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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 CLIVE cruise from St. Helena to Uk started at 1763-09-06 [dataset]. British Library, London, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747912, 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: -8.724545 * Median Longitude: -13.105455 * South-bound Latitude: -15.050000 * West-bound Longitude: -19.180000 * North-bound Latitude: -1.530000 * East-bound Longitude: -6.730000
Date/Time Start: 1763-09-06T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1763-09-16T13:00:00
Event(s):
Clive_17630906_BL_L/MAR/B/533A * Latitude Start: -15.890000 * Longitude Start: -5.750000 * Latitude End: 49.450000 * Longitude End: -5.630000 * Date/Time Start: 1763-09-06T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1763-09-16T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Clive, Voyage: St Helena - Uk, 1st Observer: John Allen (Captain), Company: EIC
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
CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
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.
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.
10 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
11 Present weatherwwWeather description
12 ClearnessClearness
13 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
14 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
15 FogFog1 If fog was reported
16 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
17 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
18 HailHail1 If hail was reported
19 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
20 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
176 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

dd [deg]

ff [m/s]

Course

Distance [arbitrary units]

Decl [deg]

Wind dir descr
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Clearness
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Gusts
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Rain
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Fog
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Snow
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Thunder
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Hail
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Sea ice
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ID
1763-09-06T12:00-15.05-6.731014.6NW85.00-12EBN, SEBE, E, ESELIGHT GALESFAIR000000042628
1763-09-07T13:00-14.20-7.571369.3N44W69.00-10ESE, SSE, SBE, ESE, SEBSA PLEASANT TRADEFAIR000000042629
1763-09-08T13:00-13.08-8.8513612.3N43W110.00-10SEBS, SSE, SEBSSTEADY GALESFINE000000042630
1763-09-09T13:00-11.73-10.3713512.3N43W130.00-11SEBE, SEBSSTEADY GALESFINE000000042631
1763-09-10T13:00-10.33-11.8313512.3N42W129.00-11SEBSA FRESH TRADEFINE000000042632
1763-09-11T13:00-8.62-13.4011612.3N42W139.00-8SE, ESE, SE, SEBEA FRESH TRADEFINE000000042633
1763-09-12T13:00-7.60-14.8813812.3N43W129.00-8SEBSA STEADY TRADEFINE000000042634
1763-09-13T13:00-6.30-16.1712612.3N42W115.00-9SEA STEADY TRADEFINE000000042635
1763-09-14T13:00-4.53-17.1513712.3N29W121.00-9SEBSA STEADY TRADEOVERCAST000000042636
1763-09-15T13:00-3.00-18.0312915.4N29W110.00-6SEAGREEABLE GALESFAIR000000042637
1763-09-16T13:00-1.53-19.1813912.3N40W107.00-7SEBSSTEADY GALESFAIR000000042638