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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 Cork to Plymouth started at 1793-05-08 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748707, 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: 47.806552 * Median Longitude: -14.170690 * South-bound Latitude: 46.070000 * West-bound Longitude: -20.700000 * North-bound Latitude: 51.120000 * East-bound Longitude: -7.130000
Date/Time Start: 1793-05-08T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1793-06-05T12:00:00
Event(s):
Druid_17930508_NMM_ADM/L/D242 * Latitude Start: 50.630000 * Longitude Start: -10.420000 * Latitude End: 50.299000 * Longitude End: -4.150000 * Date/Time Start: 1793-05-08T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1793-06-05T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Druid (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Cork (Western Approaches) - Plymouth, 1st Observer: Joseph Ellison (Captain), 2nd Observer: John Buller (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 32G 710BM
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 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 CommentComment
24 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
550 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 
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 
Comment
24 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1793-05-08T13:0051.12-8.482902.6CAPE CLEARN81W17S6W34.00-25NWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000062954
1793-05-09T13:0049.77-9.333139.3LIZARDS73E55S57W38.00-25NNWFRESH BREEZESFOG THEN FINE0010000a trivial correction was made in this observation62955
1793-05-10T13:0049.70-10.271789.3CAPE CLEARN26E12S83W35.00-25SSWFRESH BREEZESFINE0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation62956
1793-05-11T13:0049.87-11.7234619.0LIZARDN89E83S48W75.00-25NBEFRESH GALESCLEAR000000062957
1793-05-12T13:0049.40-13.9735722.6LIZARDN85E114S72W93.00-26NNESTRONG GALESCLOUDY000000062958
1793-05-13T13:0049.12-16.43199.3LIZARDN83E147S80W99.00-26NEFRESH BREEZESPLEASANT000000062959
1793-05-14T13:0049.03-18.603566.7LIZARDN84E174S87W85.00-27NNEMODERATE BREEZESHAZY000000062960
1793-05-15T13:0048.23-20.70186.7LIZARDN80E205S60W96.00-27NNE, NEMODERATE BREEZESHAZY000000062961
1793-05-16T13:0046.82-18.589.3LIZARDN70E188S46E120.00-24EBWFRESH BREEZESHAZY000000062962
1793-05-17T13:0046.42-17.73449.3USHANTN76E177S55E42.00-24ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000062963
1793-05-18T13:0046.32-17.1066USHANTN75E170S71E28.00-24EFRESH BREEZES THEN SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY010000062964
1793-05-19T13:0046.82-16.723591.0USHANTN75E165E16.00-24NNELIGHT BREEZES THEN LIGHTCLOUDY000000062965
1793-05-20T13:0046.07-15.70440.0USHANTN72E154S70E44.00-24ENEINCLINABLE TO CALMCLOUDY000000062966
1793-05-21T13:0046.22-15.252.6USHANTN72E147N65E21.00-24EBWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000062967
1793-05-22T13:0047.30-16.93446.7USHANTN81E162N47W95.00-24NE, ENEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000062968
1793-05-23T13:0046.72-15.83109.3USHANTN77E1551S52E57.00-24NEBNFRESH BREEZESHAZY000000062969
1793-05-24T13:0046.48-14.773599.3USHANTN73E138S72E46.00-24NNEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000062970
1793-05-25T13:0047.30-15.17449.3USHANTN80E139N21W44.00-24ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000062971
1793-05-26T13:0046.25-16.13559.3USHANTN88E149N31W75.00-24E, EBNFRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000062972
1793-05-27T13:0047.60-14.88429.3USHANTN82E134N52E63.00-26NEBE, ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation62973
1793-05-28T13:0047.47-13.552122.6USHANTN80E116S82E55.00-24NEFRESH BREEZE THEN FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, STRONG GALESHAZY000000062974
1793-05-29T13:0047.17-12.083609.3USHANTN14E90S73E63.00-23NNEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY000000062975
1793-05-30T13:0046.92-12.773149.3USHANTN82E122S62W32.00-24NWBW, NNWMODERATE BREEZES THEN FRESH BREEZESHAZY THEN CLOUDY000000062976
1793-05-31T13:0046.17-12.822801.0USHANTN67E116S2W45.00-24NWBWFRESH GALES THEN LIGHT AIRSHAZY000000062977
1793-06-01T13:0047.63-13.9817722.6USHANTN82E122N28W100.00-26SBW, SWBS, SSWLIGHT AIRS THEN STRONG GALESHAZY000000062978
1793-06-02T13:0047.92-13.1324422.6USHANTN84E110N64E38.00-26SSW, SW, WSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY000000062979
1793-06-03T13:0047.75-11.9820019.0LIZARDN63E99S78E47.00-25SSW, WBS, SWMODERATE BREEZES THEN FRESH GALESHAZY000000062980
1793-06-04T13:0049.20-9.222236.7LIZARDN74E54N52E140.00-25WBN, SW, WSWFRESH GALES THEN MORE MODERATEHAZY000000062981
1793-06-05T12:0049.60-7.132916.7LIZARDN74E25N73E84.00-24N, NWMODERATE BREEZEHAZY000000062982