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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 Deal Castle cruise from St. Johns to Lisbon started at 1776-09-08 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748451, 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: 43.289231 * Median Longitude: -29.793846 * South-bound Latitude: 39.500000 * West-bound Longitude: -48.360000 * North-bound Latitude: 46.670000 * East-bound Longitude: -12.570000
Date/Time Start: 1776-09-08T15:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1776-09-20T13:00:00
Event(s):
Deal_Castle_17760908_NMM_ADM/L/D26B * Latitude Start: 47.670000 * Longitude Start: -52.270000 * Latitude End: 38.530000 * Longitude End: -9.740000 * Date/Time Start: 1776-09-08T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1776-09-20T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Deal Castle (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: St Johns, Newfoundland - Lisbon, 1st Observer: James Chads (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 20G 400BM
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 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:
243 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 
State sea 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)
1776-09-08T15:0046.67-48.3629819.0ST JOHNSWNW1/2W61ESE1/2E184.00-17NWFRESH GALESLARGE SWELL FROM NWCLOUDY000000049195
1776-09-09T15:0045.85-45.0920719.0ST JOHNSN72W110ESE1/4E145.00-18NW-SWFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000049196
1776-09-10T15:0045.33-41.6926322.6ST JOHNSN74W158S78E144.00-18SW, WBNSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY000000049197
1776-09-11T15:0044.37-38.422976.7ST JOHNSN72W206ESE150.00-18NWMODERATEFAIR000000049198
1776-09-12T14:0044.38-34.943529.3ST JOHNSN76W255E150.00-19NW-NBEFRESH BREEZESFAIR000000049199
1776-09-13T14:0044.08-33.77262.6ST JOHNSN75W272S69E54.00-19NELITTLE WINDSFAIR000000049200
1776-09-14T14:0044.03-30.641606.7ST JOHNSN77W316E135.00-20SMODERATE BREEZESFAIR000000049201
1776-09-15T14:0043.40-26.712056.7ST JOHNSN77W374S78E174.00-20SWMODERATEFAIR000000049202
1776-09-16T14:0042.72-22.84194ST JOHNSN77W432ESE3/4E175.00-20SWBSVARIABLE000000049203
1776-09-17T13:0041.63-19.612299.3ST JOHNSN76W485S66E158.00-19WSWFRESH BREEZESFAIR000000049204
1776-09-18T13:0040.83-17.542519.3ST JOHNSN75W521S63E105.00-19WFRESH BREEZESFAIR000000049205
1776-09-19T13:0039.97-15.14362ST JOHNSN74W572S65E122.00-19VARIABLEVARIABLE000000049206
1776-09-20T13:0039.50-12.57266.7ST JOHNSN74W603S77E122.00-19NEMODERATEFAIR000000049207