García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2010): Meteorological observations during DIOMEDE cruise from Princes Island to Table Bay started at 1800-01-01 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748552, 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):
Funding:
Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090: Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -24.173953 * Median Longitude: 58.501395 * South-bound Latitude: -36.170000 * West-bound Longitude: 20.730000 * North-bound Latitude: -6.370000 * East-bound Longitude: 103.030000
Date/Time Start: 1800-01-01T08:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1800-01-31T08:00:00
Event(s):
Diomede_18000101_NMM_ADM/L/D126 * Latitude Start: -24.620000 * Longitude Start: 55.250000 * Latitude End: -34.430000 * Longitude End: 16.950000 * Date/Time Start: 1800-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1800-01-31T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Diomede (4th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Princes Island - Table Bay, 1st Observer: Charles Elphinstone (Captain), 2nd Observer: William Bead Pascoe (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 50G 1114BM
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Geocode | |||
| 2 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Geocode | |||
| 3 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Geocode | |||
| 4 | Wind direction | dd | deg | Wind 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 speed | ff | m/s | calculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations | ||
| 6 | Landmark | Landmark | Name of first landmark | |||
| 7 | Bearing | Bearing | Bearing of the first landmark | |||
| 8 | Distance to landmark | Distance | arbitrary units | Distance to the first landmark | ||
| 9 | Course | Course | Course of the ship during the past 24 hours | |||
| 10 | Distance | Distance | arbitrary units | Distance travelled during the previous 24 hours | ||
| 11 | Declination | Decl | deg | It 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 description | Wind dir descr | All reported wind directions on this day. The wind direction is the direction that points to where the wind comes from. | |||
| 13 | Wind force description | Wind force descr | All reported wind forces on this day | |||
| 14 | Precipitation description | Precip descr | ||||
| 15 | State of the sea description | State sea descr | ||||
| 16 | Clearness | Clearness | ||||
| 17 | Gusts | Gusts | 1 If wind gusts are reported | |||
| 18 | Precipitation/Rain | Rain | 1 If rain was reported | |||
| 19 | Fog | Fog | 1 If fog was reported | |||
| 20 | Snow type | Snow | 1 If snow was reported | |||
| 21 | Thunder | Thunder | 1 If thunder and or lightning was reported | |||
| 22 | Hail | Hail | 1 If hail was reported | |||
| 23 | Sea ice | Sea ice | 1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported | |||
| 24 | Identification | ID | CLIWOC 2.1 line number |
License:
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Size:
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Data
| 1 Date/Time | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 dd [deg] (Wind direction (from which th...) | 5 ff [m/s] (calculated from the descripti...) | 6 Landmark (Name of first landmark) | 7 Bearing (Bearing of the first landmark) | 8 Distance [arbitrary units] (Distance to the first landmark) | 9 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 State sea descr | 16 Clearness | 17 Gusts (1 If wind gusts are reported) | 18 Rain (1 If rain was reported) | 19 Fog (1 If fog was reported) | 20 Snow (1 If snow was reported) | 21 Thunder (1 If thunder and or lightning...) | 22 Hail (1 If hail was reported) | 23 Sea ice (1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...) | 24 ID (CLIWOC 2.1 line number) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800-01-01T08:00 | -24.62 | 55.25 | 61 | 9.3 | CAPE ST MARY | S84W | 173 | S58W | 141.00 | -18 | EBN | MODERATE, AM FRESH BREEZES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54734 | ||
| 1800-01-02T08:00 | -24.78 | 53.33 | 362 | 9.3 | CAPE ST MARY | S83W | 135 | S82W | 95.00 | -18 | VARIABLE | LIGHT BREEZES, AM FINE BREEZES | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54735 | ||
| 1800-01-03T09:00 | -25.62 | 51.93 | 339 | 6.7 | CAPE ST MARY | W | 107 | S56W | 92.00 | -21 | N | FINE BREEZES, AM SQUALLY, LATER MODERATE | RAIN | PLEASANT | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54736 | |
| 1800-01-04T09:00 | -26.22 | 51.25 | 362 | 1.0 | CAPE ST MARY | N83W | 100 | S45W | 51.00 | -21 | VARIABLE | LIGHT BREEZES, THEN SQUALLY, LIGHT AIRS | HEAVY RAIN | PLEASANT | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54737 | |
| 1800-01-05T09:00 | -27.05 | 48.75 | 35 | 1.0 | CAPE ST MARY | N69W | S56W | 90.00 | -21 | NNE, E, NEBE | FRESH BREEZES, AM LIGHT AIRS | HAZY, AM CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54738 | |||
| 1800-01-06T09:00 | -27.38 | 47.43 | 45 | 6.7 | CAPE ST MARY | N51W | 59 | S76W | 82.00 | -23 | SE, ENE | MODERATE | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54739 | ||
| 1800-01-07T09:00 | -27.18 | 44.88 | 101 | 9.3 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | S74W | 453 | S70W | 143.00 | -23 | ESE, SEBE | LIGHT BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZES | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54740 | ||
| 1800-01-08T09:00 | -29.20 | 41.58 | 142 | 12.3 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | S75W | 393 | S70W | 184.00 | -27 | ESE, SBE | FRESH BREEZES, AM WITH SQUALLS, LATER STRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLY | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54741 | ||
| 1800-01-09T09:00 | -30.00 | 39.67 | 86 | 1.0 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | S76W | 360 | S61W | 114.00 | -27 | E, ESE | FRESH BREEZES, AM LIGHT AIRS | CLEAR, AM PLEASANT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54742 | ||
| 1800-01-10T09:00 | -30.68 | 38.62 | 108 | 6.7 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | S77W | 313 | S59W | 64.00 | -27 | VARIABLE, S, SE | LIGHT AIRS, AM MODERATE BREEZES | PLEASANT, AM HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54743 | ||
| 1800-01-11T05:00 | -6.37 | 103.03 | 180 | 9.3 | PRINCES ISLAND | EBS | 9 | W | 71.00 | 0 | VARIABLE, S | LIGHT BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54745 | ||
| 1800-01-11T10:00 | -31.18 | 36.90 | 141 | 2.6 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | S78W | 293 | S71W | 95.00 | -28 | SBW, S, SBE | LIGHT BREEZES | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54744 | ||
| 1800-01-12T05:00 | -6.98 | 101.40 | 147 | 1.0 | PRINCES ISLAND | S87E | 33 | S47W | 55.00 | 1 | VARIABLE, SEBS | LIGHT AIRS | PLEASANT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54747 | ||
| 1800-01-12T10:00 | -31.80 | 34.75 | 163 | 2.6 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | S78W | 260 | S71W | 116.00 | -28 | SSE, S, SBW | MODERATE BREEZES, AM LIGHT BREEZES | CLEAR, AM PLEASANT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54746 | ||
| 1800-01-13T05:00 | -8.47 | 99.70 | 146 | 9.3 | COCO ISLAND | S36W | 120 | S49W | 136.00 | 0 | SEBS | FRESH BREEZES | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54748 | ||
| 1800-01-13T10:00 | -32.57 | 32.10 | 362 | 9.3 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | S81W | 216 | S71W | 142.00 | -29 | VARIABLE | FRESH BREEZES, 6AM LIGHT AIRS, 8 FINE BREEZES | RAIN | CLEAR THEN CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54749 | |
| 1800-01-14T05:00 | -9.95 | 98.00 | 124 | 9.3 | COCO ISLAND | S37W | 85 | S51W | 132.00 | 0 | SEBE | LIGHT BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54750 | ||
| 1800-01-14T10:00 | -33.62 | 29.27 | 174 | 12.3 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | S84W | 167 | SS66W | 155.00 | -29 | E, VARIABLE, SSE, SSW | FRESH BREEZES, AM WITH SQUALLS, 8 FRESH BREEZES, 11 STRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLS | RAIN | CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54751 | |
| 1800-01-15T06:00 | -10.58 | 96.93 | 135 | 9.3 | COCO ISLAND | S30E | 30 | S55W | 78.00 | 0 | SSE, SE | LIGHT BREEZES INCLINABLE OT CALM, AM FRESH BREEZES | CLOUDY, AM HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54752 | ||
| 1800-01-15T10:00 | -34.25 | 27.63 | 106 | 1.0 | ALGOA BAY | S49W | 23 | S55W | 90.00 | -29 | E, WNW, SE | PM FRESH BREEZES, 4 HARD SQUALLS, 10 LIGHT BREEZES, AM LIGHT AIRS INCLINING TO CALM | RAIN | CLOUDY THEN PLEASANT | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54753 | |
| 1800-01-16T06:00 | -12.30 | 94.20 | 135 | 12.3 | PULO VELERINO | N66W | 136 | S56W | 192.00 | 0 | SBE, SE | FRESH REEZES AND SQUALLY, AM STRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLY | RAIN | HAZY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54754 | |
| 1800-01-16T10:00 | -33.98 | 26.63 | 175 | ALGOA BAY | N5W | 10 | N72W | 52.00 | -28 | VARIABLE, WBS, SSW | LIGHT AIRS AND CALM, AM MODERATE BREEZES THEN SQUALLY | HEAVY SWELL FROM W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54755 | |||
| 1800-01-17T06:00 | -14.20 | 91.20 | 133 | 9.3 | PULO VELERINO | N19W | 102 | S56W | 209.00 | -2 | EBN, SE | FRESH BREEZES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54756 | ||
| 1800-01-17T10:00 | -34.78 | 25.95 | 220 | 9.3 | CAPE AGULLAS | N82W | 111 | S35W | 58.00 | -28 | S, ENE, NNW, WSW | STRONG BREEZES, 5 MORE MODERATE, AM FINE BREEZES | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54757 | ||
| 1800-01-18T06:00 | -15.90 | 88.18 | 133 | PULO VELERINO | N14W | 132 | S62W | 197.00 | -2 | SE | FRESH GALES, AM SQUALLY | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54758 | |||
| 1800-01-18T10:00 | -35.30 | 25.48 | 362 | 19.0 | CAPE AGULLAS | N82W | 120 | S36W | 39.00 | -28 | NWBW, W, VARIABLE | FRESH BREEZES, AM FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54759 | ||
| 1800-01-19T06:00 | -17.48 | 85.52 | 122 | 9.3 | ISLE RODRIGUES | S82W | 400 | S58W | 184.00 | -2 | VARIABLE, SEBE | FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY | RAIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54760 | ||
| 1800-01-19T10:00 | -36.17 | 25.63 | 265 | 19.0 | CAPE AGULLAS | N72W | 90 | S8E | 53.00 | -28 | WSW, WNW | STRONG SQUALLY GALES, LATER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY | RAIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54761 | ||
| 1800-01-20T06:00 | -18.88 | 83.03 | 120 | 9.3 | ISLE RODRIGUES | S87W | 340 | S59W | 166.00 | -4 | SEBE | FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54762 | |||
| 1800-01-20T10:00 | -35.58 | 25.22 | 220 | 1.0 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | N78W | 107 | S31W | 41.00 | -28 | VARIABLE, SE, WSW | FRESH BREEZES, THE SQUALLY, 8 STRONG GALES, 2AM LIGHT AIRS | RAIN | HEAVY SWELL | CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54763 |
| 1800-01-21T07:00 | -20.68 | 80.00 | 141 | 9.3 | ISLE RODRIGUES | S85W | 282 | S58W | 201.00 | -5 | SEBS | FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54765 | ||
| 1800-01-21T11:00 | -35.92 | 22.47 | 109 | 9.3 | CAPE AGULLAS | N57W | 44 | S81W | 135.00 | -26 | SE | LIGHT BREEZES, AM FINE BREEZES, LATER FRESH BREEZES | CLEAR THEN PLEASANT THEN HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54764 | ||
| 1800-01-22T07:00 | -21.97 | 77.50 | 108 | 1.0 | ISLE RODRIGUES | N79W | 237 | S60W | 157.00 | -5 | ESE | FRESH BREEZES, AM LIGHT AIRS | PLEASANT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54766 | ||
| 1800-01-22T11:00 | -34.85 | 20.73 | 64 | 9.3 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | N79W | 39 | N47W | 94.00 | -26 | VARIABLE, NW, E | MODERATE BREEZES, 3 LIGHT AIRS INCLINING TO CALM, AM FRESH BREEZES | SWELL FORM W | CLOUDY THEN CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54767 | |
| 1800-01-23T07:00 | -22.47 | 75.38 | 95 | 1.0 | ISLE RODRIGUES | N74W | 204 | S76W | 122.00 | -6 | NEBE, EBS | MODERATE BREEZE, AM LIGHT AIRS | CLEAR, AM HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54768 | ||
| 1800-01-24T07:00 | -22.07 | 74.82 | 362 | 2.6 | ISLE RODRIGUES | N76W | 192 | N53W | 39.00 | -6 | VARIABLE | LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALM, AM LIGHT BREEZES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54769 | ||
| 1800-01-25T07:00 | -21.13 | 73.52 | 362 | 6.7 | ISLE RODRIGUES | N80W | 172 | N52W | 92.00 | -6 | VARIABLE | MODERATE | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54770 | ||
| 1800-01-26T07:00 | -20.22 | 71.58 | 38 | 1.0 | ISLE RODRIGUES | N85W | 132 | N63W | 123.00 | -7 | E, EBS, NE | MODERATE, AM LIGHT AIRS | HAZY, AM CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54771 | ||
| 1800-01-27T07:00 | -19.85 | 69.38 | 94 | 9.3 | ISLE RODRIGUES | N88W | 87 | N80W | 126.00 | -7 | VARIABLE, EBS | MODERATE BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54772 | ||
| 1800-01-28T08:00 | -20.28 | 66.25 | 103 | 12.3 | ISLE RODRIGUES | N72W | 40 | S82W | 179.00 | -10 | ESE | FRESH BREEZES, AM STRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLY | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54773 | ||
| 1800-01-29T08:00 | -21.32 | 62.85 | 125 | 19.0 | ISLE OF FRANCE | N75W | 75 | S72W | 200.00 | -10 | SE | SQUALLY, AM FRESH GALES | RAIN | HAZY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54774 | |
| 1800-01-30T08:00 | -22.28 | 60.22 | 112 | 19.0 | ISLE OF FRANCE | N30W | 49 | S80W | 175.00 | -12 | SEBE | FRESH GALES | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54775 | ||
| 1800-01-31T08:00 | -23.37 | 57.42 | 117 | 9.3 | ISLE OF FRANCE | N19E | 63 | S78W | 168.00 | -18 | ESE, SE | FINE BREEZES | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54776 |