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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 La Habana started at 1786-04-14 [dataset]. Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748543, 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
Project(s):
Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854 (CLIWOC)
Funding:
Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090: Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 26.324828 * Median Longitude: -37.936207 * South-bound Latitude: 17.750000 * West-bound Longitude: -63.620000 * North-bound Latitude: 42.530000 * East-bound Longitude: -11.820000
Date/Time Start: 1786-04-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1786-05-26T00:00:00
Event(s):
Diligencia_17860414_CORREOS_279B_R7 * Latitude Start: 43.360000 * Longitude Start: -8.360000 * Latitude End: 23.200000 * Longitude End: -81.400000 * Date/Time Start: 1786-04-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1786-05-26T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Diligencia (Paquebote), Voyage: La Coruña - La Habana, 1st Observer: Capitan
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1 DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
2 LATITUDELatitudeGeocode
3 LONGITUDELongitudeGeocode
4 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.
5 Wind speedffm/scalculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations
6 LandmarkLandmarkName of first landmark
7 --1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
8 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
9 CommentCommentOther remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields
10 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.
11 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.
12 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
13 Present weatherwwWeather description
14 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
15 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
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
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
544 data points

Data

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Date/Time		2 
Latitude		3 
Longitude		4 
dd [deg]		5 
ff [m/s]		6 
Landmark		7 
-		8 
Distance [arbitrary units]		9 
Comment		10 
Decl [deg]		11 
Wind dir descr		12 
Wind force descr		13 
ww		14 
Precip descr		15 
State sea descr		16 
Gusts		17 
Rain		18 
Fog		19 
Snow		20 
Thunder		21 
Hail		22 
Sea ice		23 
ID
1786-04-15T00:00234.6NNEFLOJO000000053911
1786-04-16T13:0042.53-11.824612.3122.00-22ENEFRESCOABRISADO000000053912
1786-04-17T13:0040.42-14.93259.3198.00-20NEFRESQUITOABRISADO000000053913
1786-04-18T13:0038.68-17.07489.3153.00-20ENEFRESQUITOALGO PICADA000000053914
1786-04-19T13:0036.35-20.17279.3203.00-18NEFRESQUITOLLANA000000053915
1786-04-20T14:0034.60-22.50289.3153.00-17NEFRESQUITOPOCO VIENTO Y HORIZONTES OFUSCADOSMODERADA000000053916
1786-04-21T14:0033.88-23.481634.665.00-17SFLOJOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES OFUSCADOS000000053917
1786-04-22T14:0032.47-25.621652.6131.00-15SCALMOSOLLOVIENDOLLANA010000053918
1786-04-23T14:0032.15-27.40898.00-15NNEACHUBASCADOACHUBASCADO010000053919
1786-04-24T14:0030.43-30.03325173.00-13NNOCLARO000000053920
1786-04-25T14:0029.43-29.972809.380.00-13ONOFRESQUITOLLANA000000053921
1786-04-26T14:0027.98-31.7525791.00-13OCIELOS Y HORIZONTES CLAROS000000053922
1786-04-27T14:0026.80-32.832844.695.00-9ONOFLOJOLLANA000000053923
1786-04-28T14:0025.47-33.752842.686.00-9ONOFLOJITOCLAROLLANA000000053924
1786-04-29T14:0024.70-33.753062.655.00-9NOCALMOSOACHUBASCADO010000053925
1786-04-30T14:0024.58-34.8814927.00-9SSEVENTOLINAS VARIABLES000000053926
1786-05-01T14:0024.23-35.751041.051.00-9ESEVENTOLINACLAROLLANA000000053927
1786-05-02T14:0023.75-37.388196.00-9ECONTRASTADA000000053928
1786-05-03T15:0023.13-39.78619.3136.00-7ENEFRESQUITOCONTRASTADA000000053929
1786-05-04T15:0022.33-42.40859.3153.00-5EFRESQUITOTIEMPO CLAROLLANA000000053930
1786-05-05T15:0021.60-45.37659.3171.00-3ENEFRESQUITOLLANA000000053931
1786-05-06T15:0020.32-48.07899.3157.00-1EFRESQUITOCLAROLLANA000000053932
1786-05-07T15:0019.62-51.159.3196.00-1FRESQUITOALGUNOS CHUBASCOSCONTRASTADA010000053933
1786-05-08T16:0018.62-53.7090165.000ECONTRASTADA000000053934
1786-05-09T16:0018.48-55.28456.70NEBONANCIBLE000000053935
1786-05-10T16:0018.33-56.871352.691.000SEFLOJITOATURBONADO000000053936
1786-05-11T16:0018.27-58.471826.791.002SBONANCIBLECHUBASCOS010000053937
1786-05-12T16:0017.75-59.881829.3142.002SFRESQUITOFUERTE CHUBASCO. TIEMPO ACHUBASCADOFUERTE010000053938
1786-05-13T16:0018.25-62.482052.998.002SSOMUY FLOJOATURBONADO Y CON MUCHAS AGUASMUCHA010000053939
1786-05-14T16:0018.27-63.6213865.003SE000000053940
1786-05-15T00:0068EL SOMBREROENE000000053941
1786-05-19T00:00681SALE DE PUERTO RICOENE000000053942
1786-05-20T00:0068ENETOLDADO000000053943
1786-05-21T00:0068A LA VELA EN MONTECRISTOENEACHUBASCADOACHUBASCADO010000053944
1786-05-22T00:0045NEACHUBASCADO POR EL 1º Y 2º CUADRANTEACHUBASCADO POR EL 1º Y 2º CUADRANTE010000053945
1786-05-23T00:006812.3ENEFRESCOMUY MAL CARIZ000000053946
1786-05-24T00:0022.6068ENE000000053947
1786-05-25T00:0023.28682.6ENEABRISADO000000053948
1786-05-26T00:00901LLEGA A LA HABANAE000000053949