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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 DEFENCE cruise from Johanna to Bombay started at 1782-08-17 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748468, 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: 6.494000 * Median Longitude: 60.084500 * South-bound Latitude: -10.950000 * West-bound Longitude: 44.330000 * North-bound Latitude: 19.280000 * East-bound Longitude: 72.420000
Date/Time Start: 1782-08-17T09:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1782-09-05T07:00:00
Event(s):
Defence_17820817_NMM_ADM/L/D31B * Latitude Start: -10.950000 * Longitude Start: 44.330000 * Latitude End: 18.500000 * Longitude End: 72.820000 * Date/Time Start: 1782-08-17T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1782-09-05T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Defence (3rd Rate Frigate), Voyage: Johanna - Bombay, 1st Observer: Thomas Newnham (Captain), 2nd Observer: William Wall (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 74G 1604BM
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 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 CommentComment
24 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
379 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 
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 
Comment
24 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1782-08-17T09:00-10.9544.3384JOHANNAS22E27N22W78.00-17SSE, SSW, EBSLIGHT BREEZES, AT 11 LIGHT AIRS, 6AM SQUALLY6AM RAINCLEAR010000049746
1782-08-18T09:00-9.6044.721866.7GREAT COMORAS23:16W30N16E84.00-17SSE, ESE, SSWSMALL BREEZES, AT 12 LIGHT BREEZES, AT 8AM MODERATECLEAR, AT 8AM FAIR000000049747
1782-08-19T09:00-8.0045.281189.3GREAT COMORAS21:15W69N19E102.00-17S, SELIGHT BREEZES, AT 4PM FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, AT 12 MODERATE BREEZES, AT NOON FRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000049748
1782-08-20T09:00-5.7347.75134RUMNES78:13E97N46E196.00-12SSE, SEBSMODERATE BREEZES, AT 8PM FRESH BREEZES, AT 6 A HEAVY SQUALLHAZY, AT 8PM CLOUDY000000049749
1782-08-21T09:00-4.6549.3011212.3RUMNES88:13E64N55E113.00-12S, SEBESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, AT HALF 10 STRONG GALES, AT 3 STRONG BREEZESCLOUDY000000049750
1782-08-22T09:00-2.3352.381479.3BOMBAYN42:15E577N53E231.00-11SSEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000049751
1782-08-23T08:00-0.2754.631496.7BOMBAYN41:39E515N47E184.00-9SBW, SSEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000049752
1782-08-24T08:001.6857.131946.7BOMBAYN41:19E461N52E191.00-9SSWMODERATE BREEZES0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation49753
1782-08-25T08:003.6058.981856.7BOMBAYN40:59E408N44E160.00-6SWBW, SBWMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000049754
1782-08-26T08:006.2060.432426.7BOMBAYN42:58E350N29E178.00-6WNW, WSWMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000049755
1782-08-27T08:008.5062.002436.7BOMBAYN44:36E295N34E166.00-5SW, WSWMODERATE BREEZES, AT 6PM FRESH BREEZES, AT 10 MODERATE BREEZESCLEAR, 6PM CLOUDY000000049756
1782-08-28T08:0010.4763.372226.7BOMBAYN46:48E247N34E148.00-3SWMODERATE BREEZES, 6PM MODERATECLEAR, 6PM CLOUDY000000049757
1782-08-29T08:0012.7566.082336.7BOMBAYN45:21E178N40E177.00-3SWBS, SWBWMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000049758
1782-08-30T07:0015.1867.672236.7BOMBAYN59:27E123N34E172.00-2WSW, SWMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000049759
1782-08-31T07:0017.6269.202346.7BOMBAYN65:37E72N31E172.00-2WSW, SWBWMODERATE BREEZESHAZY, AT 6 CLOUDY WEATHER000000049760
1782-09-01T07:0019.2871.322346.7BOMBAYS79:25E33N50E158.00-2WSW, SWBWMODERATE BREEZESHAZY, AT 6 CLOUDY WEATHER000000049761
1782-09-02T07:0019.1071.702469.3BOMBAYN85:14E25S85E140.00-2W, WSWFRESH BREEZESHAZY000000049762
1782-09-03T07:0018.9371.432349.3BOMBAYN86:49E24S86E129.00-2SSE, WBS, SWBWFRESH BREEZESHAZY000000049763
1782-09-04T07:0019.1771.5796.7BOMBAYS89:14E22N29E16.00-2NE, NBEMODERATE BREEZESHAZY000000049764
1782-09-05T07:0018.9372.422576.7BOMBAYN88:27E7S81E85.00-2NNW, WSW, WBSMODERATE BREEZESHAZY000000049765