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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 Cortes cruise from La Habana to La Coruña started at 1796-12-14 [dataset]. Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748901, 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: 37.033077 * Median Longitude: -42.870769 * South-bound Latitude: 30.470000 * West-bound Longitude: -77.920000 * North-bound Latitude: 42.380000 * East-bound Longitude: -10.490000
Date/Time Start: 1796-12-14T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1797-01-15T00:00:00
Event(s):
El_Cortes_17961214_CORREOS_270B_R13 * Latitude Start: 23.200000 * Longitude Start: -81.400000 * Latitude End: 43.360000 * Longitude End: -8.360000 * Date/Time Start: 1796-12-14T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1797-01-15T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: El Cortes (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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
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.
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.
10 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
11 Present weatherwwWeather description
12 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
13 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
14 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
15 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
16 FogFog1 If fog was reported
17 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
18 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
19 HailHail1 If hail was reported
20 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
21 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
502 data points

Data

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ID
1796-12-14T00:001804.6SFLOJOCARGADO000000073130
1796-12-15T00:0036012.3NFRESCOCARGADO000000073131
1796-12-16T00:0012.3FRESCOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES CARGADOSGRUESA000000073132
1796-12-17T00:009012.3EFRESCO000000073133
1796-12-18T00:0011312.3ESEFRESCOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES CLAROS000000073134
1796-12-19T00:002936.7ONOBONANCIBLECIELOS Y HORIZONTES CLAROSLLANA000000073135
1796-12-20T11:0030.47-77.922529.3167.004OSOFRESQUITOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES CLAROSLLANA000000073136
1796-12-21T11:0031.33-76.022059.373.002SSOFRESQUITO000000073137
1796-12-22T11:0033.67-73.4231512.3183.000NOFRESCOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES ACHUBASCADOS Y DE MAL CARIZGRUESA010000073138
1796-12-23T11:0035.13-70.1226715.4194.00-3OFRESCACHONCARGADO TODO EL CIRCULOGRUESA000000073139
1796-12-24T10:0035.32-66.672889.3181.00-5ONOFRESQUITOSUMAMENTE CARGADOGRUESA000000073140
1796-12-25T10:0037.25-62.8026512.3195.00-5OFRESCOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES CARGADOSGRUESA000000073141
1796-12-26T10:0037.27-59.0435312.3175.00-7NFRESCOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES ACHUBASCADOSGRUESA010000073142
1796-12-27T10:0037.68-56.6714412.3115.00-14SSEFRESCOCERRADO EN AGUASCERRADO010000073143
1796-12-28T10:0037.78-52.6730115.4191.00-14NORECIOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES CARGADOSGRUESA000000073144
1796-12-29T09:0038.25-49.8230012.3134.00-15NOFRESCOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES ACHUBASCADOSGRUESA010000073145
1796-12-30T09:0034.35-46.4930212.3157.00-13NOFRESCOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES CARGADOSGRUESA000000073146
1796-12-31T09:0036.23-43.0230215.4202.00-13NOFRESCACHONAGUACEROSSUMAMENTE PICADA Y CONTRASTADA010000073147
1797-01-01T09:0036.38-41.9423312.353.00-15OSOFRESCOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES CARGADOS Y VENTOSOSGRUESA Y CONTRASTADA000000073148
1797-01-02T09:0037.08-38.0930012.3185.00-15NOFRESCOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES ACHUBASCADOSGRUESA010000073149
1797-01-03T08:0037.17-35.1920912.3138.00-16SOFRESCOACHUBASCADOCONTRASTADA DEL OSO010000073150
1797-01-04T08:0035.75-33.6420912.3131.00-16SOFRESCOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES CARGADOS Y VENTOSOSGRUESA000000073151
1797-01-05T08:0035.48-30.9218512.3126.00-18SSOFRESCOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES CARGADOS Y VENTOSOSGRUESA000000073152
1797-01-06T08:0036.23-28.90502.6101.00-18ENEFLOJITODESPEJADO000000073153
1797-01-07T08:0036.17-28.37952.626.00-18ESEFLOJITOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES CLAROSBELLA000000073154
1797-01-08T08:0037.40-26.321169.394.00-19SEFRESQUITOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES CARGADOS DE AGUASLLANA010000073155
1797-01-09T08:0038.80-25.022049.371.00-21SOFRESQUITOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES CERRADOS DE AGUASLLANA010000073156
1797-01-10T08:0039.72-24.703399.3106.00-21NFRESQUITOCERRADO DE AGUAS010000073157
1797-01-11T07:0041.37-21.973389.3156.00-22NFRESQUITOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES TOLDADOSLLANA000000073158
1797-01-12T07:0042.00-19.4418112.3118.00-22SSOFRESCOCLAROLLANA000000073159
1797-01-13T07:0042.38-14.9918112.3195.00-22SSOFRESCOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES CARGADOS DE AGUAS MENUDASMENUDA010000073160
1797-01-14T07:0042.20-10.4920312.3201.00-22SOFRESCOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES TOLDADOSLLANA000000073161
1797-01-15T00:002031SSOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES NUBLADOSPICADA000000073162