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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 CARCASS cruise from St. Helens to Halifax started at 1776-05-09 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747801, 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: 45.038929 * Median Longitude: -33.235357 * South-bound Latitude: 42.580000 * West-bound Longitude: -59.830000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.520000 * East-bound Longitude: -4.810000
Date/Time Start: 1776-05-09T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1776-07-03T16:00:00
Event(s):
Carcass_17760509_NMM_ADM/L/C55 * Latitude Start: 53.550000 * Longitude Start: -3.360000 * Latitude End: 43.400000 * Longitude End: -63.030000 * Date/Time Start: 1776-05-09T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1776-07-03T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Carcass (Exploration Ves), Voyage: St Helens - Halifax (Nf), 1st Observer: Robert Dring (Captain), 2nd Observer: John Stoddart (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 298BM
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 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
17 ClearnessClearness
18 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
19 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
20 FogFog1 If fog was reported
21 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
22 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
23 HailHail1 If hail was reported
24 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
25 CommentComment
26 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
1081 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 
State sea descr
17 
Clearness
18 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
19 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
20 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
21 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
22 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
23 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
24 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
25 
Comment
26 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1776-05-09T12:0049.52-4.813622.6THE RAMHEADN47E21S47W63.00-22VARIABLEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH BREEZES, LATTER LIGHT BREEZESFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS RAINFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS CLOUDY, LATTER FAIR010000035676
1776-05-10T12:0048.95-6.3816.7THE RAMHEADN54E44S61W70.00-22N, NNEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000035677
1776-05-11T12:0048.75-6.933611.0THE RAMHEADN55E52S61W25.00-22NNE, CALMLIGHT AIRS WITH CALMSCLEAR000000035678
1776-05-12T12:0049.32-7.362711.0THE RAMHEADN69E51N27W38.00-22WBS, WNWLIGHT AIRS WITH CALMSSOME SMALL RAINCLOUDY010000035679
1776-05-13T13:0049.20-8.053621.0THE RAMHEADN70E60S75W27.00-23VARIABLELIGHT AIRS WITH CALMSSOME SMALL RAINCLOUDY010000035680
1776-05-14T13:0048.48-9.85451.0THE RAMHEADN67E89S59W83.00-23NNE, ENELIGHT AIRS WITH CALMSSOME SMALL RAINCLOUDY010000035681
1776-05-15T13:0047.78-12.58226.7THE RAMHEADN67E128S69W117.00-23ENE, NEMODERATE BREEZESFAIR000000035682
1776-05-16T13:0047.23-15.63249.3THE RAMHEADN69E167S75W129.00-21NEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000035683
1776-05-17T13:0046.57-18.45249.3THE RAMHEADN70E215S71W122.00-21NEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000035684
1776-05-18T13:0046.22-20.70249.3THE RAMHEADN70E235S77W95.00-21EBS, EBN, NEFRESH BREEZESRAINHAZY010000035685
1776-05-19T14:0045.88-22.70596.7THE RAMHEADN71E267S76W86.00-20EBNMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000035686
1776-05-20T14:0045.53-24.88256.7THE RAMHEADN72E305S77W93.00-20NEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000035687
1776-05-21T14:0045.60-25.6536219.0THE RAMHEADN73E317N83W32.00-20EBS, CALM, VARIABLEFIRST PART LIGHT BREEZES WITH CALMS, LATTER FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000035688
1776-05-22T14:0044.70-26.7529519.0THE RAMHEADN71E340S41W71.00-20NBW, NWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN010000035689
1776-05-23T14:0044.52-27.8618319.0THE RAMHEADN71E350S76W49.00-20NWBN, CALM, SSWFIRST PART MODERATE BREEZES, MIDDLE LIGHT BREEZES WITH CALMS, LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYLATTER RAINFIRST PART CLOUDY, MIDDLE HAZY010000035690
1776-05-24T14:0043.83-28.262502.6THE RAMHEADN69E357S23W45.00-20NW, WFIRST PART MODERATE BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER LIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000035691
1776-05-25T14:0043.52-29.6818319.0THE RAMHEADN69E377S73W64.00-20SW, SSWFIRST PART LIGHT AIRS, MIDDLE FRESH BREEZES, LATTER FRESH GALESLATTER RAINFIRST PART FAIR, MIDDLE HAZY010000035692
1776-05-26T14:0044.52-29.5327319.0THE RAMHEADN72E370N6E60.00-20WSW, WNWFIRST PART LIGHT AIRS, MIDDLE FRESH BREEZES, LATTER FRESH GALESLATTER RAINFIRST PART FAIR, MIDDLE HAZY010000035693
1776-05-27T14:0043.92-28.9029522.6THE RAMHEADN70E370S37E44.00-20WNW, NWSTRONG GALES WITH SOME VERY HEAVY SQUALLSRAIN010000035694
1776-05-28T14:0044.28-28.1626122.6THE RAMHEADN70E350N55E39.00-20WBS, WBNSTRONG GALES WITH SOME VERY HEAVY SQUALLSRAIN010000035695
1776-05-29T14:0044.47-27.3528422.6THE RAMHEADN70E337N73E36.00-20WBN, NWBWSTRONG GALES WITH SOME VERY HEAVY SQUALLSRAINEXCEEDING HIGH SEA FROM WNW010000035696
1776-05-30T14:0044.05-27.232952.6THE RAMHEADN69E343S11E26.00-20NWBW, NWBN, NWFIRST PART STRONG GALES, MIDDLE MORE MODERATE, LATTER LIGHT BREEZESFIRST AND LATTER CLOUDY000000035697
1776-05-31T14:0043.78-27.813621.0THE RAMHEADN69E360S58W30.00-20VARIABLELIGHT AIRSCLEAR000000035698
1776-06-01T14:0044.15-29.202286.7RAMHEADN71E373N70W63.00-20SSE, SSW, WSWMODERATE BREEZESMIDDLE AND LATTER SMALL RAINFIRST PART FAIR, MIDDLE AND LATTER HAZY010000035699
1776-06-02T14:0044.10-30.153622.6RAMHEADN71E377S4W41.00-20VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESFAIR000000035700
1776-06-03T14:0043.70-30.382956.7RAMHEADN70E383S23W26.00-20CALM, NWMODERATE BREEZES AND CALM AT TIMES000000035701
1776-06-04T14:0044.22-30.653629.3RAMHEADN72E39N21W34.00-20VARIABLEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS MODERATE BREEZES AND CALM AT TIMES, LATTER FRESH BREEZES WITH SQUALLS000000035702
1776-06-05T14:0045.02-31.212396.7RAMHEADN74E380N27W54.00-20W, WBSMODERATE BREEZESMIDDLE AND LATTER SMALL RAINFIRST PART CLEAR, MIDDLE AND LATTER THICK HAZY WEA010000035703
1776-06-06T14:0045.73-31.882166.7RAMHEADN77E400N33W51.00-20WBS, SWBWMODERATE BREEZESHAZY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation35704
1776-06-07T14:0045.95-32.802746.7RAMHEADN78E410N72W41.00-19WSW, WNWMODERATE BREEZESHAZY000000035705
1776-06-08T14:0044.90-32.802746.7RAMHEADN75E411S63.00-19WNWMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000035706
1776-06-09T14:0044.13-32.382392.6RAMHEADN73E417S21E49.00-20W, WBSLIGHT BREEZES000000035707
1776-06-10T14:0044.32-33.311846.7RAMHEADN74E430N75W46.00-19SW, SSWFIRST AND MIDDLE LIGHT BREEZES, LATTER MODERATEMIDDLE THICK HAZY WEATHER, LATTER CLOUDY000000035708
1776-06-11T14:0044.52-35.001726.7RAMHEADN75E427N89W73.00-19SBWMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000035709
1776-06-12T14:0044.97-36.0025119.0RAMHEADN76E435N49W57.00-19SSW, SW, WFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYGREAT SWELL FROM W000000035710
1776-06-13T14:0044.57-36.702966.7RAMHEADN76E466S51W39.00-19W, CALM, NWFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE LIGHT BREEZES, LATTER MODERATE BREEZESFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS RAINCLOUDY010000035711
1776-06-14T14:0044.25-37.352296.7RAMHEADN75E474S50W39.00-19W, WSWMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000035712
1776-06-15T15:0044.27-37.913621.0RAMHEADN76E480N87W25.00-18W, CALM, VARIABLELIGHT AIRS WITH CALMS000000035713
1776-06-16T15:0043.28-38.982976.7RAMHEADN74E503S38W76.00-18NNW, NWMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000035714
1776-06-17T15:0042.65-39.713202.6RAMHEADN73E519S40W50.00-18NNWFIRST PART MODERATE BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER LIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000035715
1776-06-18T15:0042.58-41.183626.7RAMHEADN74E539S86W65.00-18VARIABLEFIRST PART LIGHT AIRS, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST PART FAIR, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY000000035716
1776-06-19T15:0042.93-42.762076.7RAMHEADN75E557N73W70.00-18SSW, SWMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000035717
1776-06-20T15:0043.65-44.232186.7RAMHEADN77E570N56W77.00-18SW, SWBWFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATE BREEZESMIDDLE AND LATTER SOME RAINFIRST PART CLEAR, MIDDLE AND LATTER HAZY010000035718
1776-06-21T15:0044.10-45.881966.7RAMHEADN78E587N69W77.00-18SWBW, SWBSMODERATE BREEZESTHICK FOGGY WEATHER001000035719
1776-06-22T15:0044.27-47.26276.7RAMHEADN79E604N80W60.00-18SWBS, NEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH BREEZES, LATTER MODERATEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS THICK FOGGY WEATHERLATTER RAIN011000035720
1776-06-23T15:0044.18-48.31176.7RAMHEADN79E618S84W45.00-17NBE, NEBNFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH BREEZES, LATTER MODERATEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS THICK FOGGY WEATHERLATTER RAIN011000035721
1776-06-24T15:0043.98-50.233216.7RAMHEADN79E645S82W82.00-17NNE, NNWFRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH BREEZES, LATTER MODERATEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS RAINFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS HAZY010000035722
1776-06-25T15:0044.10-51.012311.0RAMHEADN79E655N78W34.00-17W, WSWLIGHT AIRS001000035723
1776-06-26T15:0044.45-52.10519.3RAMHEADN80E666N65W50.00-17W, CALM, ENEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS LIGHT AIRS, LATTER FRESH BREEZESFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FOGGYLATTER CLOUDY001000035724
1776-06-27T16:0044.92-53.813629.3RAMHEADN81E685N69W77.00-16VARIABLEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS LIGHT AIRS, LATTER FRESH BREEZESFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FOGGYLATTER CLOUDY001000035725
1776-06-28T16:0044.58-53.912776.7RAMHEADN81E687S10W20.00-16WBN, WNWFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000035726
1776-06-29T16:0044.97-55.312329.3RAMHEADN81E704N69W64.00-16SWBW, SSW, WSWFIRST PART MODERATE BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZESMIDDLE FOGGYFIRST PART CLOUDY, LATTER HAZY001000035727
1776-06-30T16:0044.73-56.363626.7RAMHEADN81E719S72W46.00-16VARIABLEFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE LIGHT AIRS, LATTER MODERATEMIDDLE LIGHTNING IN THE SWFIRST PART CLEAR, MIDDLE CLOUDY, LATTER FAIR000000035728
1776-07-01T16:0044.42-57.763622.6RAMHEADN81E742S73W64.00-15VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESFIRST PART CLEAR, MIDDLE AND LATTER HAZY000000035729
1776-07-02T16:0044.35-59.331766.7RAMHEADN81E765S86W63.00-15SBWMODERATE BREEZESMIDDLE AND LATTER FOGGYFIRST PART FAIR001000035730
1776-07-03T16:0044.62-59.831546.7RAMHEADN82E769N52W26.00-15SBW, SBEFIRST PART LIGHT BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEMIDDLE AND LATTER FOGGY001000035731