Not logged in
PANGAEA.
Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science

García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2010): Meteorological observations during El Colon cruise from La Habana to La Coruña started at 1773-12-31 [dataset]. Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748858, 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

Always quote citation above when using data! You can download the citation in several formats below.

RIS CitationBibTeX CitationShow MapGoogle Earth

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: 35.166667 * Median Longitude: -48.940000 * South-bound Latitude: 23.500000 * West-bound Longitude: -81.810000 * North-bound Latitude: 43.480000 * East-bound Longitude: -8.360000
Date/Time Start: 1773-12-31T17:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1774-01-29T13:00:00
Event(s):
El_Colon_17731231_CORREOS_275B_R2 * Latitude Start: 23.200000 * Longitude Start: -81.400000 * Latitude End: 43.360000 * Longitude End: -8.360000 * Date/Time Start: 1773-12-31T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1774-01-29T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: El Colon (Paquebote), Voyage: La Habana - La Coruña, 1st Observer: 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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
CommentCommentOther remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields
10 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.
11 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.
12 Current direction descriptionCur dir descrDirection of the current. This direction points to where the current is flowing towards to.
13 Current speed descriptionV descr
14 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
15 Present weatherwwWeather description
16 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
17 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
18 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
19 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
20 FogFog1 If fog was reported
21 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
22 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
23 HailHail1 If hail was reported
24 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
25 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
487 data points

Data

Download dataset as tab-delimited text — use the following character encoding:


Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

dd [deg]

ff [m/s]

Landmark

-

Distance [arbitrary units]

Comment
10 
Decl [deg]
11 
Wind dir descr
12 
Cur dir descr
13 
V descr
14 
Wind force descr
15 
ww
16 
Precip descr
17 
State sea descr
18 
Gusts
19 
Rain
20 
Fog
21 
Snow
22 
Thunder
23 
Hail
24 
Sea ice
25 
ID
1773-12-31T17:0023.65-81.819612.322.00SE HACE A LA VELA EN LA HABANA A LAS 8:006EFRESCOAGUACERADOCRECIDA010000071391
1774-01-01T17:0023.50-81.789615.420.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA6EFUERTEAGUACERADOCRECIDA010000071392
1774-01-02T17:0024.82-80.409668.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA6E000000071393
1774-01-03T17:0026.08-79.2111931.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA6ESEFUERTE000000071394
1774-01-04T17:0028.67-79.6197176.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA4E1/4SE000000071395
1774-01-05T17:0030.03-78.4218412.3174.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA4SFRESCOCENICIENTOBELLA000000071396
1774-01-06T17:0030.32-74.9218315.4160.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA3SFUERTECARGADO Y AGUACERADOCRECIDA010000071397
1774-01-07T17:0030.55-70.9520415.4194.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA1SSOENEFUERTECARGADO Y AGUACERADOGRUESA010000071398
1774-01-08T17:0030.80-68.3220415.4132.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA1SSONEFUERTECARGADO Y AGUACERADOCRECIDA010000071399
1774-01-09T16:0030.85-64.6027012.3192.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA0OFRESCOCARGADO Y AGUACERADOCRECIDA010000071400
1774-01-10T16:0031.27-61.4326812.3163.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA-2OFRESCOAGUACERADO Y ALGUNOS CHUBASCOSCRECIDA010000071401
1774-01-11T16:0031.87-58.1726815.4168.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA-2OFUERTEAGUACERADO POR TODAS PARTESCRECIDA010000071402
1774-01-12T16:0032.12-54.9526715.4166.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA-3OFUERTEAGUACERADOCRECIDA010000071403
1774-01-13T15:0033.15-52.07265159.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA-8O1/4NOMUY RIGUROSOCHUBASCOSO010000071404
1774-01-14T15:0033.70-49.68265124.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA-8O1/4NOCHUBASCOSO010000071405
1774-01-15T15:0035.17-47.7533015.4114.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA-8NNOMUCHOCHUBASCOSOMUY CRECIDA010000071406
1774-01-16T15:0036.22-45.8726115.4111.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA-9OMUCHOSEMBLANTE MUY FEO000000071407
1774-01-17T15:0037.50-43.7819015.4125.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA-13SSOFUERTEHORIZONTES CARGADOS Y AGUACERADOSCRECIDA010000071408
1774-01-18T15:0037.72-41.6823415.4160.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA-14OSOFUERTECHUBASCOSOCRECIDA010000071409
1774-01-19T15:0040.78-39.2025615.4134.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA-14OFUERTECHUBASCOSO010000071410
1774-01-20T15:0041.48-37.8027977.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA-14ONOEN FUGADASGRAN TURBONADA POR EL S CON VARIOS CHUBASCOS, TRUENOS Y RELAMPAGOSCRECIDA010010071411
1774-01-21T14:0041.65-34.1021015.4166.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA-15SOMUCHOREPETIDOS CHUBASCOS Y FEO SEMBLANTEREPETIDACRECIDA010000071412
1774-01-22T14:0041.78-29.8225416.3192.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA-16OMUY FUERTEAGUACERADOCRECIDA010000071413
1774-01-23T14:0041.95-26.5227615.4187.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA-17ONOMEDIANAMENTE FUERTEAGUACERADO CON CONTINUOS CHUBASCOSCONTINUAMUY CRECIDA010000071414
1774-01-24T14:0042.83-22.822739.3169.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA-20ONOFRESQUITOACHUBASCADO POR EL 3º Y 4º CUADRANTECRECIDA010000071415
1774-01-25T13:0043.17-18.9827312.3168.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA-20ONOFRESCOOSCURO Y VARIOS CHUBASCOSCRECIDA010000071416
1774-01-26T13:0043.18-15.6829414.7145.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA-21NONO MUY FUERTEPARDOCRECIDA000000071417
1774-01-27T13:0043.35-11.0222712.3205.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA-21OSOMEDIANAMENTE FRESCOAGUACERADOCRECIDA010000071418
1774-01-28T13:0043.48-8.50249FINISTERRE121.00MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA-21ONEBLINA Y AGUAS011000071419
1774-01-29T13:0043.36-8.361MEDICION DEL MEDIODIA O DE LA SINGLADURA-21000000071420