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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 Spithead to Barbados started at 1779-01-03 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748454, 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: 32.200227 * Median Longitude: -25.948864 * South-bound Latitude: 13.150000 * West-bound Longitude: -55.500000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.480000 * East-bound Longitude: -5.330000
Date/Time Start: 1779-01-03T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1779-02-16T16:00:00
Event(s):
Deal_Castle_17790103_NMM_ADM/L/D26B * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 14.850000 * Longitude End: -59.680000 * Date/Time Start: 1779-01-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1779-02-16T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Deal Castle (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Spithead - Barbados, 1st Observer: William Parker (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 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:
817 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)
1779-01-03T12:0049.48-5.336822.6LIZARDN11E10S11W29.00-22NE-ESTRONG GALESCLEAR000000049247
1779-01-04T12:0048.37-7.08466.7LIZARDN38E40S48W96.00-22E, NNW, ENEMODERATEFAIR000000049248
1779-01-05T13:0047.40-9.054719.0LIZARDN45:30E72S54W99.00-21EBS, ENEFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000049249
1779-01-06T13:0047.65-11.50679.3LIZARDN61:30E96N81W101.00-23ESE, N, EFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000049250
1779-01-07T13:0047.15-13.321376.7LIZARDN63E123S68W80.00-21ESE, SSEMODERATECLOUDY000000049251
1779-01-08T13:0046.23-15.889.3LIZARDN63E161S62W120.00-21FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY000000049252
1779-01-09T13:0044.85-18.308022.6LIZARDN60E204SW1/2W132.00-21EBSSTRONG GALESHAZY000000049253
1779-01-10T13:0043.83-20.0822722.6LIZARDN59E263SW1/2W99.00-21ESE-WSWSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY000000049254
1779-01-11T13:0042.97-20.809.3LIZARDN57W255S31W60.00-21FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY000000049255
1779-01-12T13:0041.87-21.573416.7LIZARDN54:30E277S27W74.00-19N, NE, NMODERATECLOUDY000000049256
1779-01-13T13:0040.83-21.731841.0LIZARDN54E291S7W63.00-19E-SSWLIGHT AIRS000000049257
1779-01-14T13:0039.40-21.737119.0LIZARDN43E310S86.00-19EFRESH GALESLARGE NW SWELLCLOUDY000000049258
1779-01-15T13:0038.67-21.55266.7LIZARDNE318S11E45.00-19E-NEMODERATECLOUDY000000049259
1779-01-16T14:0038.32-22.553420.6LIZARDN42E324S21.00-18NE, NLIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMSMIDNIGHT HARD RAIN010000049260
1779-01-17T13:0038.35-21.35184LIZARDN46E330N87W38.00-19SSE, SSWLARGE SWELLFAIR000000049261
1779-01-18T13:0037.98-21.0831919.0LIZARDN44E333S29E26.00-19SSW, NNWFRESH GALESDARK GLOOMY WEATHER000000049262
1779-01-19T13:0037.85-20.871956.7LIZARDN41:30E322S82E58.00-19NW, SWBSMODERATECLEAR000000049263
1779-01-20T13:0037.63-19.379.3LIZARDN40E320S61E27.00-19FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000049264
1779-01-21T13:0037.20-20.8319.0LIZARDN38E321S45E37.00-17MODERATE BREEZES, 7AM FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY000000049265
1779-01-22T13:0036.23-20.223219.3LIZARDN37E342S17W61.00-17NNWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000049266
1779-01-23T13:0035.82-20.223321.0LIZARDN36E346S24.00-17NBWLIGHT AIRSFAIR000000049267
1779-01-24T13:0035.77-20.27LIZARDN36E348SW4.00-17FAIR000000049268
1779-01-25T13:0034.83-20.60289.3MADEIRAS38E68S16W59.00-17WSW, W, NEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000049269
1779-01-26T13:0033.50-21.172766.7MADEIRAS76E64S19W85.00-17WBS, WNWMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000049270
1779-01-27T13:0032.28-21.6779.3MADEIRAN83W71S18W77.00-16NWBN, NNEFRESH BREEZESFAIR000000049271
1779-01-28T13:0030.73-22.40522.6MADEIRAN64W92S22W100.00-16NE, ENELIGHT BREEZESFAIR000000049272
1779-01-29T14:0029.27-23.051219.3MADEIRAN36E118SSW95.00-14ESE, SEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000049273
1779-01-30T14:0028.63-23.871449.3MADEIRAN37E136S46W55.00-14SEBE, SSEFRESH BREEZESFAIR000000049274
1779-01-31T14:0027.83-24.521211.0MADEIRAN39E155S35W59.00-14SEBS, SELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY000000049275
1779-02-01T14:0026.55-25.481126.7MADEIRAN42E185S34W94.00-12SEBEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000049276
1779-02-02T14:0025.88-26.721576.7MADEIRAN40E212S59W78.00-12SSE, SBEMODERATECLOUDY000000049277
1779-02-03T14:0025.03-28.00125MADEIRAN50E241S54W86.00-10S, SE000000049278
1779-02-04T14:0024.53-29.771039.3MADEIRAN50E285S47W132.00-10SEBE, ESEFRESH BREEZESFAIR000000049279
1779-02-05T14:0022.45-31.80929.3MADEIRAN51E326S60W130.00-9EBSFRESH BREEZESHAZY000000049280
1779-02-06T14:0021.30-34.2210619.0MADEIRAN53E377S63W151.00-7SE, ESEFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000049281
1779-02-07T14:0020.18-35.981179.3MADEIRAN53E418S56W120.00-7SEBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000049282
1779-02-08T15:0018.82-38.151089.3MADEIRAN53E466S56W149.00-5ESEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000049283
1779-02-10T15:0016.78-42.15769.3MADEIRAS66:30W332S60W129.00-3EBNFRESH BREEZESFAIR000000049284
1779-02-11T15:0015.87-44.10559.3MADEIRAS78:30W289S64W125.00-1NEBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000049285
1779-02-12T15:0014.85-46.335519.0MADEIRAS81W244S65W143.00-1EBS, NEBEFRESH GALESFAIR000000049286
1779-02-13T15:0014.03-48.331709.3MADEIRAS84W204S67W126.001NEBE, SBEFRESH BREEZESFAIR000000049287
1779-02-14T15:0013.25-50.33696.7MADEIRAS88W165S68W126.001ENEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000049288
1779-02-15T16:0013.15-52.93709.3MADEIRAS88W114S88W152.002ENEFRESH BREEZESHAZY000000049289
1779-02-16T16:0013.22-55.50709.3MADEIRAS85W65N88W150.002ENEFRESH BREEZESFAIR000000049290