00-22.52-34.73102CAPE FRIOS86W126S67W86.001SSEPM LIGHT BREEZESFINE PLEASANT WEATHERPM CLEAR000000035372
1807-05-11T14:00-23.07-35.701362.6CAPE FRION1W108S69W94.001ESE, SELIGHT BREEZES, PM MODERATECLEAR, PM FAIR000000035373
1807-05-12T14:00-23.80-37.13696.7CAPE FRION78W83S70W129.001NEMODERATEFAIR000000035374
1807-05-13T15:00-24.75-39.20486.7CAPE FRION48W55S63W127.003NEMODERATEFAIR000000035375
1807-05-14T15:00-25.65-41.35486.7ST CATHERINES79W148S65W129.003NEMODERATE, PM FRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000035376
1807-05-15T15:00-27.25-44.222912.3CAPE ST MARYSS48W228S58W182.006NBESTRONG BREEZESCLEAR000000035377
1807-05-16T15:00-29.12-45.683016.7CAPE ST MARYSS51W182S35W137.008SW, SWBSMODERATE, PM STRONG BREEZESCLOUDY000000035378
1807-05-17T15:00-28.98-46.021431.0CAPE ST MARYSS51W179N65W19.008ESE, SELIGHT AIRS000000035379
1807-05-18T15:00-29.50-46.90532.6CAPE ST MARYSS50W162S56W56.008NNWLIGHT BREEZES, PM MODERATERAINCLOUDY010000035380
1807-05-19T15:00-30.25-47.95552.6CAPE ST MARYSS50W141S39W58.0010ESE, SBE, NELIGHT BREEZESRAIN010000035381
1807-05-20T15:00-30.93-48.3214512.3CAPE ST MARYSS52W123S41W55.0010SEBS, SSESTRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLYPM CLOUDY000000035382
1807-05-21T15:00-30.67-48.171569.3CAPE ST MARYSS51W129N27E18.0010SSE, SEBSFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000035383
1807-05-22T15:00-30.83-47.251666.7CAPE ST MARYSS52W129S52E16.008SSEMODERATE, PM FRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000035384
1807-05-23T15:00-30.92-48.571566.7CAPE ST MARYSS51W121S81W33.0010NW, SEMODERATE, PM FRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000035385
1807-05-24T15:00-32.02-49.371236.7CAPE ST MARYSS56W96S32W78.0010SBEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000035386
1807-05-25T15:00-33.73-50.32113CAPE ST MARYSS72W66S25W114.0012VARIABLE, NESQUALLY, PM MODERATERAINPM CLEAR010000035387
1807-05-26T15:00-35.18-51.60576.7CAPE ST MARYSN79W44S26W108.0012ENE, EBNMODERATECLOUDY, PM CLEAR000000035388
1807-05-27T16:00-35.02-54.35246.7CAPE ST MARYSN78:55W7N84W96.0013SWBW, WMODERATE, PM LIGHT AIRSCLEAR, PM CLOUDY000000035389