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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 CARYSFORT cruise from Jamaica to Spithead started at 1773-05-24 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747805, 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: 36.579697 * Median Longitude: -49.897879 * South-bound Latitude: 21.750000 * West-bound Longitude: -71.330000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.220000 * East-bound Longitude: -9.480000
Date/Time Start: 1773-05-24T17:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1773-06-25T13:00:00
Event(s):
Carysfort_17730524_NMM_ADM/L/C61 * Latitude Start: 17.700000 * Longitude Start: -76.760000 * Latitude End: 50.680000 * Longitude End: -0.960000 * Date/Time Start: 1773-05-24T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1773-06-25T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Carysfort (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Jamaica - Spithead, 1st Observer: William Hay (Captain), 2nd Observer: Roddam Home (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 28G 580BM
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 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
15 ClearnessClearness
16 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
17 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
18 FogFog1 If fog was reported
19 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
20 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
21 HailHail1 If hail was reported
22 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
23 CommentComment
24 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
613 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 
Precip descr
15 
Clearness
16 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
17 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
18 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
19 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
20 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
21 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
22 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
23 
Comment
24 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1773-05-24T17:0021.75-71.339519.0GRAND CAICOSS23W20N23E60.005EFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN0100000a trivial correction was made in this observation35924
1773-05-25T17:0023.23-70.671831.0GRAND CAICOSS36W35N51E46.003NE, SLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY000000035925
1773-05-26T17:0024.35-69.321389.3GRAND CAICOSS42W67N48E99.003SSE, SEFRESH BREEZES000000035926
1773-05-27T17:0025.72-67.8020619.0GRAND CAICOSS46W113N45E116.003SE, SSWFRESH GALESHAZY000000035927
1773-05-28T16:0026.55-66.3013719.0GRAND CAICOSS47W136N59E96.002SEFRESH GALESHAZY000000035928
1773-05-29T16:0027.27-64.7720519.0GRAND CAICOSS52W147N62E95.002SSWFRESH GALESHAZY000000035929
1773-05-30T16:0027.27-64.253281.0GRAND CAICOSS50W175E28.002WSW, NWBNFIRST AND MID MODERATE, LATTER LIGHT AIRSCLOUDY000000035930
1773-05-31T16:0027.87-64.804519.0CAICOSS47W175N39W47.000NEFIRST LIGHT AIRS, MID AND LATTER FRESH GALES000000035931
1773-06-01T16:0029.63-65.42456.7BERMUDAN21E58N17W111.000NEFIRST FRESH GALES, MID AND LATTER MORE MODERATE000000035932
1773-06-02T16:0030.73-64.901136.7BERMUDAN22E36N22E71.000ESEMODERATE000000035933
1773-06-03T16:0031.48-62.673156.7BERMUDAN54W32N68E120.000WSW, NWMODERATECLOUDY000000035934
1773-06-04T16:0031.07-60.80436.7BERMUDAN66W64S67E100.00-2NEMODERATECLOUDY000000035935
1773-06-05T16:0030.57-59.80436.7BERMUDAN64W84S59E61.00-2NEMODERATECLOUDY000000035936
1773-06-06T16:0030.85-59.45432.6BERMUDAN70E87N44E26.00-2NELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000035937
1773-06-07T16:0032.13-59.97662.6BERMUDAN85W88N20W78.00-2ENELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000035938
1773-06-08T16:0033.75-59.151306.7BERMUDAS72W87N23E106.00-5SEMODERATECLEAR000000035939
1773-06-09T16:0035.25-56.801066.7BERMUDAS65W134N52E146.00-7ESEMODERATECLEAR000000035940
1773-06-10T16:0036.75-54.8215119.0BERMUDAS60W176N47E132.00-7SSEFRESH GALES000000035941
1773-06-11T15:0038.50-52.2213419.0BERMUDAS58W229N50E164.00-12SEBSFRESH GALES000000035942
1773-06-12T15:0040.27-49.4010119.0CORVON9E290N38E135.00-12ESEFRESH GALES000000035943
1773-06-13T15:0041.27-48.0112319.0CORVOS78E237N55E106.00-12SEFRESH GALES000000035944
1773-06-14T15:0042.27-46.781229.3LIZARDN75E588N55E106.00-13SEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000035945
1773-06-15T15:0043.47-45.401179.3LIZARDN77E559N40E95.00-18SEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000035946
1773-06-16T15:0044.83-44.251406.7LIZARDN79E539N31E96.00-18ESE, SSEMODERATECLOUDY000000035947
1773-06-17T15:0045.12-40.981406.7LIZARDN78E418N83E138.00-18SSEMODERATECLOUDY000000035948
1773-06-18T14:0046.07-36.1316219.0LIZARDN80E345N72E215.00-19SFRESH GALES000000035949
1773-06-19T14:0047.03-31.4516119.0LIZARDN80E345N72E215.00-19SFRESH GALES000000035950
1773-06-20T14:0047.68-26.9822519.0LIZARDN81E283N78E190.00-23WSWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN010000035951
1773-06-21T14:0048.30-23.232926.7LIZARDN88E232N76E150.00-23NWFIRST FRESH GALES, LATTER MODERATE000000035952
1773-06-22T13:0048.73-20.402259.3LIZARDN83E193N77E115.00-23NW, WSWFRESH BREEZES000000035953
1773-06-23T13:0048.95-16.071819.3LIZARDN82E134N86E178.00-23SSWFRESH BREEZES000000035954
1773-06-24T13:0049.20-12.833389.3LIZARDN81E90N83E128.00-23WNW, NFRESH BREEZES000000035955
1773-06-25T13:0049.22-9.48338LIZARDN73E50E129.00-22WNW, NFIRST MODERATE, LATTER SQUALLYRAIN010000035956