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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 CHARON cruise from Spithead to Charlestown started at 1780-02-07 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747876, 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: 35.428548 * Median Longitude: -50.029355 * South-bound Latitude: 23.950000 * West-bound Longitude: -75.920000 * North-bound Latitude: 50.590000 * East-bound Longitude: -4.700000
Date/Time Start: 1780-02-07T17:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1780-10-10T17:00:00
Event(s):
Charon_NMM_ADM/L/C110 * Latitude Start: 17.700000 * Longitude Start: -76.760000 * Latitude End: 47.720000 * Longitude End: -5.280000 * Date/Time Start: 1780-02-07T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1780-10-10T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Charon (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Jamaica - Downs, 1st Observer: John Luttrell (Captain), 2nd Observer: Bartholomew James (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 44G 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 Current direction descriptionCur dir descrDirection of the current. This direction points to where the current is flowing towards to.
14 Current speed descriptionV descr
15 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
16 Precipitation descriptionPrecip 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:
1151 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 
Cur dir descr
(Direction of the current. Thi...)
14 
V descr
15 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
16 
Precip 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)
1780-02-07T17:0026.37-75.921179.3BARMUDASN66E300N64E54.004ESEFRESH BREEZES000000040611
1780-02-08T17:0028.77-75.782289.3BARMUDASN70E280N5E97.003SWFRESH BREEZES000000040612
1780-02-09T17:0029.52-74.802969.3BARMUDASN67E240N65E109.003WNWFRESH BREEZES000000040613
1780-02-10T17:0030.62-73.703189.3BARMUDASN68E217N50E78.003NWNW1MPHFRESH BREEZES000000040614
1780-02-11T17:0031.62-72.721162.6BARMUDASN70E210N59E49.003ESELIGHT BREEZES0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation40615
1780-02-12T17:0032.20-71.051592.6BARMUDASN75E190N42E113.001SW, SSELIGHT BREEZES000000040616
1780-02-13T17:0033.17-69.752232.6BARMUDASN81E174N45E82.00-2SWLIGHT BREEZES000000040617
1780-02-14T17:0033.25-68.502232.6BARMUDASN81E157N88E55.00-2SWLIGHT BREEZES000000040618
1780-02-15T17:0033.88-68.072012.6BARMUDASN68E142N50E44.00-2NW, SSWLIGHT BREEZES000000040619
1780-02-16T16:0035.18-64.58412.6NARVON73E577N56E140.00-4SSE, NELIGHT BREEZES0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation40620
1780-02-17T16:0035.97-62.271742.6NARVON82E543N67E122.00-6SLIGHT BREEZESRAIN010000040621
1780-02-18T16:0036.12-61.302192.6NARVON82E543N78E85.00-6NW, SWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000040622
1780-02-19T16:0036.38-59.783092.6NARVON81E520N79E95.00-6NWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000040623
1780-02-20T16:0037.17-57.452862.6NARVON84E480N68E121.00-7WNWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000040624
1780-02-21T16:0037.65-54.9711NARVON83E442N78E116.00-12SW, NNESQUALLYRAIN010000040625
1780-02-22T16:0037.85-52.5730319.0NARVON83E397N84E133.00-12NWFRESH GALES0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation40626
1780-02-23T15:0038.25-51.1830219.0NARVON83E375N65E66.00-13S, NWFRESH GALES0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation40627
1780-02-24T15:0039.37-48.07145NARVON88E333N62E138.00-13SSESQUALLY000000040628
1780-02-25T15:0039.57-45.37166NARVON87E284N85E126.00-14SSQUALLY000000040629
1780-02-26T15:0039.57-45.102119.3NARVON89E278E18.00-14SWFRESH BREEZES000000040630
1780-02-27T15:0039.38-45.302119.3NARVON88E272E16.00-14SWFRESH BREEZES000000040631
1780-02-28T15:0039.70-43.481559.3LANDS OF ENGLANDN70E613N69E52.00-14SSW, SBEFRESH BREEZES000000040632
1780-02-29T15:0040.42-43.802119.3LANDS OF ENGLANDN70E564N60E92.00-14N, SWFRESH BREEZES000000040633
1780-03-01T15:0040.85-40.803459.3LANDS OF ENGLANDN70E564N50E40.00-15E, NFRESH BREEZES000000040634
1780-03-02T15:0040.48-39.633009.3LANDS OF ENGLANDN68E549N63E45.00-15NWFRESH BREEZES000000040635
1780-03-03T15:0042.17-38.453009.3LANDS OF ENGLANDN72E506N45E143.00-15S, SW, NWFRESH BREEZES000000040636
1780-03-04T14:0043.53-36.2525019.0LANDS OF ENGLANDN74E473N45E116.00-20SSW, WFRESH GALES000000040637
1780-03-05T14:0045.05-33.541839.3LANDS OF ENGLANDN76E440N45E106.00-20SSWFRESH BREEZES000000040638
1780-03-06T14:0045.75-33.29709.3LANDS OF ENGLANDN78E417N42E62.00-20EFRESH BREEZES000000040639
1780-03-07T14:0046.90-31.971389.3LANDS OF ENGLANDN81E392N40E93.00-20SSW, SSEFRESH BREEZES000000040640
1780-03-08T14:0047.47-33.392959.3CAPE CLEARN77E312N47E93.00-20NWFRESH BREEZES000000040641
1780-03-09T14:0047.72-31.432919.3CAPE CLEARN77E276N75E89.00-24SBE, NWFRESH BREEZES000000040642
1780-03-10T14:0048.96-29.30201CAPE CLEARN77E261N51E119.00-24SWSQUALLYCONSTANT RAIN010000040643
1780-03-11T14:0049.21-26.29269CAPE CLEARN77E223N82E115.00-24WNWSQUALLYCONSTANT RAIN010000040644
1780-03-12T14:0049.84-24.41224CAPE CLEARN84E174N70E116.00-24WSWSQUALLYCONSTANT RAIN010000040645
1780-03-13T13:0050.59-21.94201CAPE CLEARN75E128N87E111.00-24SWSQUALLYCONSTANT RAIN010000040646
1780-03-14T13:0049.56-19.34212CAPE CLEARN75E106S86E128.00-24SWBWSQUALLYCONSTANT RAIN0100000a trivial correction was made in this observation40647
1780-03-15T13:0049.10-16.2629119.0LANDS ENDN82E187S79E138.00-24NWFRESH GALESHAZY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation40648
1780-03-16T13:0048.83-12.5524619.0LANDS ENDN71E108S84E139.00-24WFRESH GALESHAZY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation40649
1780-03-17T13:0049.03-8.9820219.0LANDS ENDN79E68N88E158.00-23SWFRESH GALESHAZY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation40650
1780-03-18T12:0049.80-4.7024819.0LANDS ENDN85W4N74E165.00-22WFRESH GALESHAZY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation40651
1780-09-20T15:0028.15-42.801519.3BERMUDASN77W367S48W86.00-7SE, SSEFRESH BREEZESCLOSE000000040652
1780-09-21T15:0026.83-43.801199.3BERMUDASN72W361S34W95.00-5SEBEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000040653
1780-09-22T15:0025.25-44.901089.3BERMUDASN66:28W358S31W115.00-5SE, ESEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000040654
1780-09-23T15:0024.65-46.521089.3BERMUDASN62:42W339S68W95.00-5ESEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000040655
1780-09-24T15:0024.27-48.121109.3BERMUDASN59:11W318S75W90.00-3ESEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000040656
1780-09-25T15:0024.30-49.751109.3BERMUDASN56W295S86W90.00-3ESEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000040657
1780-09-26T15:0024.00-51.221109.3BERMUDASN52:28E276S83W81.00-3ESEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000040658
1780-09-27T16:0023.95-53.101009.3BERMUDASN47:42E251S89W103.00-1EBSFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000040659
1780-09-28T16:0024.12-55.30789.3BERMUDASN41:34E221N85W122.00-1ENE, EBNFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000040660
1780-09-29T16:0024.22-57.47789.3BERMUDASN33:36E197N87W119.00-1EBNFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000040661
1780-09-30T16:0024.45-59.651019.3BERMUDASN23:54E174N84W120.000EBSFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000040662
1780-10-01T16:0024.53-61.60909.3BERMUDASN16:57W162N87W107.000EFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000040663
1780-10-02T16:0024.75-62.931152.6BERMUDASN4:47W154N80W74.002ESELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000040664
1780-10-03T16:0024.90-64.371379.3CHARLESTOWNN59:51W312N83W78.002SEFRESH BREEZES000000040665
1780-10-04T16:0025.35-65.80929.3CHARLESTOWNN57:49W290N83W79.002ESE, EFRESH BREEZES000000040666
1780-10-05T17:0025.62-67.581389.3CHARLESTOWNN56:15W257N70W101.003SEFRESH BREEZES000000040667
1780-10-06T17:0026.40-69.181389.3CHARLESTOWNN55:31W224N62W98.003SEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000040668
1780-10-07T17:0027.23-70.521729.3CHARLESTOWNN55:12W193N55W87.003SBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000040669
1780-10-08T17:0027.88-71.581702.6CHARLESTOWNN55:36W172N55W68.001W, SBELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000040670
1780-10-09T17:0028.83-73.021612.6CHARLESTOWNN56:11W141N56W90.003ENE, SSELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000040671
1780-10-10T17:0030.07-74.58822.6CHARLESTOWNN59:02W104N45W115.003EBNLIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000040672