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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 DUNIRA cruise from Falmouth to Bengal started at 1818-03-28 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748713, 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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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: -4.638947 * Median Longitude: 23.158421 * South-bound Latitude: -38.450000 * West-bound Longitude: -28.530000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.380000 * East-bound Longitude: 99.870000
Date/Time Start: 1818-03-28T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1818-11-29T05:00:00
Event(s):
Dunira_18180328_NMM_LOG/C/61 * Latitude Start: 49.950000 * Longitude Start: -5.000000 * Latitude End: 20.120000 * Longitude End: 88.500000 * Date/Time Start: 1818-03-28T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1818-11-29T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Dunira, Voyage: Falmouth - Bengal, 1st Observer: Montgomerie Hamilton (Captain), 2nd Observer: John Douglas (1st Officer/Master), Company: EIC
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
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.
10 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.
11 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
12 Present weatherwwWeather description
13 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
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:
1568 data points

Data

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ID
1818-03-28T12:0049.38-5.18289LIZARDNE1/2N6-26N, VARIABLE, W1/2N, NW000000063281
1818-03-29T12:0048.85-5.88-26FIRST LIGHT VARIABLE BREEZES, MID LIGHT AIRS AND CALM000000063282
1818-03-30T12:0048.63-7.371320.0-26SWBS, SSW, SW, VARIABLE, SSELIGHT VARIABLE WINDS, CALMUNSETTLED000000063283
1818-03-31T13:0045.62-9.93882.6-25EBS, ESELIGHT VARIABLE WINDSFINE000000063284
1818-04-01T13:0042.02-13.25609.3-24ESE, E1/2NSTEADY BREEZECLOUDY000000063285
1818-04-02T13:0038.53-15.176612.3-24ESTRONG BREEZECLOUDY000000063286
1818-04-03T13:0036.47-16.05282-22NE, NW, NWBWFIRST STEADY BREEZE, MID AND LATTER VARIABLESHOWERS OF RAINFINE AND CLEAR110000063287
1818-04-04T13:0035.33-15.3319222.6-22WBS, WSW, SWBW, VARIABLE, SBW, SSW1/2W, SWBSVARIBALE, LATTER BLOWING STRONG000000063288
1818-04-05T13:0035.67-18.10362-22SW, VARIABLEHAZY000000063289
1818-04-06T13:0035.78-20.072039.3-22SSW, SWFIRST AND LATTER STEADY BREEZE, MID VARIABLE WITH SQUALLSFAIR000000063290
1818-04-07T13:0035.42-18.451929.3-22SW, SSW, SWBSFIRST FRESH BREEZES, MID AND LATTER STEADY BREEZE WITH SQUALLSCLOUDY000000063291
1818-04-08T13:0034.10-17.102266.7-22SW, VARIABLE, WSWFIRST FRESH GALES, MID AND LATTER MODERATERAINFINE010000063292
1818-04-09T13:0034.24-17.38362MADEIRASSW3-22VARIABLELIGHT VARIABLE AND CALM000000063293
1818-04-10T13:0034.38-17.663621.0FUNCHALNBW1/2W-22VARIABLEVARIABLE LIGHT AIRSCLOUDY000000063294
1818-04-11T13:0030.87-17.930.0-20VERY LIGHT AND VARIABLE, CALMS000000063295
1818-04-12T13:0027.35-19.47499.3-19ENEFIRST STEADY BREEZES, MID VARIBALE, LIGHT WINDS, LATTER STEADY BREEZESHEAVY RAINCLOUDY, FINE010000063296
1818-04-13T13:0024.62-20.572612.3-19NELIGHT AIRS, MID AND LATTER STEADY TRADEPLEASANT000000063297
1818-04-14T13:0021.98-22.402712.3-18NESTEADY TRADEFINE000000063298
1818-04-15T14:0019.45-24.022912.3-16NESTEADY TRADEFINE000000063299
1818-04-16T14:0017.32-25.7730-15NEFINE000000063300
1818-04-17T14:0014.48-25.8064-15NE, VARIABLE, EBS, EBNFIRST VERY VARIABLECLOUDY000000063301
1818-04-18T14:0013.18-25.526412.3-15ENE, EBNFIRST AND LATTER STEADY TRADE, MID LIGHT AIRSVARIABLE000000063302
1818-04-19T14:0010.42-23.42559.3-13ENEPLEASANT TRADEFINE000000063303
1818-04-20T13:007.82-22.32298.7-16NEBE, NEPLEASANT TRADE DECREASINGFINE000000063304
1818-04-21T13:006.05-21.4741-15NEBEPLEASANT TRADE, LIGHT AND VARIABLE000000063305
1818-04-22T13:004.72-20.873349.3-15NBWLIGHT AIRS PLEASANT TRADEFINE000000063306
1818-04-23T13:003.80-20.10301.0-15NEVARIABLE LIGHT AIRSHEAVY RAIN010010063307
1818-04-24T13:003.22-20.353621.0-15VARIABLELIGHT AIRS AND CALM000000063308
1818-04-25T13:003.07-20.323451.0-15SE, NVARIABLE LIGHT AIRS AND CALMHEAVY RAIN010010063309
1818-04-26T13:002.42-20.43541.0-14NW, ENEVARIABLE LIGHT AIRSRAINCLOUDY010000063310
1818-04-27T13:001.68-20.683570.6-14NBEEXTREMELY LIGHT AIRS000000063311
1818-04-28T13:000.95-21.02362-14VARIABLEVARIABLE LIGHT BREEZES, SQUALLYRAIN010010063312
1818-04-29T13:000.25-21.200.0-14CALM000000063313
1818-04-30T13:00-1.00-22.05362-14SE, VARIABLESQUALLYHARD RAIN010000063314
1818-05-01T14:00-1.77-22.823622.6-11SE, VARIABLEVARIABLE LIGHT WINDSFINE000000063315
1818-05-02T14:00-4.00-24.2512412.3-11SBE, SSE, SESTEADY TRADEFAIR000000063316
1818-05-03T14:00-7.10-25.0712412.3-11ESE, SEFRESH TRADEFAIR000000063317
1818-05-04T14:00-10.17-25.839112.3-10EBSSTEADY FRESH TRADEFAIR000000063318
1818-05-05T14:00-12.83-26.60104-9ESEVARIABLE AND SQUALLSRAINFINE010000063319
1818-05-06T14:00-15.18-28.0214012.3-6ESE, SEBSFRESH TRADE WITH SQUALLSRAINCLOUDY010000063320
1818-05-07T14:00-17.17-28.53849.3-6ESE, EMODERATE TRADEFINE000000063321
1818-05-08T14:00-18.70-28.3051-5EBN, VARIABLE, NEBELIGHT VARIABLEFINE000000063322
1818-05-09T14:00-21.00-27.27717.3-8EBS, EBN, EBNINCREASING BREEZEFINE000000063323
1818-05-10T14:00-22.30-26.3060-8ENESQUALLYHEAVY RAINCLOUDY010000063324
1818-05-11T14:00-23.82-24.9238-7NEVARIABLE WITH SQUALLSRAIN010000063325
1818-05-12T14:00-25.33-24.021068.7-7SE1/2E, SE1/2E, ESEDECREASING TRADE AND SQUALLY000000063326
1818-05-13T14:00-26.85-25.5814512.3-7S, SSE1/2EFRESH TRADE, FREQUENT SQUALLS000000063327
1818-05-14T14:00-27.42-28.0217612.3-4SSTRONG BREEZES FREQUENT SQUALLS000000063328
1818-05-15T14:00-28.20-27.73336-2VARIABLE, SSE, EBN, NNWLIGHT AND VARIABLECLOUDY000000063329
1818-05-16T14:00-28.98-25.982889.3-5WNWSTEADY BREEZEFINE000000063330
1818-05-17T14:00-29.33-24.683622.6-5WSW, VARIABLEFIRST PLEASANT TRADE, MID AND LATTER LIGHT VARIABLE WINDSLARGE SWELL FROM SWFAIR THEN CLOUDY000000063331
1818-05-18T13:00-30.87-21.873297.3-9VARIABLE, NE, N, NNWSQUALLY, BREEZE CONSIDERABLY INCREASINGRAIN010000063332
1818-05-19T13:00-31.87-19.10295-9NW, VARIABLE, NWBWSTEADY FRESH BREEZE, VARIABLERAINCLOUDY010000063333
1818-05-20T13:00-33.10-15.57294-10NWBN, NWBWSTEADYFAINR000000063334
1818-05-21T13:00-34.28-11.8730112.3-14NWSTRONG BREEZEFINE THEN CLOUDY000000063335
1818-05-22T13:00-35.57-7.502909.3-14NW, WNW, NWBWFRESH BREEZESFOLLOWING SEAHAZY000000063336
1818-05-23T12:00-35.50-3.302769.3-17NW, WNWFRESH BREEZESRAINHAZY010000063337
1818-05-24T12:00-34.15-0.671159.3-20SBW, VARIABLE, SEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000063338
1818-05-25T12:00-35.130.27362-20SEBS, ENE, VARIABLEVARIABLE BREEZESCLOUDY000000063339
1818-05-26T12:00-36.453.67293-22NE, VARIABLE, NNE, N, NWMODERATE BREEZES, VARIABLELIGHT RAIN, DRIZZLING RAINCLOUDY010000063340
1818-05-27T11:00-37.287.70290-25NWBN, NWDRIZZLING RAINCLOUDY010000063341
1818-05-28T11:00-36.9010.002792.6-25W, NWBWLIGHT VARIABLE BREEZESRAINFAIR010000063342
1818-05-29T11:00-37.2713.232886.7-27NNW, NWBW1/2W, NWSTEADY MODERATE BREEZESFIRST FINE, LATTER HAZY000000063343
1818-05-30T11:00-36.9517.70220-28NWBW, WSWFRESH BREEZES, VERY VARIABLE WITH SQUALLS000000063344
1818-05-31T11:00-37.9719.6596-28SSW, VARIABLE, ESE, SEBEFRESH VARIABLE BREEZES, SQUALLYCLOUDY000000063345
1818-06-01T11:00-38.2222.20231-28E, VARIABLE, WNW, WBSSTRONG VARIABLE BREEZES, SQUALLSRAINCLOUDY010000063346
1818-06-02T10:00-37.7325.35362-29NWBW, WNW, WSW, VARIABLEFRESH BREEZES AND STEADY, MID AND LATTER VARIABLES SWELLHEAVY000000063347
1818-06-03T10:00-37.6230.15240-30ENE, NNE, NW, WSTRONG BREEZE, SQUALLYCLOUDY000010063348
1818-06-04T10:00-37.0034.5020719.0-29W, NWBW, VARIABLE, SWBWFRESH GALES, FREQUENT SQUALLSRAINCLOUDY010010063349
1818-06-05T09:00-36.8737.97207-29SW, SWBWFIRST FRESH BREEZES, MID AND LATTER LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS, CONSTANT SQUALLSRAINCLOUDY010000063350
1818-06-06T09:00-36.8342.50174-29SSWFRESH BREEZES, SQUALLSRAINCLOUDY010000063351
1818-06-07T09:00-36.7844.173107.3-28SSW, SWBW, VARIABLE, NWBW, NNWFIRST MODERATE BREEZES, MID VARIABLE AND LIGHT, LATTER AN INCREASING BREEZECLOUDY THEN FINE000000063352
1818-06-08T09:00-36.6747.58362-26NWBW, VARIABLEFIRST FRESH BREEZES, MID AND LATTER VARIABLE, SQUALLYHEAVY RAINCLOUDY010000063353
1818-06-09T09:00-37.9250.833429.3-29EBS, EBN, NBEFIRST MODERATE BREEZES, MID AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES WITH SQUALLS000010063354
1818-06-10T08:00-38.4555.772879.3-28NEBN, NBW, NWFRESH BREEZES, WITH SQUALLYHEAVY RAIN010000063355
1818-06-11T08:00-37.7560.372669.3-27NW, WBN, WNWFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAIN010010063356
1818-06-12T08:00-37.1565.5031712.3-21N, NNWSTRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLYHAZY000000063357
1818-06-13T07:00-35.7370.3731919.0-19NNWFRESH GALESHAZY000000063358
1818-06-14T07:00-34.3073.732632.6-18NBW, WBNFIRST FRESH BREEZES, LATTER LIGHT WINDSRAINHAZY010000063359
1818-06-15T07:00-32.8276.851409.3-18VARIABLE, SSEFIRST AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES, MID LIGHT AIRS AND VARIABLECLOUDY000000063360
1818-06-16T07:00-29.9079.2017912.3-12SSE, SSW, SBWFIRST MODERATE BREEZES, MID AND LATTER STRONG BREEZESSHOWERS100000063361
1818-06-17T07:00-26.7280.632069.3-8SWBSFRESH BREEZES WITH SQUALLS000000063362
1818-06-18T07:00-23.9881.321279.3-8SBW, SBE, SEPLEASANT TRADEFINE000000063363
1818-06-19T07:00-22.1781.151982.6-5S, VARIABLE, SSWLIGHT VARIABLE BREEZEFINE000000063364
1818-06-20T07:00-19.9380.921412.6-5S, SSE, SEBSLIGHT VARIABLE BREEZEFINE000000063365
1818-06-21T07:00-16.2280.857612.3-3EBS, EBNFRESH TRADE, FREQUENT SQUALLS000000063366
1818-06-22T07:00-12.4080.7211216.3-1ESESTRONG TRADE, FIRST AND MID SQUALLYSHOWERSFAIR100010063367
1818-06-23T07:00-8.5280.7211212.3-1EBS, ESEFRESH TRADE, FREQUENT SQUALLSCLOUDY000000063368
1818-06-24T07:00-4.0581.321589.30EBS, ESE, SSEPLEASANT TRADEFINE000010063369
1818-06-25T07:00-2.8081.271690SE, SBEVARIABLE BREEZESHEAVY RAIN010000063370
1818-06-26T07:00-1.3581.453621.01S, VARIABLELIGHT AIRS000000063371
1818-06-27T07:000.5081.752046.71SBW, SSWMODERATE BREEZES AND SQUALLSRAIN010000063372
1818-06-28T07:003.3381.652269.31SBW, SWMODERATE MONSOON, UNSETTLED STATE000000063373
1818-06-29T06:006.5082.5026012.31SW, WSW, WBSFRESH MONSOON WITH SQUALLSRAINCLOUDY010000063374
1818-06-30T07:007.7382.352371.0LANDWNW1SW, VARIABLE, SWBWLIGHT VARIABLE AIRSFINE000000063375
1818-07-01T06:0010.5083.002389.32SSW, SSE, SWBWPLEASANT MONSOON FAIR000000063376
1818-07-02T06:0013.8883.5027216.32SSW, WSTRONG MONSOON AND SQUALLYHEAVY RAIN010000063377
1818-07-03T06:0017.4384.7321612.32W, SWBSFRESH MONSOONHAZY000000063378
1818-07-04T06:0020.3787.03216FOLIE POINTNWBN2SWBW, SWBSSQUALLYFAIR000000063379
1818-11-15T06:0020.3788.80252.62NEBN, NNELIGHT BREEZESFINE000000063380
1818-11-16T06:0018.0390.67589.32NNE, NEBESTEADY MONSOONFINE000000063381
1818-11-17T06:0016.5292.37706.12NEBE, ENELATTER DECREASING BREEZEFINE000000063382
1818-11-18T06:0014.9293.13599.33VARIABLE, EBS, NEBESTEADY BREEZEFINE000000063383
1818-11-19T06:0013.0394.10659.33ENE, NEBE1/2EFIRST AND LATTER STEADY MONSOON, MID LIGHT WINDSFAIR000000063384
1818-11-20T06:0011.5895.27713ENE1/2E, NEBE, VARIABLE, ENEFIRST FRESH BREEZES, MID SQUALLY, LATTER LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS, SQUALLYFAIR THEN CLOUDY000000063385
1818-11-21T06:009.7795.50933EVARIABLE BREEZE WITH SQUALLS000000063386
1818-11-22T06:008.4096.00489.33EBN, NEMODERATE MONSOONSMALL RAINFINE010000063387
1818-11-23T06:006.8596.381152E, ESEVARIABLE WINDS, FREQUENT SQUALLS000010063388
1818-11-24T06:006.2896.73752ENE, VARIABLE, EBN, ENE1/2EVARIABLE WINDSCLOUDY000000063389
1818-11-25T05:005.4597.503622NEBE, E, VARIABLEVARIABLE WINDS AND SQUALLSHARD RAIN010000063390
1818-11-26T05:006.2297.60582VARIABLE, NEBEFIRST INCREASNG BREEZES, MID AND LATTER SQUALLYHARD RAIN010000063391
1818-11-27T05:006.9098.10589.32NEBEFRESH BREEZES FREQUENT SQUALLS000000063392
1818-11-28T05:006.8398.357012.3PULO BOUTOINSEBE2ENE, ENESTRONG BREEZEFINE000000063393
1818-11-29T05:006.0299.87588.7ELEPHANT MOUNTAINE1/2S2ENE, NEBEFIRST AND MID FRESH BREEZES, LATTER DECLININGFINE000000063394