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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 CHICHESTER cruise from Spithead to Barbados started at 1803-05-20 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747898, 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: 26.645200 * Median Longitude: -25.556400 * South-bound Latitude: 13.170000 * West-bound Longitude: -52.370000 * North-bound Latitude: 48.920000 * East-bound Longitude: -6.120000
Date/Time Start: 1803-05-20T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1803-06-13T15:00:00
Event(s):
Chichester_18030520_NMM_ADM/L/C146 * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 14.850000 * Longitude End: -59.680000 * Date/Time Start: 1803-05-20T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1803-06-13T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Chichester (Storeship), Voyage: Spithead - Barbados, 1st Observer: Joseph Spear (Captain), Company: Royal Navy
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 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
477 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 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1803-05-20T12:0048.92-6.123246.7CAPE FINNISTERES19W125S44W121.00-25NWBN, NNE, NBWPM LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALM, AM MODERATE, 7 MODERATEHAZY THEN CLEAR000000041582
1803-05-21T13:0046.23-8.553599.3PORTO SANCTOS24W291S32W187.00-24NBW, NNEFRESH BREEZES, LIGHT AIRS, MODERATE, NOON FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY AND HAZY000000041583
1803-05-22T13:0043.80-9.67219.3PORTO SANCTOS25W240S20W150.00-24NBW, NEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000041584
1803-05-23T13:0041.17-11.42239.3PORTO SANCTOS25W185S22W171.00-22NEMODERATE BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY, AM HAZY000000041585
1803-05-24T13:0038.25-13.073609.3PORTO SANCTOS26W118S24W192.00-23NNEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000041586
1803-05-25T13:0036.00-14.38479.3PORTO SANCTOS27W69S26W142.00-21NNW, ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000041587
1803-05-26T13:0034.73-15.13472.6PORTO SANCTOS29W40S26W84.00-21NE, ENELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000041588
1803-05-27T13:0033.20-16.83926.7PORTO SANCTOWBN7S29W100.00-21E, ESEMODERATE BREEZES, FRESH BREEZES, LIGHT BREEZES, NOON MODERATECLOUDY000000041589
1803-05-28T13:0031.73-16.63592.6BARBADOSS64W872S8E51.00-20E, EBNLIGHT BREEZESPM AND NOON CLEAR, AM CLOUDY000000041590
1803-05-29T13:0030.43-17.373626.7BARBADOSS66W851S28W81.00-20NE, VARIABLELIGHT AIRS, AM MODERATECLEAR, AM CLOUDY000000041591
1803-05-30T13:0028.55-18.85269.3BARBADOSS68W818S35W135.00-19NE, SE, NEPM LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALM, 8 LIGHT BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZESPM AND AM CLOUDY, 8PM CLEAR000000041592
1803-05-31T13:0026.40-20.05389.3BARBADOS EAST POINTS70W779S37W164.00-18NE, NEBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000041593
1803-06-01T13:0024.33-22.33276.7BARBADOS EAST POINTS72W739S39W150.00-18NEMODERATEPM CLEAR, AM CLOUDY000000041594
1803-06-02T14:0022.57-24.45631.0BARBADOS EAST POINTS74W694S50W154.00-16NE, EBNPM FRESH BREEZES, AM LIGHT AIRSHAZY000000041595
1803-06-03T14:0021.22-26.20302.6BARBADOS EAST POINTS76W657S51W127.00-15NELIGHT BREEZESHAZY000000041596
1803-06-04T14:0019.97-27.83442.6BARBADOS EAST POINTS77W623S50W119.00-12NEBELIGHT BREEZESHAZY000000041597
1803-06-05T14:0018.77-30.20569.3BARBADOS EAST POINTS78W576S63W150.00-12ENEFRESH BREEZESHAZY000000041598
1803-06-06T14:0017.72-32.67809.3BARBADOS EAST POINTS80W528S66W154.00-10EBN, EPM MODERATE BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000041599
1803-06-07T14:0016.78-35.32822.6BARBADOS EAST POINTS81W474S69W163.00-8EMODERATE BREEZES, 9 FRESH BREEZES, AM LIGHT BREEZESSOME RAINCLOUDY THEN CLEAR010000041600
1803-06-08T15:0015.80-38.30739.3BARBADOS EAST POINTS82W420S71W182.00-6EBNFRESH BREEZESSOME DROPS OF RAINPM CLOUDY, AM HAZY010000041601
1803-06-09T15:0015.07-41.00739.3BARBADOS EAST POINTS84W361S74W163.00-6EBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000041602
1803-06-10T15:0014.40-43.92659.3BARBADOS EAST POINTS85W306S76W177.00-3ENEFRESH BREEZESPM CLOUDY, AM FAIR000000041603
1803-06-11T15:0013.72-46.73659.3BARBADOS EAST POINTS87W206S77W170.00-3ENEFRESH BREEZESHAZY000000041604
1803-06-12T15:0013.20-49.52679.3BARBADOS EAST POINTW197S79W166.00-1SEBE, ENELIGHT BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY, AM CLEAR000000041605
1803-06-13T15:0013.17-52.37449.3BARBADOS EAST POINTW141W167.00-1NEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000041606