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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 DILIGENCE cruise from Spithead to Jamaica started at 1772-11-05 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748529, 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: 24.303929 * Median Longitude: -32.438214 * South-bound Latitude: 16.280000 * West-bound Longitude: -64.340000 * North-bound Latitude: 37.770000 * East-bound Longitude: -12.820000
Date/Time Start: 1772-11-05T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1772-12-16T16:00:00
Event(s):
Diligence_17721105_NMM_ADM/L/D119 * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 17.700000 * Longitude End: -76.760000 * Date/Time Start: 1772-11-05T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1772-12-16T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Diligence (Sloop), Voyage: Spithead - Jamaica, 1st Observer: Thomas Davey (Captain), 2nd Observer: John Mc Dougall (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 12G 230BM
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 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
545 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 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1772-11-05T13:0037.77-14.731849.3PORTO SANCTOS11W93S29E39.00-19SSWFRESH BREEZESHAZY WEATHER000000052964
1772-11-06T13:0037.50-12.822069.3PORTO SANCTOS29W99S82E94.00-19SWFRESH BREEZESHAZY WEATHER000000052965
1772-11-07T13:0037.08-12.872316.7PORTO SANCTOS32W99S8W29.00-17WSWMODERATECLOUDY WEATHER000000052966
1772-11-08T13:0035.58-13.631186.7PORTO SANCTOS37W92S22W98.00-17WNW, NE, SEMODERATECLOUDY WEATHER000000052967
1772-11-09T13:0034.43-13.971182.6PORTO SANCTOS52W60S14W67.00-17SELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000052968
1772-11-10T13:0034.13-14.521862.6PORTO SANCTOS50W40S48W27.00-17SE, SSWLIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000052969
1772-11-11T13:0033.73-14.781412.6PORTO SANCTOS59W29S29W27.00-17SSELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000052970
1772-11-12T13:0033.20-15.021416.7PORTO SANCTON80W21S16W40.00-17SSEMODERATEFAIR WEATHER000000052971
1772-11-13T00:002931.0PORTO SANCTOW9SW, WSW, WNWLIGHT AIRSCLEAR WEATHER000000052972
1772-11-27T13:0026.63-17.321209.3FARRON26E28S25W84.00-15SEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY WEATHER000000052973
1772-11-28T13:0025.73-19.30651.0FARRON47E64S62W122.00-14EBNLIGHT AIRS, PM FRESH BREEZESCLEAR WEATHER, PM FAIR000000052974
1772-11-29T13:0024.67-21.83659.3FARRON55E119S65W152.00-14EBNFRESH BREEZES WITH SQUALLS000000052975
1772-11-30T14:0023.72-24.45789.3FARRON59E163S67W149.00-12EFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000052976
1772-12-01T14:0023.08-26.52789.3FARRON62E202S70W119.00-12EFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY WEATHER000000052977
1772-12-02T14:0022.20-29.55606.7DESEADAS78W569S68W135.00-8ENEMODERATEFAIR000000052978
1772-12-03T14:0021.45-32.05936.7DESEADAS78W525S71W146.00-8EBSMODERATEFAIR000000052979
1772-12-04T14:0020.82-34.27736.7DESEADAS79W477S72W132.00-6EBNMODERATECLOUDY WEATHER000000052980
1772-12-05T14:0020.10-36.70846.7DESEADAS79W431S72W142.00-6EMODERATESHOWERS OF RAINCLOUDY WEATHER110000052981
1772-12-06T15:0019.45-39.63976.7DESEADAS80W374S77W170.00-4EBSMODERATESHOWERS OF RAINCLOUDY WEATHER110000052982
1772-12-07T15:0018.52-42.5313319.0DESEADAS82W319S71W174.00-2EBS, ESE, SEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY WEATHER000000052983
1772-12-08T15:0017.62-45.171119.3DESEADAS84W266S70W160.00-2ESEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY WEATHER000000052984
1772-12-09T15:0017.12-46.331341.0DESEADAS56W244S66W73.00-1SELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY000000052985
1772-12-10T15:0016.62-47.681591.0DESEADAS88W214S67W85.001SSELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY000000052986
1772-12-11T15:0016.50-49.551149.3DESEADAS88W182S86W106.001ESEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY WEATHERRAIN010000052987
1772-12-12T15:0016.28-51.52916.7DESEADAS89W145S84W113.001EMODERATECLOUDY WEATHER000000052988
1772-12-13T15:0016.35-51.22576.7DESEADAW106N88W117.001NEBEMODERATECLOUDY WEATHER000000052989
1772-12-14T16:0016.67-55.85939.3DESEADAS83W62N82W133.003EFRESH BREEZESCLEAR WEATHER000000052990
1772-12-15T16:0016.74-60.12946.7DESEADAN6E4EMODERATECLOUDY WEATHER000000052991
1772-12-16T16:0016.82-64.34849.3MONTSERATS88E42N83W125.005EBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY WEATHER000000052992