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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 DIANA cruise from Spithead to St. Lucia started at 1782-12-07 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748514, 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: 31.502000 * Median Longitude: -24.103250 * South-bound Latitude: 13.820000 * West-bound Longitude: -57.270000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.670000 * East-bound Longitude: -5.050000
Date/Time Start: 1782-12-07T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1783-01-15T16:00:00
Event(s):
Diana_17821207_NMM_ADM/L/D108 * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 13.919600 * Longitude End: -59.438400 * Date/Time Start: 1782-12-07T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1783-01-15T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Diana (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Spithead - St Lucia, 1st Observer: Sir William Chaloner Burnaby (Captain), 2nd Observer: Robert Crown (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 32G 652BM
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:
757 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)
1782-12-07T12:0049.67-5.051366.7SCILLYN70W25S60W54.00-22SSW, SSEMODERATECLOUDY000000052528
1782-12-08T12:0048.35-6.7212419.0USHANTN82E22S45W105.00-22SEBSFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000052529
1782-12-09T12:0047.43-6.53586.7USHANTN43E41S8E52.00-21SSE, EBNMODERATECLOUDY000000052530
1782-12-10T12:0046.73-5.93926.7USHANTN19E37S30E49.00-21ENE, ESEMODERATECLOUDY000000052531
1782-12-11T13:0047.25-7.73469.3USHANTN55:20E48N67W80.00-22ENEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY000000052532
1782-12-12T12:0046.85-7.172606.7CORVOS6:2W372N44E33.00-21NE, N, WBNMODERATECLOUDY000000052533
1782-12-13T13:0045.02-9.432719.3CAPE FINISTERS6:20W33S38E153.00-22NBW, WNWFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY000000052534
1782-12-14T13:0044.05-9.903389.3CAPE FINISTERS11W18S23W51.00-22WBN, NFRESH BREEZESRAINCLOUDY010000052535
1782-12-15T13:0043.92-10.682939.3CAPE FINISTERS46E20S75W35.00-22NBW, NWFRESH BREEZESRAINCLOUDY010000052536
1782-12-16T13:0042.23-12.482849.3MADEIRAS22:30W204S37W133.00-20NWBN, NWBWFRESH BREEZESRAINCLOUDY010000052537
1782-12-17T13:0041.08-13.382956.7MADEIRAS20W178S33W76.00-20NWBW, NWMODERATECLOUDY000000052538
1782-12-18T13:0040.67-13.652952.6MADEIRAS21W167S20W36.00-20NNW, NWLIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000052539
1782-12-19T13:0039.28-15.233066.7MADEIRAS17W130S35W115.00-20NWBNMODERATECLOUDY000000052540
1782-12-20T13:0037.72-16.701152.6MADEIRAS7W100S46W107.00-20E, SELIGHT WINDSCLOUDY000000052541
1782-12-21T13:0036.55-18.00272.6MADEIRAS7W77S41:30W93.00-18ENE, NELIGHT WINDSCLOUDY000000052542
1782-12-22T13:0035.13-19.27276.7BARBADOSS63:43W845S36W105.00-18NEMODERATECLOUDY000000052543
1782-12-23T13:0035.83-19.951850.6BARBADOSS59:37W822S22W90.00-18NNE, SSWLIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMS000000052544
1782-12-24T13:0033.73-20.971969.3BARBADOSS58W807S86W51.00-18SSW1/2W, SWBW, SWBSFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY000000052545
1782-12-25T14:0032.92-23.001756.7BARBADOSS58:46W767S63W114.00-16SW, SBWFIRST AND LATTER PARTS, MODERATE, MIDDLE FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYMIDDLE LIGHTNING FROM WFIRST AND LATTER PARTS CLEAR000010052546
1782-12-26T14:0032.47-24.552349.3BARBADOSS58:9W740S75W82.00-14SBE, WSWFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY000000052547
1782-12-27T14:0030.90-23.722346.7BARBADOSS61W740S22E113.00-14WBS, WSWFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATECLOUDY000000052548
1782-12-28T14:0029.97-24.151776.7BARBADOSS61:19W726S22W58.00-14WSW, SBWMODERATECLEAR000000052549
1782-12-29T14:0029.43-26.432226.7BARBADOSS61:10W685S79W123.00-14SBW, SWBWMODERATECLEAR000000052550
1782-12-30T14:0029.02-26.7822219.0BARBADOS677S35W32.00-14SWBS, SWBWFRESH GALESHAZY000000052551
1782-12-31T14:0028.68-26.7322219.0BARBADOSS36W674S7E19.00-14SW, SWBWFRESH GALESHAZY000000052552
1783-01-01T14:0027.32-25.372236.7BARBADOSS65W692S40E114.00-13SWBWMODERATECLOUDY000000052553
1783-01-02T14:0026.20-24.752466.7BARBADOSS67:43W693S26E76.00-13SWBW, WBSMODERATESWELL FROM NWCLOUDY000000052554
1783-01-03T14:0025.38-25.301671.5BARBADOSS68:40W679S32W57.00-13WNW, SLIGHT WINDS INCLINING TO CALM000000052555
1783-01-04T14:0024.65-26.901456.7BARBADOSS68:45W647S67W57.00-13SBW, SSEMODERATECLOUDY000000052556
1783-01-05T14:0022.75-28.881026.7BARBADOSS71:3W603S43W95.00-11SSE, ESEMODERATECLOUDY000000052557
1783-01-06T14:0022.12-30.97819.3BARBADOSS75:4W554S35W160.00-9ESE, EFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000052558
1783-01-07T14:0018.78-33.75729.3BARBADOSS76:18W497S64:30W178.00-7EBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000052559
1783-01-08T14:0017.43-36.80629.3BARBADOSS70:8W435S64W194.00-6ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000052560
1783-01-09T15:0016.22-39.45656.7BARBADOSS80:12W382S64:30W172.00-3ENEMODERATECLEAR000000052561
1783-01-10T15:0014.88-42.17429.3BARBADOSS83:2W327S62:20W177.00-3NEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY000000052562
1783-01-11T15:0013.95-44.90449.3BARBADOSS85:41W274S72W167.00-1ENE, NEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000052563
1783-01-12T15:0013.83-48.33459.3BARBADOSS84:50W297S88W200.000NEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000052564
1783-01-13T15:0013.82-51.03796.7BARBADOSS82:42W155N89W157.000EBNMODERATECLOUDY000000052565
1783-01-14T16:0013.95-54.13819.3BARBADOSS76:20W97N87W180.002EBNFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000052566
1783-01-15T16:0013.92-57.27816.7ST LUCIAS87:57W56S88W182.002EBNMODERATECLEAR000000052567