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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 DILIGENCIA cruise from La Coruña to Montevideo started at 1774-12-18 [dataset]. Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748531, 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: 32.916429 * Median Longitude: -16.790000 * South-bound Latitude: 24.600000 * West-bound Longitude: -21.980000 * North-bound Latitude: 43.630000 * East-bound Longitude: -8.980000
Date/Time Start: 1774-12-18T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1774-12-31T13:00:00
Event(s):
Diligencia_17741218_CORREOS_193A_R3 * Latitude Start: 43.360000 * Longitude Start: -8.360000 * Latitude End: -35.970000 * Longitude End: -55.650000 * Date/Time Start: 1774-12-18T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1774-12-31T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Diligencia (Fragata Correo), Voyage: La Coruña - Montevideo, 1st Observer: Antonio de La Cuadra (Capitan)
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
CommentCommentOther remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields
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.
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.
Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
10 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
11 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
12 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
13 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
14 FogFog1 If fog was reported
15 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
16 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
17 HailHail1 If hail was reported
18 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
19 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
195 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

dd [deg]

ff [m/s]

Comment

Decl [deg]

Wind dir descr

Wind force descr
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Precip descr
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State sea descr
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Gusts
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Rain
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Fog
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Snow
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Thunder
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Hail
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Sea ice
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ID
1774-12-18T13:0043.63-8.981146.7PARTE DE LA CORUÑA CON DESTINO A MONTEVIDEO-21SSE - SEBONANCIBLEPICADA000000053039
1774-12-19T13:0042.37-11.08944.6-19ESEFLOJOPICADA000000053040
1774-12-20T13:0040.15-12.5726-19NEPICADA000000053041
1774-12-21T13:0038.20-13.83266.7-19NEAPACIBLELLANA000000053042
1774-12-22T13:0037.07-13.7554.6-18NNEFLOJOLLANA000000053043
1774-12-23T13:0035.80-14.20297-18NOVARIABLESLLANA000000053044
1774-12-24T13:0033.33-16.002712.3-18NEFRESCOLLANA000000053045
1774-12-25T13:0033.72-17.731184.6-17SEFLOJOLLANA000000053046
1774-12-26T13:0030.12-19.471204.6-15SSE - SEFLOJOLLANA000000053047
1774-12-27T13:0027.43-20.5012112.3-14SEFRESCOCRECIDA000000053048
1774-12-28T13:0024.92-21.6012116.3-14SEMUY RECIOGRUESA000000053049
1774-12-29T13:0024.60-21.9812415.4-14SE 1/4 SFUERTEGRUESA000000053050
1774-12-30T13:0024.82-21.4016615.4-14SFUERTEPICADA000000053051
1774-12-31T13:0024.67-21.9721115.4-14S - SORECIORECIOS AGUACEROSGRUESA010000053052