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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 DAPHNE cruise from Cape to Cork started at 1796-10-09 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748442, 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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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: 21.196912 * Median Longitude: -16.964853 * South-bound Latitude: -31.450000 * West-bound Longitude: -33.880000 * North-bound Latitude: 51.450000 * East-bound Longitude: 15.430000
Date/Time Start: 1796-10-09T11:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1796-12-21T12:00:00
Event(s):
Daphne_17961009_NMM_ADM/L/D7B * Latitude Start: -34.320000 * Longitude Start: 17.870000 * Latitude End: 50.630000 * Longitude End: -10.420000 * Date/Time Start: 1796-10-09T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1796-12-21T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Daphne (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Cape - Cork, 1st Observer: James Brisbane (Captain), 2nd Observer: Eyler Mounsher (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 24G 574BM
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 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
17 ClearnessClearness
18 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
19 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
20 FogFog1 If fog was reported
21 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
22 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
23 HailHail1 If hail was reported
24 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
25 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
1348 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 
State sea descr
17 
Clearness
18 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
19 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
20 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
21 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
22 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
23 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
24 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
25 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1796-10-09T11:00-31.4515.4320122.6ST HELENAS51:!4W496N44:50W204.00-24S, SSE, SEBE, SWFIRST AND LATTER PARTS STRONG GALES, MIDDLE FRESH BREEZESHEAVY SEAMIDDLE PART CLOUDY, LATTER CLEAR000000048744
1796-10-10T11:00-26.7210.331246.7ST HELENAS51:51W350N41:20W193.00-22S, SEBSFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH GALES, LATTER MODERATEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS CLEAR, LATTER FAIR000000048745
1796-10-11T11:00-25.027.701132.6ST HELENAS54:!1W387N54:51W171.00-22VARIABLE, SW, SEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER LIGHT BREEZESFIRST PART CLEAR, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY000000048746
1796-10-12T12:00-23.454.971386.7ST HELENAS54:27W259N54:30W167.00-20VARIABLE, SEBE, SSEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH BREEZES, LATTER MODERATEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS CLOUDY, LATTER CLEAR000000048747
1796-10-13T12:00-22.203.371379.3ST HELENAN53:59W213N51:14W114.00-21VARIABLE, SSEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZESFIRST PART FAIR, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY000000048748
1796-10-14T12:00-20.631.403629.3ST HELENAN55:58W166N49:34W140.00-19S, VARIABLEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS LIGHT BREEZES, LATTER FRESH BREEZESFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS CLEAR, LATTER CLOUDY000000048749
1796-10-15T12:00-18.65-0.801276.7ST HELENAN52:57W125N46:30W166.00-19S, SEBSMODERATEFAIR000000048750
1796-10-16T12:00-16.87-2.82141ST HELENAN71:34W60N49:45W170.00-17SSEFIRST PART FRESH BREEZESMIDDLE AND LATTER FINE PLEASANT WEATHERFIRST PART CLEAR000000048751
1796-10-18T12:00-14.68-6.93129ASCENSIONN46:49W197N39:32W105.00-17SE, SEBSFIRST PART LIGHT AIRS000000048752
1796-10-19T13:00-12.90-8.301216.7ASCENSIONN49:45W153N36:34W131.00-14EBS, SEMODERATECLEAR000000048753
1796-10-20T13:00-11.47-9.52646.7ASCENSIONN52:12W116N38:30W112.00-15VARIABLE, EBNMODERATEHAZY000000048754
1796-10-21T13:00-9.65-10.951206.7ASCENSIONN62:38W74N37:30W140.00-15VARIABLE, SEMODERATEFAIR000000048755
1796-10-22T13:00-7.62-12.451316.7ASCENSIONN80:30W36N36:30W152.00-15VARIABLE, SEBSMODERATEFAIR000000048756
1796-10-23T13:00-5.78-13.701009.3CAPE VERDEN11:32W394N31:28W138.00-13SSE, ESEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048757
1796-10-24T13:00-3.70-15.331456.7CAPE VERDEN9:35W375N24:58W140.00-13SSEMODERATECLEAR000000048758
1796-10-25T13:00-1.43-15.751446.7N9:38W140.00-14VARIABLE, SSEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000048759
1796-10-26T13:000.77-15.83144ST JAGON27:59W320N2:43W130.00-14SEBS, SSEFINE PLEASANT WEATHER000000048760
1796-10-27T13:003.17-15.831656.7ST JAGON30W279N147.00-15VARIABLE, SFIRST AND LATTER PARTS MODERATEFIRST AND LATTER PARTS FAIR, MIDDLE DARK CLOUDY WE000000048761
1796-10-28T13:005.20-15.83143ST JAGON37:40W245N112.00-15SSEFINE PLEASANT WEATHER000000048762
1796-10-29T13:006.12-15.931881.0ST JAGON40:05W229N6W60.00-15WNW, VARIABLE, SSWFIRST AND LATTER PARTS LIGHT AIRSMIDDLE THUNDER AND LIGHTNINGMIDDLE RAINCLOUDY, MIDDLE DARK010010048763
1796-10-30T13:007.75-16.42233ST JAGON43:56W199N16:21W101.00-15W, NNW, VARIABLE, WSWFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE VERY VARIABLE WITH HEAVY SQUALLSMIDDLE THUNDER AND LIGHTNINGMIDDLE RAINFIRST PART CLOUDY010010048764
1796-10-31T13:008.37-17.101206.7ST JAGON43:36W180N44:45W64.00-15NE, E, SEFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST PART THICKFIRST PART HEAVY RAINMIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY010010048765
1796-11-01T13:009.17-17.67122ST JAGON44:25W161N34:58W58.00-13SW, E, NNW, SEVARIABLE AND SQUALLYRAIN AT TIMES010000048766
1796-11-02T13:009.52-18.181561.0ST JAGON43:45W149N53:24W36.00-13VARIABLE, NNE, SBEFIRST AND LATTER PARTS LIGHT AIRS, MIDDLE CALMCLOUDY000000048767
1796-11-03T13:009.92-19.1021ST JAGON40:28W131N66:30W60.00-13NNW, E, NEBNFIRST PART LIGHT AIRS, MIDDLE AND LATTER SQUALLYFIRST PART CLEAR, MIDDLE AND LATTER DARK CLOUDY WE000000048768
1796-11-04T13:009.92-19.1277ST JAGON34:57W123S86:14W43.00-13NEBE, VARIABLE, EFIRST PART SQUALLYFIRST PART HEAVY RAINFIRST PART THICK CLOUDY WEATHER010000048769
1796-11-05T13:0010.67-21.073479.3ST JAGON28:50W97N58:20W83.00-13EBN, VARIABLE, NFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZESFIRST PART FAIR, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY000000048770
1796-11-06T13:0012.08-22.12329.3ST JAGON33:14W67N42:10W116.00-13VARIABLE, E, NEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048771
1796-11-07T14:0014.15-24.12449.3ST JAGON78:24E14N40:42W161.00-12NEBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048772
1796-11-08T14:0016.18-25.92449.3ST VINCENTN40:29E28N40:35W155.00-12VARIABLE, NEBEFRESH BREEZESHEAVY SWELL FROM NCLEAR000000048773
1796-11-09T14:0018.33-27.45549.3CORVON3:18W387N34:50W154.00-14ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048774
1796-11-10T14:0020.52-28.925719.0CORVON4:04W363N33:10W154.00-12E, ENEFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYLATTER RAIN AT TIMESCLOUDY010000048775
1796-11-11T14:0023.00-30.7736219.0CORVON41W335N28:20W160.00-13E, VARIABLEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN AT TIMES010010048776
1796-11-12T14:0025.12-31.827722.6CORVON2:42E292N24:22W142.00-13ESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY000000048777
1796-11-13T14:0027.17-33.27799.3CORVON9:21E254N32:34W154.00-11EFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY000000048778
1796-11-14T14:0029.83-33.88559.3CORVON13:28E203N12:44W164.00-13E, ENEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY000000048779
1796-11-15T14:0032.45-33.08100CORVON13:8E149N14:44E164.00-13SW, SSE, ESELATTER SQUALLYFIRST PART FINE PLEASANT WEATHER000000048780
1796-11-16T14:0033.67-32.501286.7CORVON18:01E127N31:27E86.00-18SEBSMODERATEFAIR000000048781
1796-11-17T14:0034.78-31.683621.0CORVON14:34E103N32:30E74.00-18ESE, VARIABLELIGHT AIRSSTRONG SWELL FROM NCLEAR000000048782
1796-11-18T14:0035.93-31.3595CORVON51:26E82N23:14E75.00-18S, ESEFINE PLEASANT WEATHER000000048783
1796-11-19T14:0037.40-30.331406.7CORVON12:48E47N36:52E112.00-18S, SSW, SSEMODERATEFAIR000000048784
1796-11-20T14:0038.22-30.481839.3CORVON19:47W32N8W46.00-20VARIABLE, ENE, SSWFIRST PART MODERATE BREEZES, LATTER FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYSWELL FROM NWCLOUDY000000048785
1796-11-21T14:0038.52-30.7525CORVON9:22W24N48:31W31.00-20VARIABLE, NEBE, NEVERY VARIABLE AND SQUALLY000000048786
1796-11-22T14:0038.90-30.27362FLORESNNE14-20ENE-NNW, VARIABLEVERY VARIABLE WITH FREQUENT SQUALLS000000048787
1796-11-23T00:0038.52362FAYALE12ENE, S, VARIABLEVERY VARIABLE AND HEAVY SQUALLSRAIN AT TIMES010000048788
1796-11-24T00:0038.2823PICOVARIABLE, NNEVERY HEAVY SQUALLSRAIN010010048789
1796-11-25T00:00349.3ST MICHAELNEBE1/2E9ENE, NEBNFRESH BREEZES AND FREQUENT SQUALLS000010048790
1796-11-26T00:003629.3ST MICHAELSBW10ESE, VARIABLEFIRST PART CALM, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048791
1796-11-27T00:0039.971019.3NEBN, EBSFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAIN AT TIMES010000048792
1796-11-28T14:0040.27-25.554719.0GRACIOSAS57:33W46N73:11E49.00-21NNW, ENEFRESH GALESCONSTANT RAINCLOUDY010000048793
1796-11-29T14:0040.67-23.053176.7CAPE FINISTERREN77:57E211N78:18E138.00-21VARIABLE, WNW, NNWSQUALLY, LATTER MODERATEHEAVY RAIN AT TIMESCLOUDY010000048794
1796-11-30T13:0042.70-20.882249.3CAPE FINISTERREN89:40E170N39:32E152.00-24VARIABLE, ESE, WSWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048795
1796-12-01T13:0041.78-20.37799.3LIZARDN52:27E268S54:27E94.00-22VARIABLE, NEBN, EBSFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY000000048796
1796-12-02T13:0043.18-20.208922.6LIZARDN55:57E259S10:40E56.00-24VARIABLE, EBS, ESESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY000000048797
1796-12-03T13:0044.57-19.901119.3LIZARDN61:32E225N19:50E116.00-24SEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048798
1796-12-04T13:0044.93-20.1510012.3LIZARDN63:15E220S30:08W21.00-24VARIABLE, ENE, SEBEFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, LATTER STRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLYLATTER RAINCLOUDY010000048799
1796-12-05T13:0045.75-20.426622.6LIZARDN67:34E220S13:07W53.00-24VARIABLE, ESE, EFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, LATTER STRONG GALES000000048800
1796-12-06T13:0046.43-20.026619.0LIZARDN70:20E209S22:19E47.00-24VARIABLE, SE, EFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH BREEZES, LATTER FRESH GALESCLOUDY000000048801
1796-12-07T13:0047.95-18.121089.3LIZARDN76:34E230N41:18E117.00-27SEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAIN010000048802
1796-12-08T13:0049.68-16.239722.6ST MARYSN86:36E124N36:40E121.00-27SEBEFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, LATTER STRONG GALES000000048803
1796-12-09T13:0050.15-15.451086.7CAPE CLEARN77:58E105N48:12E40.00-27SSE, SEFIRSTP ART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST PART CLOUDY, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLEAR000000048804
1796-12-10T13:0051.20-14.02108CAPE CLEARN89:13E72N44:30E88.00-27SBE, SEFRESH BREEZES, LATTER SQUALLYCLOUDY000000048805
1796-12-11T13:0051.45-13.181192.6CAPE CLEARS86:26E47N61:32E35.00-27VARIABLE, E, SEBSFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER LIGHT BREEZES AND VARIABLECLOUDY000000048806
1796-12-12T13:0050.67-13.9341CAPE CLEARN73:30E44S27:15W52.00-27SEBS, ENEVERY VARIABLEHEAVY SWELL FROM S000000048807
1796-12-13T13:0050.67-14.681429.3CAPE CLEARN73:30E58S27:!5W52.00-27VARIABLE, SEBS, SBEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYHEAVY SWELL FROM S000000048808
1796-12-14T13:0049.18-15.451089.3CAPE CLEARN51:42E69S21:58W96.00-27VARIABLE, SEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048809
1796-12-15T13:0047.68-15.18979.3CAPE CLEARN35:34E87S7:10E91.00-27EBN, VARIABLE, SEBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000048810
1796-12-16T13:0048.90-14.87869.3CAPE CLEARN43:58E67S11:30E68.00-27VARIABLE, ENE, ESEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYVERY BLACK000000048811
1796-12-17T13:0049.17-15.208619.0ST MARYSN82:17E116S34:10W29.00-27ESEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY000000048812
1796-12-18T13:0049.95-14.85971.0CAPE CLEARN59:21E53N23:10E51.00-27SW, S, SEBEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH GALES, LATTER LIGHT AIRSFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS RAINHEAVY SEA FROM E011000048813
1796-12-19T13:0050.17-12.321771.0CAPE CLEARN30:39E26N82:10E60.00-26VARIABLE, NW, SSWLIGHT AIRS INCLINING TO CALMS000000048814
1796-12-20T13:0049.43-8.402899.3ST MARYSN69:53E30S73:10E162.00-26WNW, NWFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZESMIDDLE AND LATTER RAIN AT TIMESFIRST PART FAIR, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY010000048815
1796-12-21T12:0050.25-7.053369.3CAPE CLEARN68:21W56N50:10E82.00-24VARIABLE, SSE, E, NFIRST AND LATTER PARTS FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE VARIABLECLOUDY000000048816