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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 DIOMEDE cruise from Table Bay to Rodriguez started at 1801-04-08 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748555, 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: -28.446000 * Median Longitude: 52.121400 * South-bound Latitude: -38.100000 * West-bound Longitude: 18.130000 * North-bound Latitude: -17.750000 * East-bound Longitude: 63.880000
Date/Time Start: 1801-04-08T11:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1801-05-31T08:00:00
Event(s):
Diomede_18010408_NMM_ADM/L/D126 * Latitude Start: -34.430000 * Longitude Start: 16.950000 * Latitude End: 45.920000 * Longitude End: -1.800000 * Date/Time Start: 1801-04-08T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1801-05-31T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Diomede (4th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Table Bay - Rodriguez, 1st Observer: Charles Elphinstone (Captain), 2nd Observer: William Bead Pascoe (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 50G 1114BM
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 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
16 ClearnessClearness
17 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
18 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
19 FogFog1 If fog was reported
20 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
21 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
22 HailHail1 If hail was reported
23 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
24 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
937 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 
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)
1801-04-08T11:00-35.2518.132881.0CAPE AGULLASN73E35S26W65.00-27NWLIGHT AIRS AND CALM000000054871
1801-04-09T10:00-31.5533.803322.6ALGOA BAYS70W145N80W70.00-28SWBS, VARIABLE, NFRESH BREEZES THEN SQUALLY, AM LIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000054872
1801-04-09T11:00-36.2021.7026612.3CAPE ST MARYN62E45S71E183.00-27WNWSTRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLY000000054873
1801-04-10T10:00-36.2826.422769.3CAPE ST MARYN56E383S89E229.00-28NWBWFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY000000054874
1801-04-11T10:00-35.6530.6328619.0ISLE BOUBONN56E177N81E207.00-29SW, NWFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000054875
1801-04-12T10:00-34.4535.5017422.6ISLE BOUBONN50:41E464N73E249.00-29SSWSTRONG GALESCLOUDY000000054876
1801-04-13T09:00-34.3739.5220719.0ISLE BOUBONN45E393N89E200.00-29SWBWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY000000054877
1801-04-14T09:00-34.6342.00196ISLE BOUBONN41E366S82E124.00-29SSW, SWSQUALLY000000054878
1801-04-15T09:00-34.0341.88840.0ISLE OF FRANCEN45E393N22W39.00-29ESECALMCLOUDY000000054879
1801-04-16T09:00-35.2241.358412.3ISLE OF FRANCEN43:40E416S20W74.00-29SEBE, ESEFRESH GALES, LATER STRONG BREEZESCLOUDY000000054880
1801-04-17T09:00-35.1741.9010612.3ISLE OF FRANCEN43E409N83E26.00-29SESTRONG BREEZESCLOUDY000000054881
1801-04-18T09:00-34.6742.38956.7ISLE OF FRANCEN43E394N39E38.00-29SEBEFRESH BREEZES, 8 MODERATECLOUDY000000054882
1801-04-19T09:00-36.0542.081966.7ISLE OF FRANCEN41E375S10W81.00-29SWFRESH BREEZES, AM MODERATERAINHEAVY SWELL FROM SECLOUDY010000054883
1801-04-20T09:00-36.1542.081966.7CAPE ST MARYN9E315S73W91.00-29SWCALM, LIGHT AIRS, AM MODERATE BREEZES000000054884
1801-04-21T09:00-36.0048.081989.3ISLE OF FRANCEN28E358-27SWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000054885
1801-04-22T09:00-35.8052.232779.3ISLE OF FRANCEN17E327N87E202.00-27VARIABLE, NWBWFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000054886
1801-04-23T08:00-35.1055.601666.7ISLE OF FRANCEN7E301N75E171.00-25VARIABLE, SW, SBWMODERATE BREEZES000000054887
1801-04-24T08:00-35.2356.121551.0ISLE OF FRANCES15E301S76E32.00-25VARIABLE, ENE, SMODERATE BREEZES, AM LIGHT AIRS000000054888
1801-04-25T08:00-37.7857.48739.3ISLE OF FRANCEN17E352S24E167.00-28ENE, EBSFRESH BREEZES000000054889
1801-04-26T08:00-38.1056.6051ISLE OF FRANCEN3E359S72E63.00-28ENE, VARIABLE, EBNMODERATE BREEZES, AM SQUALLYRAIN010000054890
1801-04-27T08:00-37.5056.372871.0ISLE OF FRANCEN3:31E347S78E80.00-28NW, SW, NWCALM, AM LIGHT AIRSHEAVY RAINCLOUDY010000054891
1801-04-28T08:00-35.9856.532002.6ISLE OF FRANCEW3:21E317N6E72.00-25SWBS, SSW, SWLIGHT BREEZESPLEASANT000000054892
1801-04-29T08:00-33.2757.53247MAURITIUSN11E262N17E170.00-23WNW, S, WMODERATE BREEZES, AM SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY010000054893
1801-04-30T08:00-29.9358.321279.3MAURITIUSN4E196N11E206.00-19VARIABLE, ESE, SEBSFRESH BREEZESHAZY000000054894
1801-05-01T08:00-27.5857.93826.7MAURITIUSN2W149N8W142.00-19E, EBSMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000054895
1801-05-01T08:00-18.6862.851366.7RODRIGUESS17E21S54W75.00-10SSE, SEBSFRESH BREEZES, SQUALLY, AM MODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY THEN CLEAR000000054896
1801-05-02T08:00-26.7058.023622.6MAURITIUSN3W131N5E53.00-15ENE, N, VARIABLEMODERATE BREEZES, AM LIGHT BREEZES000000054897
1801-05-02T08:00-19.2062.451466.7RODRIGUESS55E17S36W38.00-12VARIABLE, SSEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000054898
1801-05-03T08:00-19.9062.081126.7RODRIGUESN77E21S26W47.00-12VARIABLE, SEBEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000054899
1801-05-03T08:00-26.6759.3781.0MAURITIUSN14W134N1E72.00-15VARIABLE, NNELIGHT BREEZES, AM LIGHT AIRSCLEAR000000054900
1801-05-04T08:00-21.1761.231016.7RODRIGUESN65E47S33W88.00-12VARIABLE, E, ESEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000054901
1801-05-04T08:00-26.7060.003452.6MAURITIUSN19W155S87E37.00-15VARIABLE, NE, NLIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000054902
1801-05-05T08:00-21.2761.521019.3RODRIGUESN44E44S75E23.00-12ESEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000054903
1801-05-05T08:00-25.5859.28412.6MAURITIUSN8W36N24W71.00-15VARIABLE, ENE, NEBELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000054904
1801-05-06T08:00-23.8258.98416.7MAURITIUSN20W78N8W109.00-15E, NEBEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000054905
1801-05-06T08:00-22.4062.10676.7RODRIGUESN67:19E57S33E75.00-12VARIABLE, EBNMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000054906
1801-05-07T08:00-22.7562.9232RODRIGUESN4E62S65E50.00-13VARIABLE, NEMODERATE BREEZES, AM SQUALLYRAINHEAVY SWELL FROM SECLOUDY010000054907
1801-05-07T08:00-21.6258.8510119.0MAURITIUSN39W37N3W132.00-12VARIABLE, ESEFRESH BREEZES, AM FRESH GALESHEAVY RAINCLOUDY010000054908
1801-05-08T08:00-22.8763.633582.6RODRIGUESN8W65S79E41.00-13NWBN, NBELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR000000054909
1801-05-08T08:00-21.7858.108919.0MAURITIUSN17W34S12W42.00-12VARIABLE, EBSFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN010000054910
1801-05-09T08:00-21.9263.32696.7RODRIGUESN4W45N20W66.00-10EBS, EBNCALM, AM MODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY AM CLEAR000000054911
1801-05-09T08:00-20.9758.253620.0MAURITIUSN38W30N9E53.00-12NNW, VARIABLECALM000000054912
1801-05-10T08:00-19.6263.301036.7RODRIGUESN134.00-10VARIABLE, ESEMODERATE BREEZESHAZY000000054914
1801-05-10T08:00-20.0258.152926.7MAURITIUSN16W11N6W55.00-12NWBWMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000054915
1801-05-10T10:00-30.9733.103620.0ALGOA BAYS63W139N51W56.00-28S, VARIABLEFRESH BREEZES, AM LIGHT BREEZES THEN CALMHEAVY SWELL FROM WNW000000054913
1801-05-27T08:00-20.1759.27441.0RODRIGUESN82E74S77E84.00-12VARIABLE, W, NEBELIGHT AIRS000000054916
1801-05-28T08:00-19.9359.97331.0RODRIGUESN85E60S87E102.00-12NE, SSW, NECALM, AM LIGHT AIRSRAINCLOUDY010000054917
1801-05-29T08:00-19.2060.821579.3RODRIGUESS78E45N48E65.00-12SE, SBELIGHT AIRS, AM FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYHEAVY RAIN010000054918
1801-05-30T08:00-18.7062.471519.3RODRIGUESS56E23N72E99.00-12SSE, SBE1/2EMODERATE BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZESCLEAR THEN CLOUDY000000054919
1801-05-31T08:00-17.7563.88136RODRIGUESS10W40N56E99.00-10SSE, SBE, SEBSFRESH BREEZES, AM SQUALLYHAZY000000054920