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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 DRUID cruise from Torbay to Antigua started at 1768-03-03 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748704, 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: 27.211613 * Median Longitude: -29.296129 * South-bound Latitude: 16.530000 * West-bound Longitude: -58.000000 * North-bound Latitude: 48.570000 * East-bound Longitude: -7.150000
Date/Time Start: 1768-03-03T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1768-04-08T16:00:00
Event(s):
Druid_17680303_NMM_ADM/L/D239 * Latitude Start: 50.437000 * Longitude Start: -3.528000 * Latitude End: 17.000000 * Longitude End: -60.500000 * Date/Time Start: 1768-03-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1768-04-08T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Druid (Sloop), Voyage: Torbay - Antigua, 1st Observer: John Challoner Jackson (Captain), 2nd Observer: William Fooks (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 10G 208BM
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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
10 CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
11 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
12 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.
13 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.
14 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
15 Precipitation descriptionPrecip 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:
590 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)

-
(1 If position is considered t...)
10 
Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
11 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
12 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
13 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
14 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
15 
Precip 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)
1768-03-03T12:0048.57-7.1593THE STARTNEBE56SWBW168.00-20WBN, E, ESE000000062861
1768-03-04T13:0047.67-13.1169THE STARTEBN3/4N125WBS244.00-21EBS, ESE, E000000062862
1768-03-05T13:0048.00-14.95114THE STARTEBN1/2N155WBN74.00-21SEBE, SE000000062863
1768-03-06T13:0047.18-16.1893THE STARTEBN3/4N176SW70.00-20SE, ESE000000062864
1768-03-07T13:0044.62-18.6594THE STARTEBN1/2N132SWBS185.00-19ESE000000062865
1768-03-08T13:0041.67-19.6196THE STARTNE1/2N289SBW224.00-17E, ESE000000062866
1768-03-09T13:0038.57-20.0584THE STARTNE345S1/2W208.00-17E, EBN, EBS000000062867
1768-03-10T13:0035.17-19.41322THE STARTNEBN380S3/4E147.00-16EBS, N, NNW000000062868
1768-03-11T13:0032.43-20.26346THE STARTNEBN432SBW170.00-14NNW, N000000062869
1768-03-12T00:0032.40362THE BODY OF MADEIRANE6NNW, VARIABLE000000062870
1768-03-13T00:0032.37113THE BODY OF MADEIRAENE21CALM, NEBE, E, ESE000000062871
1768-03-18T13:0031.53-18.022791.0THE BODY OF MADEIRANE1/2E29S35W88.00-14SE, NW, VARIABLE, WNWLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY000000062872
1768-03-19T13:0030.18-19.422901.0THE BODY OF MADEIRANE1/2N60S28W92.00-14NNW, NW, NWBWLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY000000062873
1768-03-20T13:0028.95-20.152791.0THE BODY OF MADEIRANEBN88S27W82.00-14NW, WNWLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY000000062874
1768-03-21T13:0027.57-19.852111.0THE BODY OF MADEIRANNE109S10E84.00-14WBS, SWLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY000000062875
1768-03-22T13:0025.93-19.0223519.0THE BODY OF MADEIRANBE135S25E108.00-13SWBW, W, WBS, WSWFRESH BREEZES, LATTER FRESH GALESHAZY, LATTER CLOUDY000000062876
1768-03-23T13:0023.63-19.803256.7THE BODY OF MADEIRANNE176S20W126.00-13WNW, NW, NNWFRESH GALES, LATTER MORE MODERATERAIN010000062877
1768-03-24T13:0022.92-21.14106.7THE BODY OF MADEIRANNE1/4204S50W98.00-13NW, N, NNEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MORE MODERATE000000062878
1768-03-25T14:0021.83-23.24586.7THE BODY OF MADEIRANNE1/2E239S60W132.00-10NNE, NE, ENEMODERATEFAIR000000062879
1768-03-26T14:0020.63-26.375819.0THE BODY OF MADEIRANE1/4N289S69W189.00-10NEBE, ENEFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000062880
1768-03-27T14:0019.78-29.753819.0THE BODY OF MADEIRANE1/4N340S78W195.00-7NEFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000062881
1768-03-28T14:0019.33-32.158319.0THE BODY OF MADEIRANE1/4E377S79W139.00-7EFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000062882
1768-03-29T14:0018.57-34.20639.3THE BODY OF MADEIRANE1/2E446S67W126.00-5ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000062883
1768-03-30T14:0017.98-36.82639.3ANTIGUAS88W503S75W134.00-5ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000062884
1768-03-31T15:0017.37-39.09669.3ANTIGUAS87W430S74W135.00-2ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000062885
1768-04-01T15:0016.70-41.19669.3ANTIGUAN39W372S75W142.00-2ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000062886
1768-04-02T15:0016.53-44.002319.0ANTIGUAN39W330S86W162.000NNEFRESH GALESHAZY000000062887
1768-04-03T15:0016.70-46.29689.3ANTIGUAN33W296N86W132.000NE, ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000062888
1768-04-04T15:0016.65-48.77699.3ANTIGUAN33W249S89W126.001ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000062889
1768-04-05T15:0016.73-51.29699.3ANTIGUAN33W204N33W144.001ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000062890
1768-04-06T16:0016.77-54.0082ANTIGUAN37W146N39W156.003ENE, NE, EBNFRESH BREEZES, LATTER SQUALLS OF WINDLATTER SQUALLS OF RAINHAZY110000062891
1768-04-07T16:0016.77-56.25829.3ANTIGUAN37W99W132.003EBN, ENE, EBNFRESH BREEZESRAIN AT TIMESCLOUDY010000062892
1768-04-08T16:0016.63-58.001509.3ANTIGUAN33W52S86W131.004EBN, SEBSFRESH BREEZESRAIN AT TIMESCLOUDY010000062893