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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 DOLPHIN cruise from St. Jago to Rio de Janero started at 1764-08-11 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748586, 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: -5.019355 * Median Longitude: -26.338387 * South-bound Latitude: -22.980000 * West-bound Longitude: -39.120000 * North-bound Latitude: 6.400000 * East-bound Longitude: -20.140000
Date/Time Start: 1764-08-11T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1764-09-10T15:00:00
Event(s):
Dolphin_PRO_ADM/51/4536 * Latitude Start: 14.080000 * Longitude Start: -22.490000 * Latitude End: -23.370000 * Longitude End: -43.120000 * Date/Time Start: 1764-08-11T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1764-09-10T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Dolphin (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: St Jago - Rio De Janero, 1st Observer: John Byron (Captain), 2nd Observer: Richard Creyk (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 24G 508BM
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 State of the sea descriptionState sea 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:
589 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 
State sea 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)
1764-08-11T13:006.40-21.441726.7ST JAGON14W180S76W98.00-8SMODERATECLOUDY000000056785
1764-08-12T14:005.80-22.741636.7ST JAGON6W189S68W83.00-6SBEMODERATECLOUDY000000056786
1764-08-13T13:005.60-21.691956.7ST JAGON10E198S76E68.00-8SSWMODERATECLOUDY000000056787
1764-08-14T14:005.00-23.311746.7ST JAGON2W204S70E103.00-6SMODERATECLEAR000000056788
1764-08-15T14:004.30-22.641526.7ST JAGON7E216S62W92.00-6SSEMODERATECLOUDY000000056789
1764-08-16T14:004.35-23.591746.7ST JAGON210N87E63.00-6SMODERATECLOUDY000000056790
1764-08-17T14:003.90-23.422086.7ST JAGON1E224S24W33.00-6SWBSMODERATEFAIR000000056791
1764-08-18T14:003.20-23.171292.6ST JAGON2E239S27W52.00-6SELITTLE WINDFAIR000000056792
1764-08-19T14:003.07-23.371742.6ST JAGON1E242S52E16.00-6SLITTLE WINDFAIR000000056793
1764-08-20T14:003.00-22.861979.3ST JAGON4W244S86E63.00-6SSWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000056794
1764-08-21T13:002.93-21.371836.7ST JAGON10W249S87E76.00-8SBWMODERATECLOUDY000000056795
1764-08-22T13:002.75-20.141726.7ST JAGON15W256S82E74.00-8SMODERATECLOUDY000000056796
1764-08-23T13:002.13-20.141736.7ST JAGON15W270S74E34.00-7SMODERATECLOUDY000000056797
1764-08-24T13:001.23-20.411396.7ST JAGON13W282S23W50.00-7SEBSMODERATEFAIR000000056798
1764-08-25T13:000.57-21.221512.6ST JAGON9W295S49W66.00-7SSELITTLE WINDCLOUDY000000056799
1764-08-26T14:00-0.42-22.521536.7ST JAGON4W310S52W99.00-5SSEMODERATEFAIR000000056800
1764-08-27T14:00-1.93-24.5714119.0ST JAGON1E341S30W106.00-5SEBSFRESH GALESHAZY000000056801
1764-08-28T14:00-3.17-24.041316.7ST JAGON3E362S28W86.00-4SEMODERATECLOUDY000000056802
1764-08-29T14:00-4.68-25.061206.7CAPE FRIOS43W587S26W100.00-4SEBEMODERATECLOUDY000000056803
1764-08-30T14:00-6.67-25.711096.7ST JAGON6E436S9W122.00-4ESEMODERATEHAZY000000056804
1764-08-31T14:00-8.47-26.3711019.0ST JAGON7E472S19W122.00-3ESEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY000000056805
1764-09-01T14:00-11.08-27.6412319.0CAPE FRIOS50W378S26W173.00-1SEBEFRESH GALESFAIR000000056806
1764-09-02T14:00-13.55-29.4411319.0CAPE FRIOS53:45W319S32W176.000ESEFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000056807
1764-09-03T14:00-15.83-30.7411319.0CAPE FRIOS58:19W273S29W157.000ESEFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000056808
1764-09-04T14:00-17.33-31.67796.7CAPE FRIOS61:58W244S31W105.000EBNMODERATEFAIR000000056809
1764-09-05T14:00-18.80-32.44476.7CAPE FRIOS67W217S25W97.002NEMODERATEFAIR000000056810
1764-09-06T14:00-20.17-33.92492.6CAPE FRIOS71W172S46W118.004NELITTLE WINDFAIR000000056811
1764-09-07T14:00-21.20-36.31726.7CAPE FRIOS73:48W129S66W146.004ENEMODERATEFAIR000000056812
1764-09-08T15:00-21.52-38.017419.0CAPE FRIOS72:46W96S79W100.006SW, ENEFRESH GALESHAZY000000056813
1764-09-09T14:00-22.03-37.4222919.0CAPE FRIOS79W104S47E45.004S, SE, SWFIRST MODERATE, MID AND LATTER FRESH GALESSWELL FROM SWCLOUDY000000056814
1764-09-10T15:00-22.98-39.12986.7CAPE FRIOW24S62W104.008EMODERATEFAIR000000056815