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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 El Aguila cruise from La Coruña to Montevideo started at 1788-12-18 [dataset]. Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748822, 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: 2.728824 * Median Longitude: -26.806275 * South-bound Latitude: -35.320000 * West-bound Longitude: -56.210000 * North-bound Latitude: 43.450000 * East-bound Longitude: -10.200000
Date/Time Start: 1788-12-18T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1789-02-06T16:00:00
Event(s):
El_Aguila_17881218_CORREOS_192B_R3 * Latitude Start: 43.360000 * Longitude Start: -8.360000 * Latitude End: -35.970000 * Longitude End: -55.650000 * Date/Time Start: 1788-12-18T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1789-02-06T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: El Aguila (Fragata Correo), Voyage: La Coruña - Montevideo, 1st Observer: Francisco Antonio Abello (Capitan)
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
LandmarkLandmarkName of second landmark
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
WatchWatchName of the period of 4 hours which is known as a watch or duty on board ships
10 GlassesGlassesNumber of glasses within a watch; one watch equals 8 glasses
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 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:
712 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)

Landmark
(Name of second landmark)

-
(1 If position is considered t...)

Watch
(Name of the period of 4 hours...)
10 
Glasses
(Number of glasses within a wa...)
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 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
16 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
17 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
18 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
19 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
20 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
21 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
22 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1788-12-18T13:0043.45-10.20467.3VM8-22ENEMUY BONANCIBLE000000068959
1788-12-19T13:0041.32-12.6847VM8168.00-21ENE000000068960
1788-12-20T13:0039.40-15.1747VM8162.00-21ENE000000068961
1788-12-21T13:0037.60-15.901142.6VM8113.00-21SECALMOSO000000068962
1788-12-22T13:0036.77-16.13716.7VM851.00-19EBONANCIBLE000000068963
1788-12-23T13:0035.34-17.4794VM8149.00-19ESE000000068964
1788-12-24T13:0033.92-16.8294VM840.00-19ESE VARIABLE000000068965
1788-12-25T13:0034.07-18.77162VM860.00-18S Y SO000000068966
1788-12-26T13:0033.78-17.7718530.00-18OSO AL SSO000000068967
1788-12-27T13:0032.78-19.6372VM8107.00-18ESE , E000000068968
1788-12-28T13:0029.77-19.54PALMAFIERRO-17000000068969
1788-12-29T13:0026.75-19.46PALMAFIERRO-16000000068970
1788-12-30T13:0023.73-19.90119VM8210.00-16ESE, SE000000068971
1788-12-31T13:0021.30-20.58121VM8154.00-14SE000000068972
1789-01-01T13:0019.17-20.68118VM8132.00-14SE 1/4 E000000068973
1789-01-02T13:0017.45-20.4855VM8160.00-13ENE000000068974
1789-01-03T13:0015.75-20.3577VM8166.00-13E000000068975
1789-01-04T13:0014.04-20.28100VM8102.00-13ESE000000068976
1789-01-05T13:0012.33-20.2578VM861.00-12E000000068977
1789-01-06T13:0010.62-20.2311VM833.00-12NNE000000068978
1789-01-07T13:008.92-20.2233VM844.00-12NE000000068979
1789-01-08T13:007.50-20.2211VM864.00-12NNE000000068980
1789-01-09T13:006.47-20.2234VM886.00-11NE000000068981
1789-01-10T13:005.43-20.2234VM842.00-11NE000000068982
1789-01-11T13:004.57-20.38124VM835.00-11SE000000068983
1789-01-12T13:003.70-20.75124VM8105.00-11E 1/4 SE SE000000068984
1789-01-13T13:002.92-21.75166VM885.00-11SSE - S 1/4 SE000000068985
1789-01-14T14:001.30-23.60150VM8102.00-8SSE000000068986
1789-01-15T14:000.57-24.95169VM893.00-8S 1/4 SE000000068987
1789-01-16T14:00-0.90-26.07150VM8111.00-8SSE000000068988
1789-01-17T14:00-2.68-26.80128VM8120.00-7SE000000068989
1789-01-18T14:00-5.38-27.63128VM8166.00-4SE 1/4 E000000068990
1789-01-19T14:00-7.80-28.43132VM8152.00-3SE000000068991
1789-01-20T14:00-9.83-29.42132VM8137.00-3SE000000068992
1789-01-21T14:00-11.57-29.63110VM8102.00-3ESE000000068993
1789-01-22T14:00-13.43-29.9366VM8110.00-2ENE000000068994
1789-01-23T14:00-15.33-30.5566VM8111.00-2ENE000000068995
1789-01-24T14:00-17.45-31.2943VM8124.00-2NE000000068996
1789-01-25T14:00-19.55-32.0444VM8128.00-1NE000000068997
1789-01-26T14:00-21.07-32.6825VM893.002NNE000000068998
1789-01-27T14:00-22.82-33.8626VM8113.003NNE000000068999
1789-01-28T14:00-25.22-35.3926VM8146.003NNE000000069000
1789-01-29T15:00-27.38-37.556VM8164.006N000000069001
1789-01-30T15:00-28.72-38.76210VM8107.007N -- SSO000000069002
1789-01-31T15:00-30.05-41.74145VM8169.007SE 1/4 S000000069003
1789-02-01T15:00-31.48-44.52144VM8155.009SE000000069004
1789-02-02T15:00-32.58-46.6559VM8114.0011NE 1/4 E000000069005
1789-02-03T15:00-33.55-48.48103VM895.0013E000000069006
1789-02-04T15:00-34.55-50.89151VM8120.0013SE 1/4 S000000069007
1789-02-05T16:00-35.32-54.00104VM8146.0014E000000069008
1789-02-06T16:00-34.89-56.21621VM8175.0014NE 1/4 E000000069009