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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 CRESCENT cruise from Port Royal to Plymouth started at 1802-07-18 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747969, 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: 39.697000 * Median Longitude: -47.226667 * South-bound Latitude: 25.120000 * West-bound Longitude: -79.930000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.980000 * East-bound Longitude: -7.450000
Date/Time Start: 1802-07-18T17:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1802-08-16T12:00:00
Event(s):
Crescent_18020718_NMM_ADM/L/C219 * Latitude Start: 17.870000 * Longitude Start: -76.830000 * Latitude End: 50.299000 * Longitude End: -4.150000 * Date/Time Start: 1802-07-18T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1802-08-16T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Crescent (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Port Royal - Plymouth, 1st Observer: James Carthew (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 38G 868BM
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 Present weatherwwWeather description
15 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
16 State of the sea descriptionState sea 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 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
570 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 
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)
1802-07-18T17:0025.12-79.81746.7GREAT ISAACN24E19N16E87.006EBS, ENEMODERATECLEAR000000046098
1802-07-19T17:0027.57-79.9394MARANILLAN66E8N24E53.004ENE, VARIABLE, S, ELIGHT BREEZES, AM VARIABLE AND SQUALLYAM RAINCLOUDY010000046099
1802-07-20T17:0030.30-79.6094FRYING PAN SHOALSN20W68N78E124.004ESE, EBS, ESE, ELIGHT BREEZES, AM SQUALLYCLEAR000000046100
1802-07-21T17:0030.78-78.57942.6FRYING PAN SHOALSN15W46N59E40.004SE, VARIABLE, SEBE, EVARIABLE, AM LIGHT BREEZESRAIN010000046101
1802-07-22T17:0031.25-77.5360FRYING PAN SHOALSN15W46N59E40.004ESE, NEBELIGHT BREEZES, AM SQUALLYAM RAINCLEAR010000046102
1802-07-23T17:0031.75-76.52362FRYING PAN SHOALSN40W45N60E60.002SBE, SSW, WNW, S, SW, VARIABLELIGHT BREEZES, AM SQUALLYCLOUDY000000046103
1802-07-24T17:0033.03-73.881359.3CAPE HATTERASN43W48N60E153.000VARIABLE, SSE, SEMODERATE, AM SQUALLY, FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000046104
1802-07-25T17:0034.48-70.971779.3NANTUCKETN10W130N59E170.00-3SSE, S, SE, SBE, SFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000010046105
1802-07-26T17:0035.70-69.001436.7NANTUCKETN5W101N53E122.00-3S, WNW, VARIABLE, SEBSFRESH BREEZES, NOON MODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000046106
1802-07-27T16:0036.50-65.851649.3BERMUDASS62E83N72E160.00-5SSW, WSW, SW, SWBW, SBEMODERATE BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000046107
1802-07-28T16:0038.10-61.9023612.3CORVON86E483N63E212.00-12VARIABLE, NW, WSWFRESH BREEZES, AM STRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY000000046108
1802-07-29T16:0039.07-58.572589.3CORVON88E427N66E172.00-12VARIABLE, SW, WFRESH BREEZES, AM SQUALLY, NOON FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY010000046109
1802-07-30T16:0039.38-53.982116.7CORVON89E363N85E215.00-14SWBW, SWFRESH BREEZES, AM STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, NOON MODERATEHIGH SEACLOUDY000000046110
1802-07-31T15:0039.57-51.822542.6CORVOE326N83E102.00-16WNW, N, NW, WFRESH BREEZES, AM LIGHT AIRS, NOON LIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY, AM CLEAR000000046111
1802-08-01T15:0039.77-49.932542.6CORVOE292N82E88.00-16WNW, NW, VARIABLE, WLIGHT BREEZES, AM SQUALLY, LIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000046112
1802-08-02T15:0040.02-48.232776.7CORVOS88E264N79E80.00-16NW, VARIABLE, W, WNWLIGHT BREEZES, NOON MODERATECLOUDY, NOON CLEAR000000046113
1802-08-03T15:0040.57-44.822529.3CORVOS85E212N78E160.00-18WSW, NW, NWBW, WMODERATE BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZESCLEAR, AM CLOUDY000000046114
1802-08-04T15:0041.15-41.532966.7CORVOS80E162N77E154.00-19W, SSW, W, NWFRESH BREEZES, MODERATECLOUDY000000046115
1802-08-05T14:0041.68-36.822509.3CORVOS66E99N81E215.00-20WSW, WNW, N, WMODERATE BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZESAM HEAVY SHOWERS OF RAINCLOUDY110000046116
1802-08-06T14:0042.20-34.873402.6CORVOS48E74N71E92.00-20WNW, NW, WSW, NMODERATE BREEZES, AM LIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000046117
1802-08-07T14:0043.05-31.182459.3CORVOSE77N64E180.00-25NW, NNW, N, NBW, NNW, WLIGHT BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000046118
1802-08-08T14:0044.53-27.633249.3ST AGNESN70E304N64E170.00-25N, NBE, NBWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000046119
1802-08-09T14:0045.80-24.20335ST AGNESN71E245N60E169.00-25VARIABLE, NW, NBW, NW, NFRESH BREEZES, AM SQUALLYCLOUDY000000046120
1802-08-10T13:0046.47-21.903629.3W EDGE OF SOUNDINGSNBE214N67E104.00-25VARIABLEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000046121
1802-08-11T13:0046.35-20.823621.0ST AGNESN69E201S82E45.00-25VARIABLELIGHT BREEZES, AM LIGHT AIRSCLEAR, AM HAZY000000046122
1802-08-12T13:0048.37-17.131981.0ST AGNESN78E140N52E190.00-27SSW, SW, SSW, SWLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY000000046123
1802-08-13T13:0049.17-12.6815322.6ST AGNESN83E78N70E187.00-27SLIGHT BREEZES, NOON STRONG GALESNOON THICK HAZY WEATHERCLOUDY000000046124
1802-08-14T13:0049.98-10.8815412.3ST AGNESS80E54N71E74.00-26SBW, SSW, SSTRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLY000000046125
1802-08-15T13:0049.60-8.803622.6ST AGNESN87E27E80.00-26VARIABLEMODERATE BREEZES, AM LIGHT BREEZESCLEAR, AM CLOUDY000000046126
1802-08-16T12:0049.60-7.452231.0ST AGNESN65E12S60E35.00-25WNW, WSW, SW, WSWLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY, NOON CLEAR000000046127