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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 Table Bay to Gulf of Aden started at 1799-03-26 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748434, 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: -16.668542 * Median Longitude: 38.949167 * South-bound Latitude: -36.430000 * West-bound Longitude: 15.900000 * North-bound Latitude: 12.780000 * East-bound Longitude: 51.410000
Date/Time Start: 1799-03-26T11:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1799-05-12T09:00:00
Event(s):
Dadalus_17990326_NMM_ADM/L/D3A * Latitude Start: -34.430000 * Longitude Start: 16.950000 * Latitude End: 12.780000 * Longitude End: 48.560000 * Date/Time Start: 1799-03-26T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1799-05-12T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Dadalus (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Table Bay - Gulf Of Aden, 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
CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
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.
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.
10 Current direction descriptionCur dir descrDirection of the current. This direction points to where the current is flowing towards to.
11 Current speed descriptionV descr
12 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
13 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
14 State of the sea descriptionState sea 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:
764 data points

Data

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Wind force descr
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Precip descr
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State sea descr
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Gusts
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Snow
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Thunder
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ID
1799-03-26T11:00-34.4016.452242.6S68W104.00-24S, SWBS, WSWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000048262
1799-03-27T11:00-35.2016.021796.7S69W60.00-24SEBS, SSWMODERATECLEAR000000048263
1799-03-28T11:00-36.3215.901119.3S1/2W89.00-24SEBE, SEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048264
1799-03-29T11:00-36.1518.383120.0E120.00-26WNW, NW, NNWCALMCLOUDY000000048265
1799-03-30T11:00-35.8022.222899.3187.00-26WNW, NWFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000048266
1799-03-31T10:00-36.2225.272429.3S82E149.00-28WSW, WFRESH BREEZESLONG SWELL FROM SWCLOUDY000000048267
1799-04-01T10:00-36.4326.001862.6S69E38.00-28SE, EBN, SWBSLIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000048268
1799-04-02T10:00-36.4226.755122.6S84E52.00-28NW, WNW, EBNSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY000000048269
1799-04-03T10:00-35.1728.232529.3N64E122.00-29SW, WSW, WBNFRESH BREEZES000000048270
1799-04-04T10:00-34.9528.951402.6N85E42.00-29SSE, NEBE, SBELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000048271
1799-04-05T10:00-35.3030.95276.7S80E98.00-29NE, NEBEMODERATECLEAR000000048272
1799-04-06T10:00-35.4530.78279.3S80E62.00-29N, NEBEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY000000048273
1799-04-07T10:00-34.4833.903422.6N56E100.00-29VARIABLE SEBS, NBELIGHT BREEZESSMALL RAIN010000048274
1799-04-08T10:00-34.2035.23959.3N75E54.00-29NE, SEBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048275
1799-04-09T09:00-33.9037.89279.3N80E80.00-29NNE, NEBEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000048276
1799-04-10T09:00-33.5739.603422.6N71E83.00-29N, NBELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000048277
1799-04-11T09:00-31.5539.633626.7N3W107.00-27SSE, ESE, VARIABLEMODERATECLEAR000000048278
1799-04-12T09:00-30.3539.32526.7N15W85.00-27E, EBNMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000048279
1799-04-13T09:00-27.6338.18742.6N22W173.00-27EBSLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000048280
1799-04-14T10:00-24.5337.01759.3N23W181.00-26E, EBSFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048281
1799-04-15T10:00-23.4737.25756.7N6E62.00-26EBSMODERATE BREEZESHAZY000000048282
1799-04-16T10:00-22.6237.383452.6N46.00-26NNE, NEBN, NEBN, NBELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000048283
1799-04-17T09:00-21.0737.57910.0N84.00-22ESECALMCLEAR000000048284
1799-04-18T09:00-20.0738.38911.0N30E76.00-22SE, ESELIGHT AIRSCLEAR000000048285
1799-04-19T09:00-18.9038.941810.0N36E42.00-22SWBS, SSWCALMCLEAR000000048286
1799-04-20T09:00-17.1240.201602.6N45E92.00-20SEBS, SLIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000048287
1799-04-21T09:00-16.0541.492056.7N45E94.00-20WSW, SWMODERATECLOUDY000000048288
1799-04-22T09:00-14.2543.001852.6N44E117.00-18SBE, SE, SSWLIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000048289
1799-04-23T09:00-12.0843.521209.3-15SSE, SBE, SEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000048290
1799-04-24T09:00-11.8844.031201.0-15SSE, SBE, SELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY000000048291
1799-04-25T09:00-10.1344.553621.0N19W152.00-15SE, S, VARIABLELIGHT AIRSCLEAR000000048292
1799-04-26T09:00-7.7345.941206.7N29E134.00-15SEBE, VARIABLE, ESE, SEMODERATECLEAR000000048293
1799-04-27T09:00-5.9846.91879.3N25E96.00-14SEBE, ESE, EBSWBN1FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048294
1799-04-28T09:00-4.5747.671242.6N25E67.00-11W, SELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000048295
1799-04-29T09:00-3.5348.042481.0N10E28.00-11S, WBSLIGHT AIRSCLEAR000000048296
1799-04-30T09:00-2.7748.281470.0N7W20.00-11SW, SSECALMCLOUDY000000048297
1799-05-01T09:00-1.1748.192152.6N17W79.00-10VARIABLE, WNW, SWLIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000048298
1799-05-02T09:000.7748.632712.6N5E98.00-10W, VARIABLE, WSW, WNW, WBNLIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000048299
1799-05-03T09:003.1349.772616.7N21E141.00-9WBN, WNW, WMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000048300
1799-05-04T09:004.2350.562952.6N25E71.00-9VARIABLE, NWBN, NWBWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000048301
1799-05-05T09:006.1750.403066.7N16W97.00-9WNW, W, NWMODERATECLEAR000000048302
1799-05-06T09:007.5350.232736.7N27W63.00-8WNW, W, WBNMODERATECLOUDY000000048303
1799-05-07T09:009.2251.322066.7N25W113.00-8SWBW, VARIABLE, NWBW, SWBSMODERATECLEAR000000048304
1799-05-08T09:0011.7551.413189.3N9W79.00-8W, WBN, WSW, VARIABLE, NWBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048305
1799-05-09T09:0012.2051.012859.3N67W45.00-8SWBW, EBN, WNWFRESH BREEZESLONG HEAD SEA000000048306
1799-05-10T09:0011.9250.423411.0S74W56.00-8SEBS, VARIABLE, NBWLIGHT AIRSHAZY000000048307
1799-05-11T09:0011.6249.81931.0S72W57.00-8VARIABLE, E, EBSLIGHT AIRSCLEAR000000048308
1799-05-12T09:0012.7848.003526.7N62W140.00-8NE, NEBN, NMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000048309