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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 DADALUS cruise from Funchal to Barbados started at 1796-01-30 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748430, 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: 7.497115 * Median Longitude: -23.067885 * South-bound Latitude: -4.520000 * West-bound Longitude: -58.500000 * North-bound Latitude: 32.270000 * East-bound Longitude: -1.130000
Date/Time Start: 1796-01-30T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1796-06-03T16:00:00
Event(s):
Dadalus_17960130_NMM_ADM/L/D2 * Latitude Start: 32.270000 * Longitude Start: -16.930000 * Latitude End: 14.850000 * Longitude End: -59.680000 * Date/Time Start: 1796-01-30T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1796-06-03T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Dadalus (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Funchal - Barbados, 1st Observer: George Countess (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 32G 689BM
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 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
15 ClearnessClearness
16 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
17 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
18 FogFog1 If fog was reported
19 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
20 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
21 HailHail1 If hail was reported
22 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
23 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
985 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 
Precip descr
15 
Clearness
16 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
17 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
18 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
19 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
20 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
21 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
22 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
23 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1796-01-30T13:0032.27-16.9326219.0FUNCHALN6E8S6W22.00-19WBNMODERATE, LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY000000048118
1796-01-31T13:0029.72-17.452629.3FUNCHALN9E59S10W156.00-19WNW, WBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048119
1796-02-01T13:0028.83-17.472746.7PEAK OF TENERIFFS54W15-19N, WNWMODERATECLOUDY000000048120
1796-02-02T13:0026.55-17.52176.7PEAK OF TENERIFFN16E39S16W118.00-17ESE, NEBNMODERATECLOUDY000000048121
1796-02-03T13:0024.35-19.35739.3PEAK OF TENERIFFN28E92S37W165.00-17EFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048122
1796-02-04T13:0021.88-21.60749.3PEAK OF TENERIFFN33E156S40W193.00-16EFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048123
1796-02-05T14:0019.73-23.15659.3PEAK OF TENERIFFN32E205S30W149.00-14EBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048124
1796-02-06T14:0017.33-23.52566.7BONAVISTAS17E26S13W148.00-12ENEMODERATEHAZY000000048125
1796-02-07T14:0015.75-22.63786.7BONAVISTAN25W6S25E17.00-12NE, EMODERATEHAZY000000048126
1796-02-08T13:0013.65-20.93549.3BONAVISTAN37W59S41E166.00-14ENEFRESH BREEZESHAZY000000048127
1796-02-09T13:0011.80-19.74439.3BONAVISTAN41W111S47E111.00-13NEBEFRESH BREEZESHAZY000000048128
1796-02-10T13:0010.35-17.33196.7BONAVISTAN43W155S47E127.00-15NEBNMODERATEFAIR000000048129
1796-02-11T13:009.60-16.5282.6CAPE VERGUE, AFRICAN81E33S47E66.00-15NNELIGHT WINDSFAIR000000048130
1796-02-12T13:008.98-15.83302.6CAPE VERGUE, AFRICAN46E25S48E55.00-15NW, NELIGHT WINDSFAIR000000048131
1796-02-13T13:008.42-15.181992.6CAPE ST ANNS55E46S49E51.00-15SWBSLIGHT WINDSFAIR000000048132
1796-02-14T13:007.45-14.152666.7CAPE ST ANNS69E19S47E85.00-15NNE, WBNMODERATEHAZY000000048133
1796-02-15T13:006.93-13.30302.6CAPE MOUNTS86E53S59E60.00-15NELIGHT WINDSCLOUDY, HAZY000000048134
1796-02-16T13:006.77-12.9582.6CAPE MOUNTE46S64E23.00-15NW, NNELIGHT WINDSCLOUDY, HAZY000000048135
1796-05-01T12:000.83-1.133626.7ST THOMASS83E23N83W69.00-19SSW, VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY000000048136
1796-05-02T12:000.98-2.121616.7ST THOMASS82E43N81W60.00-19SMODERATECLOUDY000000048137
1796-05-03T12:000.87-3.101516.7ST THOMASS87E62S83W59.00-18SSW, SBEMODERATECLOUDY000000048138
1796-05-04T12:000.20-4.121626.7ST THOMASN83E83S57W73.00-18SBE, SBW, SMODERATEFAIR000000048139
1796-05-05T12:00-0.07-5.371626.7ST THOMASN82E108S78W77.00-18SBW, SMODERATEFAIR000000048140
1796-05-06T12:000.00-6.602076.7ST THOMASN84E132N87W74.00-18SWMODERATECLOUDY000000048141
1796-05-07T12:000.03-7.451966.7ST THOMASN85E149N88W51.00-18SWBSMODERATECLOUDY000000048142
1796-05-08T13:00-0.20-8.181756.7ST THOMASN84E165S72W46.00-16SW, SBWMODERATECLOUDY000000048143
1796-05-09T13:00-0.75-9.201646.7ST THOMASN81E186S62W69.00-16SMODERATECLOUDY000000048144
1796-05-10T13:00-1.52-10.301536.7ST THOMASN78E211S55W81.00-16SBEMODERATECLOUDY000000048145
1796-05-11T13:00-2.95-12.071429.3ST THOMASN73E252S50W137.00-16SSEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048146
1796-05-12T13:00-4.37-14.401339.3ST THOMASN71E305S59W164.00-13SEBSFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048147
1796-05-13T13:00-4.52-17.071456.7ST THOMASN73E357S89W160.00-13SSEMODERATECLEAR000000048148
1796-05-14T13:00-4.47-19.381476.7ST THOMASN76E402N89W139.00-11SSEMODERATECLEAR000000048149
1796-05-15T13:00-4.42-21.801246.7ST THOMASN77E448N89W145.00-11SEMODERATECLEAR000000048150
1796-05-16T14:00-4.18-24.251276.7ST THOMASN79E494N85W148.00-8SEMODERATECLEAR000000048151
1796-05-17T14:00-3.90-26.851279.3ST THOMASN80E546N84W157.00-8E, SEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000048152
1796-05-18T14:00-2.20-28.131079.3ST THOMASN84E565S49W155.00-6NEBE, E, ESEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000048153
1796-05-19T14:00-0.35-30.18959.3ST THOMASN88E604N48W166.00-6ENE, EBSFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048154
1796-05-20T14:001.40-31.551076.7ST THOMASS89E631N38W133.00-6E, ESEMODERATEFAIR000000048155
1796-05-21T14:002.28-32.19842.6ST THOMASS87E641N29W61.00-6NBE, NEBE, ELIGHT WINDSFAIR000000048156
1796-05-22T14:003.17-32.50612.6ST THOMASS86E646N11W54.00-7ESE, SE, ENELIGHT WINDSFAIR000000048157
1796-05-23T14:004.28-32.791302.6BARBADOSN72W563N8W68.00-5VARIABLE, ESE, SELIGHT WINDSSHOWERS OF RAINCLOUDY110000048158
1796-05-24T14:005.03-34.18406.7BARBADOSN72W535N59W87.00-5NNE, NEMODERATECLOUDY000000048159
1796-05-25T14:006.07-35.75406.7BARBADOSN74W500N54W106.00-5NEMODERATECLOUDY000000048160
1796-05-26T15:007.48-37.93439.3BARBADOSN76W453N55W149.00-2NEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY000000048161
1796-05-27T15:008.37-39.274219.0BARBADOSN77W426N51W84.00-4SW, VARIABLE, NEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYHEAVY RAIN010000048162
1796-05-28T15:009.12-41.21659.3BARBADOSN79W386N68W123.00-4NE, ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048163
1796-05-29T15:0010.42-43.55449.3BARBADOSN81W346N59W152.00-1NEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048164
1796-05-30T15:0011.57-46.194419.0BARBADOSN84W288N65W163.00-1NEFRESH GALESHAZY000000048165
1796-05-31T15:0012.52-49.116719.0BARBADOSN87W231N70W173.00-1ENEFRESH GALESHAZY000000048166
1796-06-01T15:0012.97-52.224419.0BARBADOSW181N81W176.00-1NEFRESH GALESHAZY000000048167
1796-06-02T16:0012.90-55.346919.0BARBADOSW123S89W174.001ENEFRESH GALESHAZY000000048168
1796-06-03T16:0012.90-58.507119.0BARBADOSW64W176.003ENEFRESH GALESHAZY000000048169