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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 CROWN cruise from Havana to Halifax started at 1765-04-16 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747980, 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: 36.649565 * Median Longitude: -68.902609 * South-bound Latitude: 29.300000 * West-bound Longitude: -78.370000 * North-bound Latitude: 42.950000 * East-bound Longitude: -61.980000
Date/Time Start: 1765-04-16T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1765-05-11T00:00:00
Event(s):
Crown_17650416_NMM_ADM/L/C227 * Latitude Start: 23.596000 * Longitude Start: -82.434000 * Latitude End: 43.400000 * Longitude End: -63.030000 * Date/Time Start: 1765-04-16T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1765-05-11T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Crown (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Havana - Halifax, 1st Observer: James Feathus (Captain), 2nd Observer: John Young (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 44G 814BM
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 ClearnessClearness
17 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
18 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
19 FogFog1 If fog was reported
20 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
21 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
22 HailHail1 If hail was reported
23 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
24 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
483 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 
Clearness
17 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
18 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
19 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
20 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
21 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
22 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
23 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
24 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1765-04-16T00:00456.7FLORADO SHORENB1/2W5ENE, NEMODERATETHUNDER AND LIGHTNINGRAINCLOUDY010010046538
1765-04-17T17:0029.30-78.37142.6CAPE FLORADOS14:00W90N2:00E137.003NBELITTLE WINDTHUNDERSMALL SHOWERS OF RAINHAZY110010046539
1765-04-18T17:0030.72-78.026.7CAPE FLORADOS18:00W119N12:00E87.003MODERATECLOUDY000000046540
1765-04-19T17:0031.33-77.801276.7CAPE FLORADOS18:00W134N19:00E40.003SEBEMODERATECLOUDY000000046541
1765-04-20T17:0031.73-77.272952.6CAPE FLORADOS20:00W145N45:00E34.002NE, WNWLITTLE WINDSFAIR000000046542
1765-04-21T17:0032.47-76.0022.6CAPE FLORADOS26:00E165N54:00E75.002NLITTLE WINDSFAIR000000046543
1765-04-22T17:0033.72-75.83686.7CAPE FLORADOS23:00W191N1/2E75.000NBE, NNE, ENEMODERATELIGHTNINGHAZY000010046544
1765-04-23T17:0034.45-75.252036.7CAPE FLORADOS24:00W208N32:00E56.000EBN, SSWMODERATEFAIR000000046545
1765-04-24T17:0035.45-72.8068CAPE FLORADOS31:00W245N63:00E135.000NBE, ENEFRESHLIGHTNINGSHOWERS OF RAINCLOUDY110010046546
1765-04-25T17:0035.70-70.889CAPE FLORADOS35:00W265N80:00E90.00-2NBEFRESHLIGHTNINGSHOWERS OF RAINCLOUDY110010046547
1765-04-26T17:0035.95-69.5733619.0CAPE SAMBON30:00E197N76:00E67.00-2NWBW, NNWFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000046548
1765-04-27T17:0035.98-68.65347CAPE SAMBON26:00E190N88:00E44.00-2NBWFRESH AND SQUALLYSOME LIGHTNINGSHOWERS OF RAIN110010046549
1765-04-28T16:0036.33-66.82289CAPE SAMBON21:00E182N73:00E73.00-4WNWFRESH AND SQUALLYSOME LIGHTNINGSHOWERS OF RAIN110010046550
1765-04-29T16:0036.53-64.08300CAPE SAMBON6:00E159N78:00E68.00-4NWBWFRESH AND SQUALLYSOME LIGHTNINGSHOWERS OF RAIN110010046551
1765-04-30T16:0036.23-63.007CAPE SAMBON2:00E155N77:00E70.00-4NWBN, NBEFRESH AND SQUALLYSOME LIGHTNINGSHOWERS OF RAIN110010046552
1765-05-01T16:0037.28-61.983106.7CAPE SAMBON3:00W145N50:00E57.00-5NBE, NWMODERATECLOUDY000000046553
1765-05-02T16:0038.35-62.121716.7CAPE SAMBON126N6:00W69.00-9NWBW, SMODERATECLOUDY000000046554
1765-05-03T16:0040.60-63.12156.7CAPE SAMBON78N10:00W136.00-8NNEMODERATESMALL RAINFOGGY011000046555
1765-05-04T16:0040.72-63.0082CAPE SAMBON3:00E75N58:00W21.00-8S, WSW, EFRESH, THEN SQUALLYTHUNDER AND LIGHTNINGRAINCLOUDY010010046556
1765-05-05T16:0041.17-64.08266.7CAPE SAMBON17:00W70N63:00W56.00-8NEBNMODERATECLOUDY000000046557
1765-05-06T16:0041.38-64.5332.6CAPE SAMBON43:00W68N58:00W25.00-8NBELITTLE WINDSHAZY000000046558
1765-05-07T16:0041.68-63.983416.7CAPE SAMBON11:00E67N54:00E43.00-8NBWMODERATEHAZY000000046559
1765-05-08T16:0042.95-63.73436.7CAPE SAMBON24:00E38N10:00E65.00-13NEBEMODERATEFAIR000000046560
1765-05-09T16:0042.92-63.882126.7CAPE SAMBON29:00E36N41:00W11.00-13SWMODERATEFAIR000000046561
1765-05-10T00:00248CAPE SAMBOWSWFRESHRAINHAZY010000046562
1765-05-11T00:00HALIFAX000000046563