García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2010): Meteorological observations during CHESTERFIELD cruise from Basse Terre to Uk started at 1760-08-24 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747892, 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
Project(s):
Funding:
Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090: Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 47.588077 * Median Longitude: -23.912692 * South-bound Latitude: 40.330000 * West-bound Longitude: -48.120000 * North-bound Latitude: 50.750000 * East-bound Longitude: -8.700000
Date/Time Start: 1760-08-24T15:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1760-09-19T00:00:00
Event(s):
Chesterfield_17600824_NMM_ADM/L/C138 * Latitude Start: 15.970000 * Longitude Start: -61.770000 * Latitude End: 49.450000 * Longitude End: -5.630000 * Date/Time Start: 1760-08-24T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1760-09-19T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Chesterfield (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Basse Terre - Uk, 1st Observer: John Scaife (Captain), 2nd Observer: Thomas Sauvaire (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 44G 706BM
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Geocode | |||
| 2 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Geocode | |||
| 3 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Geocode | |||
| 4 | Wind direction | dd | deg | Wind 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. | ||
| 5 | Wind speed | ff | m/s | calculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations | ||
| 6 | Landmark | Landmark | Name of first landmark | |||
| 7 | Bearing | Bearing | Bearing of the first landmark | |||
| 8 | Distance to landmark | Distance | arbitrary units | Distance to the first landmark | ||
| 9 | Course | Course | Course of the ship during the past 24 hours | |||
| 10 | Distance | Distance | arbitrary units | Distance travelled during the previous 24 hours | ||
| 11 | Declination | Decl | deg | It 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 description | Wind dir descr | All reported wind directions on this day. The wind direction is the direction that points to where the wind comes from. | |||
| 13 | Wind force description | Wind force descr | All reported wind forces on this day | |||
| 14 | Present weather | ww | Weather description | |||
| 15 | Precipitation description | Precip descr | ||||
| 16 | State of the sea description | State sea descr | ||||
| 17 | Clearness | Clearness | ||||
| 18 | Gusts | Gusts | 1 If wind gusts are reported | |||
| 19 | Precipitation/Rain | Rain | 1 If rain was reported | |||
| 20 | Fog | Fog | 1 If fog was reported | |||
| 21 | Snow type | Snow | 1 If snow was reported | |||
| 22 | Thunder | Thunder | 1 If thunder and or lightning was reported | |||
| 23 | Hail | Hail | 1 If hail was reported | |||
| 24 | Sea ice | Sea ice | 1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported | |||
| 25 | Identification | ID | CLIWOC 2.1 line number |
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Size:
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Data
| 1 Date/Time | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 dd [deg] (Wind direction (from which th...) | 5 ff [m/s] (calculated from the descripti...) | 6 Landmark (Name of first landmark) | 7 Bearing (Bearing of the first landmark) | 8 Distance [arbitrary units] (Distance to the first landmark) | 9 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 ID (CLIWOC 2.1 line number) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1760-08-24T15:00 | 40.33 | -48.12 | 214 | 4.6 | SAMBRERO | S32W | 512 | N61E | 132.00 | -11 | ESE, SBW, SW | FIRST AND MIDDLE FRESH BREEZES, LATTER SMALL GALES | FIRST AND MID CLOUDY, LATTER HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41439 | |||
| 1760-08-25T15:00 | 41.22 | -45.75 | 214 | 19.0 | SAMBRERO | S34W | 555 | N63E | 121.00 | -11 | SW, WNW, SW | 1ST PART STRONG GALES, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH GALES | LATTER RAIN | HAZY, LATTER WITH THICK WEATHER | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41440 | ||
| 1760-08-26T15:00 | 42.07 | -42.99 | 214 | 19.0 | SAMBRERO | S37W | 589 | N67E | 134.00 | -11 | SWBW, SW | FRESH GALES | MID PART LIGHTNING | MID PART HARD RAIN | HAZY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41441 | |
| 1760-08-27T15:00 | 42.65 | -41.02 | 18 | 0.0 | SAMBRERO | S38W | 615 | N68E | 94.00 | -16 | WSW, NEBN | 1ST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE SQUALLY, LATTER CALM | FIRST PART HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41442 | |||
| 1760-08-28T15:00 | 42.40 | -40.54 | 179 | 2.6 | SAMBRERO | S39W | 616 | S49E | 25.00 | -12 | NEBN, E, SBW | LITTLE WIND AND CALM | RAIN AT TIMES | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41443 | |||
| 1760-08-29T15:00 | 43.37 | -37.80 | 232 | 19.0 | SAMBRERO | S41W | 664 | N64E | 133.00 | -16 | SWBS, WSW | FIRST AND MIDDLE FRESH BREEZES, LATTER FRESH GALES | FAIR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41444 | |||
| 1760-08-30T14:00 | 44.43 | -35.24 | 209 | 19.0 | SAMBRERO | S42W | 701 | N59E | 127.00 | -16 | SW | FRESH GALES | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41445 | |||
| 1760-08-31T14:00 | 45.40 | -33.39 | 187 | 9.3 | SAMBRERO | S48W | 734 | N54E | 97.00 | -16 | SW, SSW | FRESH BREEZES | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41446 | |||
| 1760-09-01T14:00 | 46.55 | -30.72 | 209 | 9.3 | SAMBRERO | S44W | 778 | N58E | 131.00 | -16 | SSW, SBW, SW | FRESH BREEZES | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41447 | |||
| 1760-09-02T14:00 | 47.68 | -28.24 | 228 | 9.3 | SAMBRERO | S45W | 821 | N58E | 125.00 | -20 | SWBS, WSW | FRESH BREEZES | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41448 | |||
| 1760-09-03T14:00 | 48.93 | -25.32 | 205 | 19.0 | SAMBRERO | S46W | 860 | N57E | 140.00 | -20 | SWBW, SW | FRESH GALES | THICK FOGGY WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41449 | |||
| 1760-09-04T14:00 | 49.57 | -23.32 | 318 | 6.7 | SAMBRERO | S46W | 897 | N65E | 89.00 | -20 | SSW, NNE, N, NNW | FIRST PART FRESH GALES, MID AND LATTER MODERATE | FIRST PART HARD RAIN | FIRST PART FOGGY, MID AND LATTER CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41450 | ||
| 1760-09-05T13:00 | 50.08 | -21.52 | 329 | 6.7 | SAMBRERO | S47W | 923 | N66E | 76.00 | -20 | NWBW, NBW | MODERATE BREEZES | FAIR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41451 | |||
| 1760-09-06T13:00 | 50.43 | -20.24 | 149 | 2.6 | SAMBRERO | S47W | 942 | N66E | 52.00 | -20 | WBS, S, SBE | LIGHT BREEZES, SOME PART CALM | FAIR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41452 | |||
| 1760-09-07T13:00 | 50.67 | -18.50 | 138 | 6.7 | SAMBRERO | S48W | 964 | NBE | 67.00 | -20 | S, SSE | MODERATE BREEZES | FAIR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41453 | |||
| 1760-09-08T13:00 | 50.75 | -17.04 | 149 | 6.7 | SAMBRERO | S49W | 983 | E7N | 59.00 | -20 | S, SBW, SBE | MODERATE BREEZES | FAIR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41454 | |||
| 1760-09-09T13:00 | 50.48 | -16.32 | 48 | 9.3 | SAMBRERO | S50:00W | 993 | SEBE | 33.00 | -20 | SSE, EBS, ENE | 1ST AND MID LIGHT BREEZES, LATTER FRESH BREEZES | FIRST AND MID LIGHT BREEZES, LATTER HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41455 | |||
| 1760-09-10T13:00 | 50.02 | -15.40 | 14 | 2.6 | SAMBRERO | S51E | 997 | S52E | 45.00 | -20 | ENE, SEBE, NE, NEBN | 1ST PART FRESH BREEZES, MID AND LATTER LITTLE WINDS | FIRST PART HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41456 | |||
| 1760-09-11T13:00 | 49.95 | -13.04 | 318 | SAMBRERO | S52E | 1026 | S87E | 92.00 | -20 | NEBN, NBE, NNW | FIRST AND MID FRESH BREEZES | FIRST AND MID FOGGY, LATTER HAZY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41457 | ||||
| 1760-09-12T13:00 | 49.72 | -11.74 | 49 | SAMBRERO | S53W | 1041 | S47E | 52.00 | -19 | NWBW, NBW, ENE | FIRST AND MID MODERATE BREEZES | RAIN | FIRST AND MID FAIR, MID AND LATTER THICK FOGGY WEA | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41458 | |||
| 1760-09-13T13:00 | 49.47 | -10.97 | 71 | 2.6 | SAMBRERO | S54W | 1051 | SEBE1/4E | 34.00 | -19 | NEBE, E | LITTLE WINDS | DRIZZLING RAIN | HAZY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41459 | ||
| 1760-09-14T13:00 | 49.83 | -9.09 | 240 | 19.0 | SAMBRERO | S54W | 1073 | ENE1/2E | 76.00 | -19 | ENE, E, S, WBS | FIRST PART LITTLE WINDS, MID AND LATTER FRESH GALES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41460 | |||
| 1760-09-15T13:00 | 50.03 | -9.00 | 229 | 19.0 | SAMBRERO | S55W | 1120 | -19 | WBN, NW, WSW | FRESH GALES | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41461 | |||||
| 1760-09-16T13:00 | 50.22 | -8.91 | 105 | CAPE CLEAR | ENE | 9 | -19 | W, S, SEBE | FIRST AND MIDDLE FRESH BREEZES | RAIN | LATTER THICK FOGGY WEATHER | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41462 | |||||
| 1760-09-17T13:00 | 50.42 | -8.81 | 105 | 22.6 | CAPE CLEAR | NWBW | 6 | -19 | E, N, NW, SSW, SEBE | FIRST AND LATTER STRONG GALES, MID LITTLE WINDS | RAIN | FIRST AND LATTER THICK FOGGY WEATHER, MID FAIR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41463 | ||||
| 1760-09-18T13:00 | 50.62 | -8.70 | 49 | 6.7 | CAPE CLEAR | NWBN1/2N | 16 | SEBE1/2E | 47.00 | -19 | ESE, SEBS, ENE | FIRST STRONG GALES, MID AND LATTER MODERATE | RAIN | GREAT SWELL FROM THE SE | FIRST THICK WEATHER, MID AND LATTER HAZY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41464 | |
| 1760-09-19T00:00 | 315 | 19.0 | CAPE CLEAR | N57W | 47 | NEBE, NW | FRESH GALES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41465 |