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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 ECHO cruise from Paramaribo to Curaçao started at 1835-03-23 [dataset]. Nationaal Archief of the Netherlands, Den Haag, Netherland, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748766, 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: 13.985000 * Median Longitude: -61.243333 * South-bound Latitude: 9.880000 * West-bound Longitude: -66.920000 * North-bound Latitude: 16.580000 * East-bound Longitude: -57.040000
Date/Time Start: 1835-03-23T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1835-04-04T16:00:00
Event(s):
Echo_18350323_MAR_D23905_1230 * Latitude Start: 5.950000 * Longitude Start: -55.190000 * Latitude End: 12.370000 * Longitude End: -68.570000 * Date/Time Start: 1835-03-23T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1835-04-04T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Echo (Brik), Voyage: Paramaribo - Curacao, 1st Observer: W.H. Van Voss (Kltz), Company: MAR, Other ship information: GEWAPEND MET 16 STUKKEN A 30 POND, 1 STUK 12 POND, 2 STUKKEN 6 POND, BEMAND MET 100 KOPPEN IN DE VASTE ROLLE 10 IN DE BOVEN ROLLE EN 2 GEDETACHEERDEN.
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
WatchWatchName of the period of 4 hours which is known as a watch or duty on board ships
GlassesGlassesNumber of glasses within a watch; one watch equals 8 glasses
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 Cloud typeCloud type
15 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
16 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
17 FogFog1 If fog was reported
18 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
19 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
20 HailHail1 If hail was reported
21 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
22 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
103 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

dd [deg]

ff [m/s]

Landmark

Watch

Glasses

Decl [deg]
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Wind dir descr
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Wind force descr
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ww
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Precip descr
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Cloud type
15 
Gusts
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Rain
17 
Fog
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Snow
19 
Thunder
20 
Hail
21 
Sea ice
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ID
1835-03-23T16:009.88-57.04696.7VM81ONOSTIJVE BRAMZEILSKOELTEGOED WEERBEWOLKTE LUCHT000000066551
1835-03-24T16:0012.34-57.72936.7VM83OMARSZEILSKOELTEGOED WEEROPKLARENDE LUCHT000000066552
1835-03-25T16:0015.22-59.32694.6VM81ONOBRAMZEILSKOELTEGOED WEERBEWOLKTE LUCHT000000066553
1835-03-26T16:0016.58-61.81466.7ST EUSTATIUSVM81NOSTIJVE BRAMZEILSKOELTEGOED WEERBEWOLKTE LUCHT000000066554
1835-04-03T16:0016.09-64.65932.6VM83NO/OFLAUWE BRAMZEILSKOELTEWEINIG REGENBEWOLKTE LUCHT010000066555
1835-04-04T16:0013.80-66.92936.7VM83OSTIJVE BRAMZEILSKOELTE/MARSZEILSKOELTEGOED WEERWOLKDRIJVENDE LUCHT000000066556