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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 Cape Delgada to Table Bay started at 1799-01-17 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748433, 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: -21.091786 * Median Longitude: 37.557500 * South-bound Latitude: -35.300000 * West-bound Longitude: 24.670000 * North-bound Latitude: -1.480000 * East-bound Longitude: 43.750000
Date/Time Start: 1799-01-17T09:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1799-02-13T10:00:00
Event(s):
Dadalus_17990117_NMM_ADM/L/D3A * Latitude Start: -1.480000 * Longitude Start: 43.750000 * Latitude End: -34.430000 * Longitude End: 16.950000 * Date/Time Start: 1799-01-17T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1799-02-13T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Dadalus (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Cape Delgada - Table Bay, 1st Observer: Henry Lidgbird Ball (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 State of the sea descriptionState sea 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:
454 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 
State sea 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)
1799-01-17T09:00-1.4843.75789.3CAPE DELGADAS16W180S12W96.00-12ESE, EFRESH BREEZESHAZY000000048234
1799-01-18T09:00-5.0543.47876.7CAPE DELGADAS22W110S18W181.00-14EBSMODERATECLEAR000000048235
1799-01-19T09:00-7.6542.87536.7CAPE DELGADAS32W58S10W148.00-15ENEMODERATECLEAR000000048236
1799-01-20T09:00-9.8842.87306.7-15NWBW, NEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000048237
1799-01-21T09:00-10.6242.883626.7S40E60.00-15VARIABLEMODERATE BREEZES000000048238
1799-01-22T09:00-11.7242.892216.7S42E65.00-15WBS, SWBWMODERATECLOUDY000000048239
1799-01-23T09:00-12.4542.903629.3S20E28.00-15VARIABLEFRESH BREEZESLONG SWELL FROM SHAZY000000048240
1799-01-24T09:00-13.2742.913622.6S34.00-18VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESHAZY000000048241
1799-01-25T09:00-14.3742.92722.6S8W38.00-18WBN, ELIGHT BREEZESFLYING SHOWERSDARK CLOUDY WEATHER100000048242
1799-01-26T09:00-15.2542.921731.0S35W26.00-18SSE, SBWLIGHT AIRSCLEAR000000048243
1799-01-27T09:00-16.1342.933422.6S10W50.00-18W, NLIGHT BREEZESHAZY000000048244
1799-01-28T09:00-18.1840.581139.3S22W111.00-22SEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAIN010000048245
1799-01-29T09:00-20.0240.581139.3S7E15.00-22SEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048246
1799-01-30T09:00-21.0340.271136.7S13W76.00-22SSE, SEMODERATECLOUDY000000048247
1799-01-31T09:00-22.3537.901249.3S24W93.00-22SSE, SEBSFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048248
1799-02-01T09:00-23.6738.831332.6S35W69.00-25SSELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000048249
1799-02-02T09:00-25.0837.751446.7S38W95.00-25SSE, SBEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000048250
1799-02-03T10:00-26.6834.851439.3S34W91.00-26S, SSE, SBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048251
1799-02-04T10:00-27.7234.551072.6S18W46.00-28SWBS, SELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000048252
1799-02-05T10:00-27.7035.1716319.0N28E39.00-28SSW, SBWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYHEAVY SEA000000048253
1799-02-06T10:00-29.3333.531972.6S38W54.00-28SWBS, SSW, SWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000048254
1799-02-07T10:00-28.6234.181632.6S64W59.00-28E, SBWLIGHT BREEZESLONG SWELL FROM SECLOUDY000000048255
1799-02-08T10:00-31.8831.88852.6-28NE, ENE, E, ESELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000048256
1799-02-09T10:00-33.1230.08279.3S27W52.00-29NE, E, ENE, NEBEFRESH BREEZES000000048257
1799-02-10T10:00-33.2729.17392.6S78W47.00-29SBW, SSW, ENELIGHT BREEZESHAZY000000048258
1799-02-11T10:00-34.0028.281966.7S63W75.00-29S, E, SWMODERATECLOUDY000000048259
1799-02-12T10:00-34.7526.031072.6S76W112.00-28EBS, SELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000048260
1799-02-13T10:00-35.3024.673622.6S84W68.00-28SW, SSW, VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000048261