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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 CYRENE cruise from Port Royal to Halifax started at 1821-07-03 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748023, 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: 28.127083 * Median Longitude: -77.299583 * South-bound Latitude: 17.500000 * West-bound Longitude: -85.180000 * North-bound Latitude: 44.430000 * East-bound Longitude: -63.110000
Date/Time Start: 1821-07-03T17:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1821-07-26T16:00:00
Event(s):
Cyrene_18210703_PRO_ADM_51/3092 * Latitude Start: 17.870000 * Longitude Start: -76.830000 * Latitude End: 43.400000 * Longitude End: -63.030000 * Date/Time Start: 1821-07-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1821-07-26T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Cyrene (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Port Royal, Jamaica - Halifax, 1st Observer: A. Tozer (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 22G 454BM
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:
456 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)
1821-07-03T17:0017.50-77.271062.6PEDRO BLUFFN7W31S59W29.005E, EBN, SW, E, EBSAM LIGHT BREEZES, PM MODERATE BREEZESAM CLOUDY000000048008
1821-07-04T17:0018.00-78.3713012.3NORTH POINTNE56N, EBS, N, VARIABLE, SEBEAM STRONG BREEZES, PM LIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000048009
1821-07-05T17:0018.62-79.081192.6MONTEGO BAYSE1/2E96ENE, ESE, ENE, VARIABLE, ESEAM LIGHT BREEZES, PM FRESH BREEZESFINE WEATHER000000048010
1821-07-06T17:0018.90-79.9866.7FALMOUTHEBS1/2S166E, ESE, EBS, E, EBN, NMODERATE BREEZESPM FINEAM CLOUDY000000048011
1821-07-07T17:0019.18-80.88296.7GRAND CARINAUN84W27N73W162.006NEBE, NE, NEBE, NEBN, NNEMODERATE BREEZESPM FINEAM CLOUDY000000048012
1821-07-08T17:0020.42-82.37746.7CAPE ANTONION59W171N50W99.006EBS, N, NEBE, EBS, ESE, ENEAM MODERATE BREEZES, PM LIGHT BREEZESPM FINEAM CLOUDY000000048013
1821-07-09T18:0021.52-83.75306.7CAPE ANTONION72W71N49W102.007E, ENE, E, VARIABLE, NNEAM MODERATE BREEZES, PM LIGHT BREEZESPM FINEAM CLOUDY000000048014
1821-07-10T18:0022.10-85.07182.6CAPE ANTONIOSE1/2S77ESE, NEBE, ESE, NNW, NBEAM LIGHT BREEZES, PM LIGHT AIRSFINE000000048015
1821-07-11T18:0025.17-85.181086.7BAY JORTUGALN52E130N9W71.007EBN, ESE, EBN, VARIABLE, EBSAM MODERATE BREEZES, PM LIGHT AIRSFINE000000048016
1821-07-12T18:0023.23-84.6572.6HAVANNAHS87:30E130N77E30.007EBN, NEBE, EBS, EBN, NAM LIGHT BREEZES, PM LIGHT AIRSFINE000000048017
1821-07-13T18:0023.83-84.133622.6HAVANNAHS68E107N46E40.007EBS, VARIABLE, SBW, EBS, VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000048018
1821-07-14T18:0023.72-82.90869.3DOUBLE HEADED SHOTN82E134S87E67.007SE, SBE, SE, VARIABLE, EBNAM FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, PM LIGHT BREEZESPM FINE000000048019
1821-07-15T17:0024.40-80.92286.7BEMINI ISLANDN44E109N70E111.005E, EBN, E, ENE, NNEMODERATE BREEZESAM CLOUDY, PM HAZY000000048020
1821-07-16T17:0024.35-79.55956.7MALINILLA REEF NW EXTREMESN14E74N31E145.005E, ENE, E, EBN, EAM MODERATE BREEZES, PM LIGHT BREEZESFINE000000048021
1821-07-17T17:0029.00-78.101841.0SAMBRO LIGHTHOUSEN39E1182N8E170.004SSW, E, ESE, SSW, SAM LIGHT AIRS, PM LIGHT BREEZESFINE000000048022
1821-07-18T17:0031.25-77.631629.3SAMBRO LIGHTHOUSEN40E1034N30E155.004SWBS, S, SWBS, SSEAM FRESH BREEZES, PM MODERATECLOUDY000000048023
1821-07-19T17:0033.53-75.132939.3SAMBRO LIGHTHOUSEN39E845N42E186.000S, SEBS, S, SSE, WNWFRESH BREEZESPM FINEAM SMALL RAINAM CLOUDY010000048024
1821-07-20T17:0035.98-72.972039.3SAMBRO LIGHTHOUSEN39E657N43E193.000SEBS, S, SEBS, VARIABLE, SSWAM FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, PM FRESH BREEZESAM LIGHTNINGAM RAINPM CLOUDY010010048025
1821-07-21T17:0038.18-70.921969.3SAMBRO LIGHTHOUSEN41E501N30E152.00-7NW, SW, W, NW, SSWAM FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLLY, PM LIGHT AIRSRAIN010000048026
1821-07-22T17:0039.12-69.603621.0SAMBRO LIGHTHOUSEN40E240N50E78.00-7NNE, SE, NE, NNE, VARIABLEAM LIGHT AIRS, PM FRESH BREEZESPM FINEAM CLOUDY000000048027
1821-07-23T17:0039.40-68.67940.0SAMBRO LIGHTHOUSEN37E381N68E47.00-7EBN, N, EBN, VARIABLE, EBSAM CALM, PM LIGT BREEZESCLOUDY000000048028
1821-07-24T17:0040.62-68.233626.7SAMBRO LIGHTHOUSEN24:40E254N22E53.00-7S, EBS, S, VARIABLEAM MODERATE BREEZES, PM LIGHT BREEZESAM FINEPM CLOUDY000000048029
1821-07-25T16:0042.60-66.732556.7SAMBRO LIGHTHOUSEN51E180N50E137.00-15WBN, WSW, WBN, WMODERATE BREEZESPM FOGGYAM CLOUDY001000048030
1821-07-26T16:0044.43-63.113119.3SAMBRO LIGHTHOUSENWBW1/2W-15W, WNW, W, NWBNAM FRESH BREEZES, PM MODERATE BREEZESAM FOGGY, PM FINE001000048031