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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 Tortola Roads to Spithead started at 1803-12-03 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747899, 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: 37.990612 * Median Longitude: -39.147959 * South-bound Latitude: 19.430000 * West-bound Longitude: -68.450000 * North-bound Latitude: 50.500000 * East-bound Longitude: -3.930000
Date/Time Start: 1803-12-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1804-01-21T12:00:00
Event(s):
Chichester_18031203_NMM_ADM/L/C146 * Latitude Start: 18.710000 * Longitude Start: -64.780000 * Latitude End: 50.680000 * Longitude End: -0.960000 * Date/Time Start: 1803-12-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1804-01-21T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Chichester (Storeship), Voyage: Tortola Roads, St Thomas - Spithead, 1st Observer: Joseph Spear (Captain), 2nd Observer: Joseph Hellard (1st Officer/Master), 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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
10 CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
11 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
12 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.
13 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.
14 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
15 Present weatherwwWeather description
16 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
17 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
18 ClearnessClearness
19 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
20 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
21 FogFog1 If fog was reported
22 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
23 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
24 HailHail1 If hail was reported
25 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
26 CommentComment
27 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
950 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)

-
(1 If position is considered t...)
10 
Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
11 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
12 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
13 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
14 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
15 
ww
(Weather description)
16 
Precip descr
17 
State sea descr
18 
Clearness
19 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
20 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
21 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
22 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
23 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
24 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
25 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
26 
Comment
27 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1803-12-03T00:0018.40566.7ST THOMAS ISLANDW8NEBEMODERATEFAIR000000041607
1803-12-04T16:0019.43-65.037012.3CAPE CLEARN54E1083N20W65.002ENEFRESH BREEZES, LATTER STRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLYCLEAR000000041608
1803-12-05T16:0020.77-65.42706.7CAPE CLEARN55E1060N15W83.002ENEPM FRESH BREEZES, AM MODERATE BREEZESSHOWERSCLEAR100000041609
1803-12-06T16:0021.62-66.1536212.3CAPE CLEARN56E1060N41W68.002VARIABLEPM MODERATE, AM STRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLYSWELL SET TO NWCLEAR000000041610
1803-12-07T16:0022.00-66.823629.3CAPE CLEARN57E1074N58W44.002VARIABLEPM STRONG GALES HEAVY SQUALLS, AM FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000041611
1803-12-08T17:0022.42-67.853626.7CAPE CLEARN58E1080N66W63.004VARIABLEMODERATERAINFAIR010000041612
1803-12-09T17:0023.47-68.45476.7CAPE CLEARN59E1073N28W71.002NEMODERATERAINFAIR010000041613
1803-12-10T17:0024.63-68.45706.7CAPE CLEARN59:30E1080N70.002ENEMODERATEFAIR THEN CLEAR000000041614
1803-12-11T17:0025.65-68.02926.7CAPE CLEARN61E1025N22E66.002EMODERATECLEAR000000041615
1803-12-12T16:0026.65-67.281149.3CAPE CLEARN61E1013N33E71.001ESEMODERATE, AM FRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000041616
1803-12-13T16:0027.65-65.801569.3CAPE CLEARN61E974N53E99.00-2SSEMODERATE BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZESFAIR000000041617
1803-12-14T16:0028.80-63.8317812.3CAPE CLEARN61:07E930NEBE125.00-2SFRESH BREEZES, AM STRONG BREEZESHAZY000000041618
1803-12-15T16:0029.57-62.803582.6CAPE CLEARN61:20E904N50E72.00-2NW, NMODERATE, AM LIGHT WINDSFINE, AM CLEAR000000041619
1803-12-16T16:0030.17-62.321429.3CAPE CLEARN62E900N35E45.00-4N, NE, SEBSFIRST LIGHT WINDS, LATTER FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000041620
1803-12-17T16:0031.53-60.2215412.3BERMUDAN77W58N53E134.00-4SWBS, SSEFRESH BREEZES, LATTER STRONG BREEZESCLOUDY000000041621
1803-12-18T16:0032.68-58.33240CORVON77E543N54E135.00-8SSE, SW, WSWSQUALLYHEAVY RAIN010000041622
1803-12-19T16:0033.37-55.8323819.0CORVON72E413N72E132.00-10WNW, WSWFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000041623
1803-12-20T16:0034.00-53.982609.3CORVON73E369N68E102.00-10WFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000041624
1803-12-21T15:0034.70-51.932586.7CORVON73E347ENE111.00-12WFIRST FRESH BREEZES, LATTER MORE MODERATE000000041625
1803-12-22T15:0035.60-49.2725819.0CORVON74E300ENE141.00-12SSW, WNW, WFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000041626
1803-12-23T15:0036.17-47.2330119.0CORVON74E260N71E104.00-14W, N, NWFRESH BREEZES, AM SQUALLY, THEN FRESH GALESCLOUDY000000041627
1803-12-24T15:0036.82-45.1230119.0CORVON75E227N69E108.00-14NWBN, NWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY000000041628
1803-12-25T15:0037.18-43.302566.7CORVON76E207N76E94.00-14NNW, NW, WFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, AM MODERATESHOWERS OF RAINHEAVY SWELL FROM NW110000041629
1803-12-26T15:0038.42-40.9827422.6CORVON81E160N56E132.00-19W, WNWFRESH BREEZES, LATTER STRONG GALES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY000000041630
1803-12-27T15:0038.75-39.573626.7CORVON82E133N73E65.00-19VARIABLEPM FRESH BREEZES, AM MODERATEDRIZZLING RAINCLOUDY010000041631
1803-12-28T15:0040.10-37.8529626.8CORVOS85E106N57E149.00-19NWPM FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, AM HARD GALES AND VERY HEAVY SQUALLS0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation41632
1803-12-29T14:0040.47-35.753069.3CORVOS78E87N67E58.00-20NWBNPM STRONG GALES HEAVY SQUALLS, AM GALE MODERATED, 9 FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000041633
1803-12-30T14:0041.45-33.502959.3CORVOS33E42N60E117.00-20NWMODERATE, AM FRESH BREEZESSHOWERYCLOUDY100000041634
1803-12-31T14:0041.75-31.28246.7CORVOS6E41N71E53.00-21NW, NNW, W, NEPM FRESH BREEZES, AM MODERATEPM CLOUDY, AM HAZY000000041635
1804-01-01T14:0041.72-30.723386.7CORVOS6W41S85E25.00-22NE, NFIRST FRESH BREEZES, MID LIGHT WINDS, INCLINABLE TO CALM, AM LATTER MODERATE BREEZES000000041636
1804-01-02T14:0042.98-28.173249.3ST AGNESN65E327N56E136.00-25N, NNW, NBWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000041637
1804-01-03T14:0043.48-26.282456.7ST AGNESN64E294N70E88.00-25NBW, WMODERATECLEAR000000041638
1804-01-04T14:0043.62-24.5520ST AGNESN63E280N84E82.00-25W, NEFRESH BREEZES, LATTER SQUALLYCLOUDY000000041639
1804-01-05T14:0043.10-23.08206.7ST AGNESN59E267S64E70.00-25NEPM FRESH BREEZES, NOON MODERATECLOUDY000000041640
1804-01-06T14:0043.72-22.983621.0ST AGNESN61E253N7E43.00-25VARIABLEMODERATE THEN LIGHT AIRSCLOUDY AND VARIABLE000000041641
1804-01-07T14:0043.97-22.571786.7ST AGNESN61E247N50E23.00-25VARIABLE, SSWLIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALM, NOON MODERATE BREEZES000000041642
1804-01-08T13:0045.35-19.953629.3ST AGNESN63E200N53E136.00-25SW, S, VARIABLEMODERATE BREEZES THEN FRESH BREEZES000000041643
1804-01-09T13:0045.75-18.97999.3ST AGNESN63E187N60E48.00-25VARIABLE, E, SEBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000041644
1804-01-10T13:0046.73-19.3236219.0ST AGNESN69E177N14W61.00-25VARIABLEFRESH BREEZES, FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY000000041645
1804-01-11T13:0048.47-19.8536222.6ST AGNESN88E167N63W31.00-28NE, VARIABLEMODERATE, STRONG GALESTHICK FOGHEAVY RAINCLOUDY011000041646
1804-01-12T13:0048.23-19.1310719.0ST AGNESN78E160N5E90.00-28SEFRESH BREEZES, LATER FRESH GALESCLOUDY, LATER HAZY000000041647
1804-01-13T13:0048.90-18.772426.7ST AGNESN83E180N59E51.00-28NW, WLIGHT BREEZES, MODERATETHICK FOGCLOUDY001000041648
1804-01-14T13:0049.58-16.881319.3ST AGNESN87E133N61E85.00-27SSW, SSEMODERATE, FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY, HAZY000000041649
1804-01-15T13:0050.18-14.58176ST AGNESS87E60N68E95.00-27SSWFRESH GALES, SQUALLYRAINHAZY010000041650
1804-01-16T13:0050.18-11.522676.7ST AGNESS85E63E110.00-26SSW, WNWSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, MODERATE000000041651
1804-01-17T13:0049.98-9.881996.7ST AGNESS88E41S79E63.00-26SWMODERATECLEAR000000041652
1804-01-18T13:0050.50-9.2224422.6ST AGNESS70E34N40E40.00-26VARIABLE, SSE, WFRESH BREEZES, HEAVY GALESRAINCLOUDY010000041653
1804-01-19T13:0050.47-8.271996.7ST AGNESN61E25S87E37.00-26SW, WSW, SWHEAVY GALES, 6 MORE MODERATE000000041654
1804-01-20T12:0049.33-7.2724522.6ST AGNESN32E14S30E78.00-25SW, WFRESH BREEZES, 10 STRONG GALES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY000000041655
1804-01-21T12:0049.48-3.932459.3LIZARDN61E191N86E139.00-25WFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000041656