Citation:

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

Project(s):

Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854 (CLIWOC)

Funding:

Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090 : Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 10.327500 * Median Longitude: -62.690000 * South-bound Latitude: 6.670000 * West-bound Longitude: -68.980000 * North-bound Latitude: 12.000000 * East-bound Longitude: -56.520000

Date/Time Start: 1840-12-07T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1840-12-14T17:00:00

Event(s):

Curacao_18401207_1+_REIS_22 * Latitude Start: 5.950000 * Longitude Start: -55.190000 * Latitude End: 12.370000 * Longitude End: -68.570000 * Date/Time Start: 1840-12-07T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1840-12-14T00:00:00 * Campaign: * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Curacao (Steampowered Wa), Voyage: Paramaribo - Curacao, Company: MAR, Other ship information: BUILt AS ''CALPE'' IN 1826 IN DOVER, UK. SCRAPPED IN 1850. LENGTH 130FT 6IN, BEAM 26FT 9IN, DEPTH 13FT 6IN, DISPLACEMENT 438T. THREE MASTS, BARQUE RIG. SIDE LEVER PROPULSION OF 100HP. 1 STUK VAN 48 POND, UITGEBOORD TOT 60 POND, 2 METALEN STUKKEN VAN 6 PON

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Comment
1	DATE/TIME	Date/Time		Geocode
2	LATITUDE	Latitude		Geocode
3	LONGITUDE	Longitude		Geocode
4	Wind direction	dd	deg	Wind 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.
5	Wind speed	ff	m/s	calculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations
6	Pressure, atmospheric	PPPP	hPa	No temperature correction was applied. The following factors have been used for the conversion to hPa: 2.54 cm in an inch; 13.596 specific gravity of mercury; 980.65 cm/s gravity at 45° latitude
7	Temperature, air	TTT	°C
8	Declination	Decl	deg	It 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.
9	Sensor reading	Reading	arbitrary units	Reading of the (outside) air thermometer
10	Sensor reading	Reading	arbitrary units	Reading of the air pressure
11	Wind direction description	Wind dir descr		All reported wind directions on this day. The wind direction is the direction that points to where the wind comes from.
12	Wind force description	Wind force descr		All reported wind forces on this day
13	Gusts	Gusts		1 If wind gusts are reported
14	Precipitation/Rain	Rain		1 If rain was reported
15	Fog	Fog		1 If fog was reported
16	Snow type	Snow		1 If snow was reported
17	Thunder	Thunder		1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
18	Hail	Hail		1 If hail was reported
19	Sea ice	Sea ice		1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
20	Comment	Comment
21	Identification	ID		CLIWOC 2.1 line number

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1 Date/Time	2 Latitude	3 Longitude	4 dd [deg] (Wind direction (from which th...)	5 ff [m/s] (calculated from the descripti...)	6 PPPP [hPa] (No temperature correction was...)	7 TTT [°C]	8 Decl [deg] (It is generally accepted by t...)	9 Reading [arbitrary units] (Reading of the (outside) air ...)	10 Reading [arbitrary units] (Reading of the air pressure)	11 Wind dir descr (All reported wind directions ...)	12 Wind force descr (All reported wind forces on t...)	20 Comment	21 ID (CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1840-12-07T16:00	6.67	-56.52	36	1.0	984.9	26.7	2	80.00	2901.00	NO T N	FLAUW		47476
1840-12-08T16:00	8.30	-57.97	48	4.6	984.9	27.2	3	81.00	2901.00	NO	BRAMZEILSKOELTE		47477
1840-12-09T16:00	9.83	-59.17	71	4.6	984.9	26.7	3	80.00	2901.00	ONO	BRAMZEILSKOELTE		47478
1840-12-10T16:00	10.83	-60.76	48		984.9	26.1	3	79.00	2901.00	NO	ONGESTADIG		47479
1840-12-11T16:00	11.63	-63.70	72		984.9	26.7	4	80.00	2901.00	ONO	STERK	a trivial correction was made in this observation	47480
1840-12-12T16:00	11.53	-66.05	72	4.6	984.9	26.7	4	80.00	2901.00	ONO	BRAMZEILSKOELTE		47481
1840-12-13T17:00	11.83	-68.37	95	12.3	984.9	26.7	5	80.00	2901.00	O	STIJVE KOELTE		47482
1840-12-14T17:00	12.00	-68.98	50	4.9	984.9	26.7	5	80.00	2901.00	NO	HOGE BRAMZEILSKOELTE		47483